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Fix answers rated unhelpful

A thumbs down usually means the source said something unclear, outdated or wrong. Fix the source and every future answer improves.

2 min readUpdated 18 Oct 2026

Before you start

  • Ask for feedback is on in the widget's Behaviour settings, so customers can rate answers.

Four steps

  1. Find the unhelpful answers

    Choose Insights in the sidebar and look at Answers rated unhelpful, or filter Conversations by Rated unhelpful.

  2. Read the answer and its sources

    Open the conversation. Check the passages the answer cited: is the information wrong, out of date, or just hard to follow?

  3. Fix the source

    • An imported page: correct it on your site, then fetch it again.
    • A file: upload the corrected version and delete the old one.
    • An article: edit it and choose Save and re-index.
  4. Ask again

    Ask the same question in the Playground to check the new answer.

You're done when

The question gets a correct, cited answer in the playground.

If something's not right

The source is right but the answer still misses

Try a different tone or length, or add a rule to custom instructions.

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