AI & optimization

Ask AI

Add a chat assistant that answers from your published docs with citations.

Ask AI is a chat widget on your published site. It answers reader questions using RAG over your published content and cites the pages it drew from, so readers can jump straight to the source. The assistant only knows what you've published — it doesn't make up features.

Starter questions

Set the suggested questions readers see before they type anything with assistant.suggestions in velu.json. You can list up to six:

{
  "assistant": {
    "suggestions": [
      "How do I add a page?",
      "What themes are available?",
      "How do I connect a custom domain?",
      "How do I document an API?"
    ]
  }
}

The backend apiBase is wired automatically when you publish on Velu — there's no endpoint or key to configure.

You can also set starter questions in the web editor under Config → Advanced, alongside the other Ask-AI settings.

Plans and cost

Ask AI requires a paid plan — Begin or Value. Each reply costs 1 credit, drawn from your plan's monthly allowance. Manage plan details and credit top-ups in the Velu dashboard.

Local preview

In velu dev the widget returns a fixed demo answer so you can see the layout and placement. Live answers over your content are only available once the site is published on a paid plan.

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