Who it is forA team lead whose colleagues keep asking the same questions in group chats.
The problemAnswers live in scattered docs and people ask in chat instead of searching.
The outcomeA chat bot that answers from your knowledge base in group chats and DMs.
What you need first
- uv for the one-click install (or Docker)
- Python 3.12 via uv
- An LLM provider and the bot credentials for each messaging platform you connect
Steps
- Install and run Astr Bot
- Upload your docs to the Knowledge Base in the WebUI
- Connect the team's messaging platform
- Set a persona that tells the bot to answer only from the knowledge base
- Turn on auto context compression for long conversations
Prompt for your agent
Set up AstrBotDevs/AstrBot as a knowledge base bot for <team>: load <docs>, connect it to <chat app>, and write a persona that answers only from the docs and says when it does not know.
Caveat.
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Using the Deduped MCP, get the setup steps for AstrBotDevs/AstrBot and "Build a team knowledge base bot inside your chat app"
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