Add AI Chat to your VitePress docs

What is VitePress

VitePress is a lightweight static site generator based on Vue.

Get an API key

Go to the Inkeep Dashboard
Select your project under Projects
Go to the Integrations tab
Click on Create integration
Select Web
Provide a Name.
Specify a URL for where this integration will be used.
For production API keys, leave Enforce referrer URL checked.
Click on Create
Click the Example < /> button to get your API key and view suggested settings

For local or staging API keys, see here.

Copy and add the apiKey to your environment variables:

.env

VITE_INKEEP_API_KEY="INKEEP_API_KEY"

Load the script files

Add the below scripts to the config.ts file:

config.ts

export default {
  head: [
    [
      "script",
      {
        src: "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@inkeep/cxkit-js@0.5/dist/embed.js",
        type: "module",
        defer: true,
      },
    ],
    ["script", { src: "static/addInkeep.js", type: "module", defer: true }],
  ],
};

Create the addInkeep.js script

Create an addInkeep.js file in your static folder.

touch static/addInkeep.js

Now, configure the chat button component.

const config = {
  baseSettings: {
    apiKey: "INKEEP_API_KEY", // required
    primaryBrandColor: "#26D6FF", // your brand color, widget color scheme is derived from this
    organizationDisplayName: "Inkeep",
    // ...optional settings
  },
  modalSettings: {
    // optional settings
  },
  searchSettings: {
    // optional settings
  },
  aiChatSettings: {
    // optional settings
    aiAssistantAvatar: "/img/logo.svg", // use your own ai assistant avatar
    exampleQuestions: [
      "Example question 1?",
      "Example question 2?",
      "Example question 3?",
    ],
  },
};
 
const inkeepWidget = Inkeep.ChatButton(config);

For a full list of customizations, check out the Chat Button documentation.

Add AI Chat to your VitePress docs

What is VitePress

Get an API key

Load the script files

Create the addInkeep.js script

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