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, integrationId and organizationId to your environment variables:

.env

VITE_INKEEP_API_KEY="INKEEP_API_KEY"
VITE_INKEEP_INTEGRATION_ID="INKEEP_INTEGRATION_ID"
VITE_INKEEP_ORGANIZATION_ID="INKEEP_ORGANIZATION_ID"

Load the script files

Add the below scripts to the config.ts file:

config.ts

export default {
  head: [
    [
      "script",
      {
        src: "https://unpkg.com/@inkeep/uikit-js@0.3.20/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.

addInkeep.js

// Embed the widget using the `Inkeep.embed()` function.
const config = {
  componentType: "ChatButton",
  // optional -- for syncing UI color mode
  colorModeSync: {
    observedElement: document.documentElement,
    isDarkModeCallback: (el) => {
      return el.classList.contains("dark");
    },
    colorModeAttribute: "class",
  },
  properties: {
    chatButtonType: "PILL",
    baseSettings: {
      apiKey: import.meta.env.VITE_INKEEP_API_KEY, // required
      integrationId: import.meta.env.VITE_INKEEP_INTEGRATION_ID, // required
      organizationId: import.meta.env.VITE_INKEEP_ORGANIZATION_ID, // 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
      botAvatarSrcUrl: "/img/logo.svg", // use your own bot avatar
      quickQuestions: [
        "Example question 1?",
        "Example question 2?",
        "Example question 3?",
      ],
    },
  },
};
 
const inkeepWidget = Inkeep().embed(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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