Connect WordPress, Shopify, or PrestaShop in 30 Minutes (No Code)

It’s Friday afternoon. A client asks if you can “add an AI assistant this weekend—no surprises, please.” If you manage multiple sites and avoid fragile integrations, this guide is for you. In half an hour you’ll connect real sources, keep them fresh, and ship a widget that answers with citations—not guesses.

The Problem: Speed vs. Reliability

Webmasters live under a paradox: deliver fast, but don’t break anything. Spinning up a chatbot is easy; keeping it useful, on‑brand, and up‑to‑date is the hard part. Without a plan you risk:

• Outdated or inconsistent answers across sites and catalogs.
• Crawlers that index the wrong sections (or staging environments).
• “Confident” responses with no source—eroding trust with customers and stakeholders.

You need a workflow that is quick to launch and safe to maintain.

How AI (and Seekdown) Solves It

1. Unify every product source. Seekdown ingests websites, catalogs, PDFs, and APIs into governed collections so answers stay scoped to the facts you trust.
2. Serve strict, cited responses. Retrieval, summarization, and tone controls ensure every AI answer cites the right SKU page or spec sheet—no hallucinations.
3. Guide conversions automatically. Intent-aware starters and CTAs route shoppers to quotes, carts, or humans the moment confidence dips.
4. Measure and improve. Built-in analytics expose intent coverage, low-confidence gaps, and assisted revenue so you can prove ROI and iterate weekly.

Quick Guide (What to Do in 30 Minutes)

1) Create the Project (3 minutes)

1. Name it after the client/site and set language and tone.
2. Enable strict mode so the assistant only answers from indexed sources.
3. Add a short system note with brand voice and boundaries.

Why start strict? It prevents “hallucinations” while you wire sources. You can relax later as coverage improves.

2) Connect Your Sources (10 minutes)

• WordPress

• Option A: install the assistant plugin, paste your project key, choose post types/pages.
• Option B: crawl your domain or /sitemap.xml; include /docs or /help, exclude /wp-admin and staging.

• Shopify / PrestaShop

• Use the API for products/collections to keep structured data fresh.
• Or seed the crawler from the catalog sitemap and restrict to product/category URLs.

• Documents (optional but powerful)

• Add PDFs (manuals, spec sheets) and policy docs.
• Keep internal collections private so the public widget stays clean.

Prioritize the 20% of sources that answer 80% of questions (shipping, pricing, best‑sellers, key FAQs).

3) Organize and Control Access (5 minutes)

• Create collections per source: “Website”, “Catalog”, “Policies”, “Manuals”.
• Tag them by purpose (support, sales, internal) to filter answers and route.
• Double‑check visibility: public vs. private.

This is your governance layer. Clear boundaries make QA, compliance, and stakeholder sign‑off easier.

4) Style the Widget (3 minutes)

• Apply brand colors and logo/avatar.
• Add starters tied to common intents (e.g., “Track my order”, “Compare models”).
• Place high‑intent CTAs (demo, quote, contact) in the header or below answers.

5) Schedule Re‑Ingestion (3 minutes)

• Website: daily; on publish via plugin where possible.
• Catalog: daily; more often during launches.
• Docs: weekly; enable change‑detection alerts.

Fresh sources prevent the drift that kills trust.

6) QA With Real Questions (6 minutes)

• Ask 10–15 questions your users ask (compatibility, returns, sizing, shipping).
• Confirm each answer cites the exact page/section or PDF row.
• If a citation is missing, tighten crawler rules or add the missing source.

A Real‑World Snapshot

You connect the catalog sitemap, top FAQs, and the shipping policy PDF. A user asks: “Will Model X run on 110V?” The assistant answers with a short, cited snippet from the spec sheet and a link. When confidence drops, a “Talk to sales” CTA appears. Monday morning, basic spec tickets fall and sales receives warmer inquiries with context.

Benefits at a Glance

• Trust by design: strict mode + citations from day one.
• Less busywork: scheduled re‑ingest keeps answers current.
• Governance: collections and tags clarify what’s in scope.
• Faster conversions: starters and CTAs guide users to the next step.

Launch Checklist

• Strict mode on; tone set.
• Sources connected (site + catalog + key PDFs).
• Collections tagged; public/private verified.
• Re‑ingest scheduled with alerts.
• Widget styled; starters and CTAs in place.
• 10+ Q&A validated with citations.
• Fallback to human configured.

Closing Thought

You can ship fast without cutting corners. A small set of good sources, clear governance, and scheduled updates are enough to launch confidently and scale across clients. If you want a second set of eyes, share your domain and your top ten questions—we’ll suggest starter prompts and source rules you can copy‑paste.

Pro Tips for WordPress/Shopify/Presta

• WordPress: prefer sitemap ingestion for speed, then switch to the plugin once live to index on publish and keep deltas tight.
• Shopify/Presta: connect product APIs when you need structured attributes (SKUs, variants, stock). Use crawler only for content pages and guides.
• SEO & accessibility: keep the launcher keyboard‑navigable, respect reduced‑motion settings, and avoid covering important CTAs on mobile.

A final reminder on scope: start narrow, launch, learn, and expand. Assistants improve fastest when you iterate on real user questions rather than trying to cover every edge case on day one.

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