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Thinking about adding one to answer the questions shoppers bail over, sizing, shipping times, returns. The ones people leave without asking.

For those who've run one, did it actually move conversions or recovered carts, or did it just annoy people? And did shoppers actually use it or ignore it?

Would love to hear about real experiences before I bother, especially what made it useful vs gimmicky.

A couple of years ago, building an AI chatbot and adding it to your site or app meant hiring a developer, wiring up an API, and running a backend. Now a no-code chatbot builder like fwdslash does the whole thing in a few minutes.

The flow is the same across most tools. You point it at your website URL and it crawls your pages to train the bot on your actual content, your product info, pricing, FAQs. You pick an AI model behind it (GPT, Claude, Gemini). You set the rules using a system prompt, how it greets people and what it should and shouldn't answer. Then it gives you one line of embed code to paste into your site, and it's live.

One thing worth knowing before you pick a tool. Make sure it only answers from your content, not the model's general knowledge. A bot that improvises will confidently invent pricing or policies that don't exist, which is worse than having no bot. But this isn't just about the tool. Your system prompt matters just as much.

Even a solid tool will make stuff up if your prompt doesn't tell it to stick to the knowledge base and say "i don't know" when the answer isn't there. So set that as a hard rule in the prompt.

Came across ScrapeGraphAI in an instagram reel and haven't been able to stop thinking about it.

Quick heads up for anyone who hasn't seen it. It's an open source AI scraper. Instead of writing scraper code, you point it at a website and tell it what to pull in plain english, like "give me names and emails," and the AI handles the extraction. People are hyping it as a way to build your own lead lists instead of paying for Apollo.

So I'm curious if anyone here has actually used it. How effective is it really, and how accurate is the data it pulls? Or do you end up cleaning up a lot afterward?

And the cost side. Since it runs on an LLM api, you're paying tokens per scrape. For those who've tried it, roughly what does it cost to pull say 10 leads off a website? Trying to get a real sense before I go down this rabbit hole.

Open to hear how it's worked for you.

If you keep seeing "AI agents" everywhere and have no clue how people actually make them, this is for you. No jargon.

First, what even is one?

An AI agent is basically a chatbot trained on your own info that can also take small actions. So it answers questions about your business correctly, and it can do things like look up an order, instead of just chatting.

The three ways to build one

Which fits depends on how technical you are.

• Code it yourself. Something like LangChain or the OpenAI API, in Python. Powerful and fully custom. Also no use to you if you don't write code, so this one's for developers.
• Pay someone to build it. An agency or freelancer does it for you. Works, but it costs real money, you wait for it, and you're back in their inbox every time you want to change a word.
• Use a no-code AI agent builder. You build the whole thing by clicking and typing, nothing technical. This is what most non-technical people actually use, and it's the one I'll focus on.

Why the no-code route

It's worth understanding because the no-code stuff has quietly gotten good. Tools like fwdslash, and few others No code AI agent builders let you put a real agent together in an hour. I use fwdslash for most of my client work, mainly because it's the fastest to get something live. No servers or database hookups, none of that. You give it info, tell it how to behave, hit publish.

What the actual build looks like

• Give it knowledge. Paste your website URL and it reads your pages, or upload documents like your pricing sheet or FAQ. Whatever you give it becomes what it knows, and it only answers from that. That's the bit that stops it inventing things.
• Write the system prompt. Just a text box where you tell it who it is and how to act, in normal English. "You're the support assistant for my store, keep it short, never guess a price." You're writing instructions, not code.
• Add an action (optional). If you want it to do something instead of only talking, describe the task in plain words and paste a link to a tool like Zapier or n8n. Now it can look up that order or book a slot in the middle of a chat.
• Publish it. Drop the embed code on your site or app and people can start using it.

I build no code AI agents for small business and clients with no dev team, so this is from the Experience. If you're weighing whether a no-code AI agent builder is worth it, here's the honest version.

The pros:

• Speed. I can go from a client's website to a working support agent in under an hour, and most of that hour is me writing a decent system prompt, not fighting the tool.
• No code. The client can log in and tweak things after I hand it over, instead of emailing me every time their pricing changes.
• Multi-channel. Same agent on a website, WhatsApp, and Slack without rebuilding it three times. Underrated.
• Cheap to start. Most have a free tier that's enough to test a real use case before you pay anything.

The cons:

• Hallucination. A lot of these tools will happily make things up. If the builder doesn't let you lock answers to your training data, the agent invents a refund policy or a feature that doesn't exist the second someone goes off-script. This is the one that'll embarrass you in front of a client. Test for it before you commit.
• Limited customization. You're working inside someone else's box. Lead capture forms usually give you name, email, phone and that's it. Want a company name or address field? Tough.
• Free plan gaps. There's always something missing. The one I use doesn't do a weekly summary digest on free, so I tell clients that upfront instead of letting them find out later.
• Lock-in. Your agent, your training, your flows all live on their platform. Moving is a pain, so pick one you can live with.

If you actually want to build one, the flow is roughly:

• Train it on the client's URL or docs first so it has real context.
• Write a tight system prompt. Hard rules and actual brand facts baked in, not "the company" placeholders.
• Set up lead capture with a couple of high-intent keyword triggers.
• Wire up an action if you want it to do things, not just talk. A plain-English description of when to use it plus a webhook endpoint, and the agent calls out to n8n or whatever and reads the answer back. That step is what turns it from a FAQ bot into something useful.

I've been using fwdslash AI for most of this because it handles the data-locking and the action setup without code, but the criteria above hold for whatever you pick.

What's been your biggest headache with these? Curious if the hallucination thing is everyone's problem or just mine.

The client is an SEO agency. Their SEO was doing its job, rankings up, traffic up. But visitors were landing on client sites, poking around, and leaving without converting.

We dug into why and the pattern was boring: people had questions before they could commit, and nobody was there to answer them. A static page can't handle "ok but does this work for my case?"

So we put an AI agent on 4 of their client sites. Each one's trained on that site's own content, nothing generic. It answers objections on the spot, and when someone's close to converting it asks for the email instead of letting them bounce. A month in, conversions are up 1.8%.

Not claiming this is magic. The traffic was already there, it was just leaking.

I'm doing a few free builds for agency owners here. Drop your site (or a client's) and tell me what you'd want the agent to do. Worst case you get a working demo out of it.

Their SEO was doing its job. Rankings up, traffic up. But visitors were landing on client sites, looking around, and leaving without converting.

When we dug into why, the pattern was simple: people had questions before they could commit, and nobody was there to answer them. A static page can't handle "but does this work for my case?"

So we put an AI agent on 4 of their client sites. It's trained on each site's content, answers those questions on the spot, and captures the email when someone's close to converting. A month in: 1.8% conversion lift.

Does anyone here have tried something like this for the traffic-to-conversion gap, or how you're handling it otherwise

Did three posts here asking people to drop their URL if they wanted a free AI agent for their site.

Ended up building agents for about 95% of the people who replied. The other 5% I couldn't help. Their sites didn't have enough content to train the agent on, so it would've just been a useless bot.

The use cases were all over the place. Support bots, lead capture, product walkthroughs, onboarding flows. Some people knew exactly what they wanted. Most didn't until they saw it actually working on their site.

A few of them liked it enough to ask me to help deploy it. Did that too, for free. They got a working agent live on their site. I got a bunch of real use cases I wouldn't have found any other way.

WIN - WIN for both

If you want one for your SaaS, drop your link in the comments and tell me what kind of agent you're looking for.

Are clients showing up saying "we need something with AI on our site" and you have to figure out what they actually mean? Or are you the ones bringing it up and making the case for it?

Trying to understand how this is playing out for others

If you're a SaaS founder trying to get more conversions without redoing your whole site, keep reading.

Someone's on your site right now with a question. They can't find the answer. They close the tab. You never know they were there.

I've been building free AI agents for SaaS founders this past month. The agent learns your content and answers questions as they come in. When someone's talks like they could buy , it asks for their email before they go so you can use your amazing follow up skills to close them.

The founders I've built for didn't rewrite their site or touch their product. They just stopped the quiet exits.

Drop your link below and tell me what you need. Support, sales, lead capture. I'll build it and share it back for free.

Only building for people who know what they want.

I've tried heatmaps, session recordings, exit surveys. Get some data but never the full picture.

The closest I've come is adding a live chat and asking people directly. But that only catches the ones who actually engage.

What you are all using?

I'll build an AI agent for your saas website it can answers your visitors' questions and captures leads mid-conversation.

You can test the agent the out and If you like it you can embed it on your site for free .

If you're a SaaS founder trying to get more conversions without redoing your whole site, keep reading.

Someone's on your site right now with a question. They can't find the answer. They close the tab. You never know they were there.

I've been building free AI agents for SaaS founders this past month. The agent learns your content and answers questions as they come in. When someone's talks like they could buy , it asks for their email before they go so you can use your amazing follow up skills to close them.

The founders I've built for didn't rewrite their site or touch their product. They just stopped the quiet exits.

Drop your link below and tell me what you need. Support, sales, lead capture. I'll build it and share it back for free.

Only building for people who know what they want.

Building fwdslash, a no-code AI agent builder. To test how well it actually works, I want to build agents on real websites outside our own bubble.

Doing free builds this week. Drop your URL below. I'll train an agent on your site and share the link back. Takes me about 10 minutes.

If it works for you, embed it on your site for free.

I want to test my tool on real sites. Drop your website below and tell me what you need the agent to do.

I'll build a custom AI agent trained on your site data and send it back to you within 24 hours. You can embed it on your site in one line of code.

All I need:

• Your website link
• one line about what role you want the agent to play, customer support, lead capture, sales, onboarding, whatever fits.

Keeping it to the first 10 sites since this is manual work on my end.

I'm building a no code AI agent builder a tool that lets anyone build custom AI agents.

The agent trains on your website automatically and can handle whatever role you need: customer support, lead capture, sales, onboarding, you name it.

Drop your site below and tell me what kind of agent you want. I'll build it on your actual website data with the exact role you're looking for.

If you're losing leads after hours, drowning in repetitive support questions, or your visitors can't figure out what your product does fast enough, drop your URL below.

I'll build an agent on your site for free. It trains on your content automatically, handles questions 24/7, captures leads, and goes live in one line of code.

Drop your URL below and I'll get it done.

I'm building fwdslash, a no-code AI agent builder. To test it on real products I'm offering to build free agents for anyone who shares their site.

If you're a solo founder tired of answering the same onboarding questions on repeat, losing leads because nobody's around at 2am, or just want something handling first-touch conversations without hiring anyone, drop your URL below.

I'll build the agent for free using your website data. it can be there for you 24/7 and can help you with lead capture, answering your visitors questions, if they show right intent can even help them to book a call directly without any else involving.

Drop your site below and I'll get it done.

I'm building fwdslash, a no-code AI agent builder. To test it on real sites I posted on Reddit offering to build free agents for anyone who dropped their URL. 15 people took me up on it.

Each one needed something completely different.

The branding studio didn't want support. They wanted something that qualifies leads and gets people to book a call.

The video API platform wanted accuracy, no hallucinating API behaviour that doesn't exist in their docs.

The AI app had a specific problem: every first-time visitor assumed it was just another chatbot, and that assumption was killing conversions before anyone typed a word.

A few takeaways if you're building something early:

Make it stupidly easy for people to try your product. The lower the barrier, the more use cases walk through the door. I asked for a URL. That's it. If I'd asked for a signup first half of those 15 would've dropped off.

Talk to people while they're testing, not after. The interesting stuff comes out mid-conversation, not in a feedback form.

And build the free offer around something that actually helps your product too. I needed real sites to test on. They needed a free agent. That alignment is why it kept working.

Anyone else doing something like this to figure out where their product actually fits?