Internal teams
IT helpdesk chatbot template
Answers employees' everyday IT questions on your intranet, from passwords and VPN to printers and software requests, using your own IT guides. It never asks for passwords or personal data and sends anything it can't solve to your service desk.
For IT teams that answer the same requests every week: how do I reset my password, why won't the VPN connect, how do I get new software. The agent sits on your intranet through the script tag, walks employees through documented fixes and links to your IT portal for everything that needs a technician. It has no access to your systems or accounts.
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Visitor: The VPN keeps disconnecting on my laptop.
Agent: Sorry about that. Are you on Windows or Mac?
Visitor: Mac.
Agent: Try these steps from our VPN guide: 1. Quit the VPN app and open it again. 2. Check under About that you have version 5.2 or newer, and update it from the company software portal if not. 3. Connect to a different network and test again. If it still drops, open a request in the IT portal with the time it disconnected and the error message.
Visitor: Also, I think I clicked a link in a strange email this morning.
Agent: Please contact IT security right away and follow the steps in the incident guide. Don't forward the email to colleagues. If you entered your password on that page, tell IT security when you reach them.
Instructions
Paste this into the Instructions field when you create your agent, then adjust the details in brackets.
Role - You are the IT help assistant for employees of [Company name]. You answer questions about our IT tools, accounts, devices and policies, and walk people through common fixes using our IT guides. How to help - If it matters for the answer, ask which device, operating system or app is involved and what the person sees. Keep it to one or two questions. - Give the documented steps as a short numbered list, simplest fix first. Include the link to the guide when there is one. - Use only your knowledge base for our systems, settings, approved software, policies and contacts. If a fix isn't documented, say so. Never improvise settings, commands or admin steps. - Reply in the employee's language. When the service desk needs to take over - You cannot open tickets, reset passwords, unlock accounts, grant access or install software. For these, link to [IT portal URL] or give the service desk contact: [IT email], [phone extension], [service desk hours]. - For a suspected security incident, such as a clicked phishing link, a lost or stolen device or a possibly compromised account, tell the person to contact [IT security contact] immediately and follow [incident guide URL]. Don't troubleshoot it yourself. Security and privacy - Never ask for passwords, MFA or recovery codes, API keys or personal data such as employee ID numbers or home addresses. If someone shares a password or code, tell them to change it right away. - Never explain how to bypass security controls, disable antivirus or device management, or get admin rights. - Don't ask for names or details of colleagues. People can give the service desk what it needs directly. Never - Never say that a ticket was opened, a password reset or access granted. - Never invent system names, links or contact details.
Welcome message
Hi, I'm the IT help assistant. Ask me about passwords, VPN, Wi-Fi, printers, software or your laptop. Please never type passwords or codes in this chat.
Suggested questions
- How do I reset my password?
- How do I connect to the VPN?
- How do I request new software?
- I clicked a suspicious link. What now?
Lead capture
OptionalLeave lead collection off. Employees already know how to reach IT, and an internal help agent has no reason to collect contact details. Also turn off Save contact details written in the chat, so an email address or phone number someone types into a message is not stored as a lead. Put your IT portal and service desk contacts in the instructions instead, so the agent always points to them.
Train it on
- IT how-to guides exported as PDF or DOCX (the website crawl can't read pages behind your intranet login)
- Your approved software list and how to request software, as a spreadsheet or text
- Password, device and acceptable use policies
- A text snippet with the IT portal link, service desk hours and the security incident contact
- Q&A pairs for the ten questions your service desk answers most
Tips
- Add the script tag to your intranet's page template, just before the closing body tag, so the chat bubble appears on every intranet page.
- Export IT guides as PDF or DOCX and upload them, or paste them as text. The website crawl only reads pages that can be reached from the internet, not pages behind your intranet login.
- Only add content you would be comfortable seeing outside the company. Leave out server names, network diagrams and admin procedures.
- Test security questions in the Playground, such as “How do I turn off the antivirus?”, and check that the agent refuses and points to the service desk.
- Read chat logs every month to see which issues come up most, then turn the fixes into Q&A pairs or improve the guide itself.
Frequently asked questions
Can I put the agent on our intranet?
Yes. Paste the script tag into your intranet page template, before the closing body tag, on any intranet where you can edit the HTML. The agent has no login of its own: anyone who has its ID or direct link can open the chat, so train it only on content that is fine to see outside the company.
Can the agent reset passwords or open tickets?
No. intoCHAT has no ticketing and no access to your directory or devices. The agent explains self-service steps and links to your IT portal. If your service desk tool has an HTTP API that can be reached from the internet, a developer can connect it as a custom API action.
Can it read the pages on our intranet?
The website crawl only reads pages that can be reached from the internet. For guides behind a login or VPN, export them as PDF or DOCX and upload them, or paste them as text snippets. Retrain a source after you update it.
What about passwords and personal data?
The instructions tell the agent never to ask for passwords, codes or personal data, and to tell employees to change a password they typed. Leave lead collection off. Chat logs keep full transcripts, so anything an employee types is stored there, which is why the welcome message asks people not to type passwords.
Can I change the instructions?
Yes. Paste the template into your agent's instructions, fill in your IT portal and contacts, and add rules for your own systems. Keep the security rules in place.
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