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Introducing the Browse Webpage Power-Up and the Google Search Power-Up for Day 4.**\n\nBefore we get going, in case you missed the previous days, here are the links:\n- Day 1: [Zapier Power-up](\u002Fblog\u002Flaunch-week-01-zapier-ai-actions)\n- Day 2: [Notion Power-ups](\u002Fblog\u002Fnotion-power-ups-launch-week-01-day-2)\n- Day 3: [Talk to a human & send email](\u002Fblog\u002Flaunch-week-day-3-talk-to-a-human-and-send-email)\n\n## Day 4: Browse & Google Search\n\nThese new power-ups allow your bots to directly access and utilise web content in conversations, providing more dynamic and informative interactions.\n\nThe easiest way to see what these new power-ups can do, is by watching the video below:\n\n{% youtube  id=\"vBwA8qx31_s\" \u002F%}\n\nIf you don't have time to watch the video, don't worry. We've got you covered; read below for an overview of how they work.\n\n## Browse Webpage Power-Up\nThis feature lets your bot visit specific URLs during conversations, allowing it to fetch and relay live data from web pages. Whether it's updating users with the latest news, checking stock levels, or gathering specific information from predefined sites, the Browse Webpage Power-Up equips your bot with the capability to bring web content right into the chat.\n\n## Google Search Power-Up\nThis power-up enhances your bot's ability to find and provide relevant information quickly and efficiently by incorporating the ability to perform Google searches. It's especially useful for answering more complex queries or when your bot needs to pull in external data to assist users.\n\n## A powerful combination\nWe decided to launch these two power-ups together because they are even more useful when you combine them. \n\nHere's an example of a surf forecast bot we created. \n\n![Surf forecast bot](https:\u002F\u002Fres.cloudinary.com\u002Fdjyjvrw5u\u002Fimage\u002Fupload\u002Fv1712747221\u002FXnapper_2024_04_10_12_04_55_ed833c445e.webp)\n\nWhen you ask it about a specific location, it first uses the Google search power-up with the site set to surfline.com to find the Surfline surf report page for that location. \n\nOnce it has it, it then uses the browse web page power-up to visit the page and get the current forecast! Pretty cool! \n\nRemember that all power-ups work in all our channels, too, so you could easily use this same bot in WhatsApp or one of the other channels!\n\n\n## Getting started\nBefore you start with these two power-ups, we recommend you look at our general power-up documentation here: [Power-up basics](\u002Fdocs\u002Fpower-up-basics).\n\nOnce you are happy with the basics of Power-ups, take a look at our dedicated docs here: [Google Search Power-up](\u002Fdocs\u002Fgoogle-search-power-up) & [Browse Webpage Power-up](\u002Fdocs\u002Fbrowse-webpage-power-up)\n\n## What's Next?\nWe're still going! Power-Ups Launch Week still has one more day in store, and trust us, it's a good one! 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This one's a bit different.. it's about the stuff happening quietly in the background that you'll never actually see. Stick with me though, because it matters more than you'd think.\n\nThis month we rebuilt the engine room of Chat Thing. Not the bit you log into, but the part doing all the heavy lifting behind the scenes.. crawling your website, syncing your content from Notion, Google Drive and the rest, generating your analytics, sending your emails, running your agents' tasks. All of that runs on a separate system, and we tore it down and rebuilt it from scratch.\n\nI know, \"we rebuilt some backend plumbing\" isn't exactly a thrilling headline! But here's what it actually means for you.\n\n## Faster, in the way that counts\n\nThe honest truth is that the old system was built on different foundations to the rest of Chat Thing. It worked fine, but it meant our team had to juggle two completely different ways of doing things every time we wanted to improve anything back there.\n\nNow it all speaks the same language. Which means **we can ship improvements to crawling, syncing and analytics far quicker than before**. When you're waiting on us to make something better, that speed is the difference between \"next week\" and \"next month\".\n\n## Safer with your data\n\nThis is the one I care most about, and it's worth a minute of your time.\n\nEvery modern app is built on top of hundreds of little bits of code written by other people. It's how software works, nobody builds everything from scratch. But every one of those bits is something you're trusting, and occasionally one of them gets tampered with by someone with bad intentions. It's called a supply chain attack, and it's one of the biggest security risks going right now.\n\nSo while we were in there, we did two things. We **cut the amount of third party code this system relies on by nearly 40%** (fewer moving parts, fewer things that can go wrong). And we turned on a much stricter set of rules for the code we do use.. including a deliberate cooling off period so we never automatically pull in brand new code before the wider security community has had a chance to vet it.\n\nIn plain English: there are now fewer doors, and the ones that remain have much better locks. Your data, and your customers' data, sits behind them.\n\n## More reliable, full stop\n\nFewer moving parts means fewer things that can break at 2am. We also did the whole switch over carefully, running the old and new systems side by side and checking they behaved identically before flipping the switch, with a one button rollback the whole time. No drama, no downtime, nothing for you to do.\n\nAnyway! Your agents are crawling, syncing and replying exactly as they were before. Nothing's changed on your end. 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They ask their question. Your agent answers. They leave.\n\nYou never find out who they were. They might have been your ideal customer. They might have been ready to buy. You will never know, because nothing asked.\n\nThat changes today.\n\n![The visitor-facing pre-chat form rendered on a bot page, with intro copy above the fields](https:\u002F\u002Fres.cloudinary.com\u002Fdjyjvrw5u\u002Fimage\u002Fupload\u002Fv1777051094\u002Fdocs\u002Fprechat-form-visitor.png)\n\n### Meet your visitors before the first message\n\nLead Capture shows a short form to visitors before the chat opens. They fill in their name and email, or whatever your team actually needs to know, and then the conversation starts.\n\nBy the time they send their first message, you already know who they are.\n\n{% youtube id=\"ygNJiEvskZ4\" \u002F%}\n\n### Your team knows who called\n\nEvery form submission is saved to the conversation. Open any chat in Chat Thing and the visitor's details are right there at the top, before the first message.\n\nIf you want those details in your CRM, your inbox, or your team's Slack channel, you can connect that too. It is optional, but it means your team can follow up the next morning knowing exactly who they spoke to, what they asked, and what they came in for.\n\n### Ask for what you actually need\n\nThe default form asks for a name and an email. That is usually enough.\n\nBut if your team needs more, the company, the product they are asking about, a callback date, you can add those fields too. Drag to reorder. Mark the ones that matter as required.\n\nThere is also a short intro message you can put above the form. Use it to explain what the chat is for, set the right expectation, or just make people feel welcome before they fill anything in.\n\n![The \"Require a pre-chat form\" toggle and intro copy field in the web channel settings](https:\u002F\u002Fres.cloudinary.com\u002Fdjyjvrw5u\u002Fimage\u002Fupload\u002Fv1777051081\u002Fdocs\u002Fprechat-form-toggle.png)\n\n### Why asking up front works\n\nMost teams try to capture emails at the end of a chat. A popup. A nudge. A \"before you go\" moment.\n\nThe conversion on those is brutal. The visitor got their answer and they are already on their way out.\n\nAsking at the start works because the visitor is already here. They came to get help. Filling in a short form is not friction, it is an introduction. And when they do it, the whole conversation that follows is warmer, more personal, and easier to follow up on.\n\n### Where this makes the biggest difference\n\nIf you sell anything with a sales process, demos, pricing questions, onboarding, Lead Capture means your team goes into every follow-up with context instead of a cold email address.\n\nIf you run a B2B site, knowing the company before the chat starts is the difference between a useful conversation and a polite one.\n\nIf you do lead generation, this replaces the popup form entirely. Same details. Better experience. And the visitor gets their questions answered on the way in.\n\n### The honest caveat\n\nLead Capture is on the web channel for now. It does not work on WhatsApp, Slack, or Discord, those channels do not have a natural place for a form before the conversation starts. 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Useful for sensitive questions, personal account lookups, or extended back-and-forth that would clutter a public channel.\n\n### Slash commands\n\nSlash commands are still here, now with Discord's native autocomplete. Type `\u002Fask` (or whatever you configure) and Discord surfaces it instantly.\n\n### Threaded conversations\n\nV2 keeps conversations organised in threads, so channels stay clean even when your agent is active across multiple conversations at once.\n\n## V1 or V2: which is right for you?\n\nBoth versions are available.\n\nV2 is the better fit for most teams. 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Following our thrilling kickoff with the Zapier AI Action Power-up, we're excited to dive into Day 2 with a bang. Today, we're unveiling our suite of Notion Power-ups, designed to revolutionise how your bots interact with your Notion workspace.**\n\nBefore we get into day 2, in case you missed the previous day, here's the link:\n- Day 1: [Zapier Power-up](\u002Fblog\u002Flaunch-week-01-zapier-ai-actions?previews=true)\n\n## Day 2: Notion Power-ups\nNotion Power-ups empower your bots to interact with your Notion workspace in ways you've always imagined but previously were not possible.\n\nProbably the easiest way to get a feel for what the Notion power-ups can do, will be to watch our announcement video below:\n\n{% youtube  id=\"mZpcY_Dpr7Q\" \u002F%}\n\nWe've had the Notion data source since the beginning of Chat Thing, but with the set of Notion power-ups we are announcing today, we are providing you another way to connect your bots with your Notion workspace, and for the first time ever, your bots will even be able to save and modify content in your workspace!\n\nToday, we've not got one, but 5 Notion power-ups to reveal, and you'll be able to mix and match them in your bots to do all kinds of things!\n\n![Xnapper-2024-04-06-06.46.07.webp](https:\u002F\u002Fres.cloudinary.com\u002Fdjyjvrw5u\u002Fimage\u002Fupload\u002Fv1712382561\u002FXnapper_2024_04_06_06_46_07_1a5e714eb1.webp)\n\n### The Five Notion Power-ups Unveiled\nLet's explore the five distinct Notion Power-ups we're launching today:\n\n- **Save to Notion Database**: Direct your bot to save or update items within a Notion database you specify. We are so excited for all the possibilities this power-up enables.\n\n- **Query a Notion Database**: Equip your bot with the ability to search through a chosen database, applying filters to find exactly what you need, such as items marked as done.\n\n- **Read a Notion Page**: This power-up allows your bot to read the contents of any Notion page instantly, providing you with the latest information, right when you need it.\n\n- **Search for a Notion Page**: Need to find a specific page? Your bot can now return a list of pages matching your search criteria, saving you the hassle of manual searching.\n\n- **Search for a Notion Database**: Similarly, this power-up enables your bot to find and list databases by title, making it easier to navigate and manage your Notion workspace.\n\nEach power-up has its own settings that allow you to adjust how the bot interacts with it. Below is an example of the save to database power-up where you can select the Notion database you want to work with, and then configure how the bot will use its fields.\n\n![Xnapper-2024-04-06-07.29.32.png](https:\u002F\u002Fres.cloudinary.com\u002Fdjyjvrw5u\u002Fimage\u002Fupload\u002Fv1712385109\u002FXnapper_2024_04_06_07_29_32_27825ec9fd.png)\n\n### Example use-cases\nHere's a few basic examples of bots you could make using our Notion power-ups:\n\n* **Feature request bot** - Allow your users to suggest feature requests for your app via Chat Thing. The bot can save the suggestions into a dedicated feature requests Notion database.\n* **Project management buddy** - Give your bot access to your Notion tasks database so you can ask complex questions about tasks. Eg. \"How many tasks does Chris currently have in progress?\", \"Mark all Chris's tasks as done.\"\n* **Meal tracker bot** - Tell your bot what you have eaten, let it estimate calories and macros and then save the result to your meal tracker database.\n\nObviously that's just scratching the surface and we can't wait to see what the Notion community builds!\n\n## Getting started\nBefore you get started with the Notion power-ups, we recommend you take a look at our general Power-ups documentation here: [Power-up basics](\u002Fdocs\u002Fpower-up-basics&previews=true).\n\nOnce you are happy with the basics of Power-ups, take a look at our dedicated Notion Power-up docs here: [Notion Power-ups](\u002Fdocs\u002Fnotion-power-ups?previews=true), where you will find a step-by-step guide.\n\n## Up next!\nStay tuned for tomorrow's feature reveal! We'll introduce another power-up that will further enhance your bots' abilities to engage with and provide value to your users. ","Notion Power-ups - Launch Week 01","notion-power-ups-launch-week-01-day-2","2024-04-05T19:57:27.472Z","2024-04-23T08:14:52.068Z","2024-04-23T08:14:52.056Z","ts64om163qv441zu0y8qp4oi",{"id":392,"Title":393,"Content":394,"Description":395,"Category":10,"slug":396,"createdAt":397,"updatedAt":398,"publishedAt":399,"readTime":15,"documentId":400},14," Launch Week: Day 5 - Use API","As we conclude our Power-Ups Launch Week at Chat Thing, we're proud to unveil a final power-up of the week, the API power-up. This addition enables your bots to make direct API requests during conversations, opening up countless possibilities for integration and automation.\n\nIn case you missed the previous days, here's the links:\n- Day 1: [Zapier Power-up](\u002Fblog\u002Flaunch-week-01-zapier-ai-actions?previews=true)\n- Day 2: [Notion Power-ups](\u002Fblog\u002Fnotion-power-ups-launch-week-01-day-2?previews=true)\n- Day 3: [Talk to a human & send email](\u002Fblog\u002Flaunch-week-day-3-talk-to-a-human-and-send-email?previews=true)\n- Day 4: [Google search & Browser Page](\u002Fblog\u002Flaunch-week-day-4-browse-and-google-search?previews=true)\n\n## Day 5: Use API\n\nThe easiest way to see what the API power-up can do, is to check out the video below, where we integrate a bot with a holiday property search API.\n\n{% youtube  id=\"ofQbS2u73Uo\" \u002F%}\n\nIf you don't have time for the video to watch the video, that's cool; read on below to see how it works. \n\n### How does it work?\n\nIntegrating the \"Use API\" power-up means configuring your bot to interact with chosen APIs—defining endpoints, parameters, and authentication methods as needed. While this setup demands some technical know-how, it rewards you with highly personalised and powerful bot functionalities.\n\nAfter creating the API power-up, you can configure its settings. One of the most critical aspects of this is defining its arguments. The bot will collect and use these bits of data when it calls the power-up. You define these by creating a JSON schema like the one below, where you define each argument type and give it a description so the bot knows what it is:\n\n![Xnapper-2024-04-10-10.19.01.jpg](https:\u002F\u002Fres.cloudinary.com\u002Fdjyjvrw5u\u002Fimage\u002Fupload\u002Fv1712740917\u002FXnapper_2024_04_10_10_19_01_efe5dc977b.jpg)\n\nOnce you define these arguments, they can be used to build out other parts of your API request. For example, you can use them in your URL, and they will be dynamically replaced when the power-up is called. In the example below, we use them in the POST request body:\n\n![Xnapper-2024-04-08-19.56.43.webp](https:\u002F\u002Fres.cloudinary.com\u002Fdjyjvrw5u\u002Fimage\u002Fupload\u002Fv1712741048\u002FXnapper_2024_04_08_19_56_43_3804a432c3.webp)\n\nWhen the power-up is used, the values such as \"\u003Cguests>\" will replaced with the value collected by the bot. \n\nAnd here's the above power-up being used in a conversation:\n\n![Xnapper-2024-04-08-19.54.57.webp](https:\u002F\u002Fres.cloudinary.com\u002Fdjyjvrw5u\u002Fimage\u002Fupload\u002Fv1712602543\u002FXnapper_2024_04_08_19_54_57_a815ff14e4.webp)\n\n## Getting started\nBefore you start with the API power-up, we recommend you look at our general Power-ups documentation here: [Power-up basics](\u002Fdocs\u002Fpower-up-basics&previews=true).\n\nOnce you are happy with the basics of Power-ups, take a look at our dedicated docs here: [Use API Power-up](\u002Fdocs\u002Fuse-api-power-up?previews=true)\n\n## Our first launch week\nI can't believe our first launch week is complete! What a ride it's been!\n\nWe can't wait to see what you all build using power-ups, and we are excited to improve and build upon the feature in the coming months. What we have released this week is really the MVP of our vision for power-ups, and we have so much more planned. \n\nNow that we have this foundation, we can really get cracking on making it awesome. When combined with the continuous improvement of the underlying AI models, we can see this becoming hugely powerful.\n\n### What's next for Power-ups?\n\nThe obvious answer is more power-ups. We have a huge list of power-ups we would like to build, and we are excited to hear any suggestions our community might have on the ones that would be most useful to them. \n\n#### Client-side power-ups\n\nIn addition to new power-ups, we are really excited about the possibility of client-side power-ups. This feature would let you define power-ups that the Chat Thing widget can use on your site and then run on the client side. \n\nThis would allow site owners to create co-pilot-style bots that could do things like adding products to a user's basket and loads more!\n\n## Power-ups hackathon\n\nTo celebrate the end of our Power-ups Launch Week, we are running a Power-ups Hackathon with the opportunity for the winner to win $500! If that sounds fun, read more about it here: [Power-ups hackathon](\u002Fblog\u002Fpower-ups-hackathon?previews=true).","The use API power-up enables your bots to make direct API requests during conversations, opening up countless possibilities for integration and automation.","launch-week-day-5-use-api","2024-04-08T18:15:16.461Z","2024-04-26T07:51:13.652Z","2024-04-26T07:51:13.645Z","szsxlc6yqt6y5gj9orozj05w"]