Knowledge — reference material

Give your agent a reference library — FAQs, policies, product details, past answers — so it responds accurately from your material instead of guessing.

Last updated July 14, 2026

Knowledge is your agent's reference library. Add the information it should draw on — company policies, product details, FAQs, past answers — and the agent pulls from it to respond accurately, grounded in your material rather than general guesses.

What to add

Good knowledge is anything you'd want the agent to know cold:

  • Product and service details, pricing rules, and specifications.
  • Policies — returns, support, scheduling, escalation.
  • Frequently asked questions and their approved answers.
  • Background on your company, customers, or market.

How the agent uses it

When a task or question relates to something in its knowledge, the agent finds the relevant passage and uses it to shape its answer. That keeps responses consistent with your official information and reduces the chance of it making something up.

Tip. Write knowledge in clear, self-contained chunks. A short, well-labeled entry the agent can quote is more useful than a long document where the key fact is buried.

Keeping knowledge accurate

Add what matters most

Start with the questions your agent will face most often and the facts it must never get wrong.

Review it periodically

Prices, policies, and offerings change. Outdated knowledge leads to confidently wrong answers, so revisit it as your business evolves.

Test with real questions

Ask the agent things your customers actually ask, and refine the knowledge wherever an answer misses.

Knowledge vs. Files vs. Memory

Use Knowledge for stable reference facts the agent answers from. Use Files when the agent needs the actual document to copy or fill in. Use Memory for things the agent learns over time as it works with you.

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