> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://pro-bot.dev/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Build your bot

> Step-by-step: create your AI career bot in the Bot Factory wizard.

The **Bot Factory** is a short guided wizard. In a few minutes you'll have a working bot grounded in your real career data.

## Before you start

* A resume PDF and/or text about yourself (bio, LinkedIn summary, project notes).
* An LLM API key from your provider of choice. See [Models & keys](/docs/guides/models-and-keys). (You can also add this later.)

## Step 1 - Identity

Give your bot a **name**, a short **headline** (e.g. "Ask me about my backend experience"), and upload an optional **avatar**. Pick a **theme color** - a live preview updates as you choose. See [Themes & avatar](/docs/guides/themes-and-avatar).

## Step 2 - Knowledge

Add what the bot should know:

* **Upload PDFs** - drop in your resume (up to 5 files / 10 MB total). ProBot extracts the text, chunks it, and indexes it.
* **Paste text** - bio, project descriptions, FAQs.

If a single PDF fails to parse, the rest still save and you can retry just that file. The bot answers **only** from this knowledge - if it's not here, the bot says it doesn't know rather than inventing.

## Step 3 - Personality

Choose a **tone preset** and optionally add **custom instructions** to steer behavior. See [Personality](/docs/guides/personality) and [Custom instructions](/docs/guides/custom-instructions).

## Step 4 - AI model & key

Pick your **provider and model** and paste your **API key**. It's envelope-encrypted at rest and never logged in plaintext. Providers: Anthropic, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Google Gemini. See [Models & keys](/docs/guides/models-and-keys).

## Step 5 - Deploy

Review and create. You'll get:

* A **public chat URL**: `pro-bot.dev/u/<username>/chat`
* A one-line **embed snippet** for your site. See [Embed & share](/docs/embed-share).

New bots start as a **draft** with a private preview URL - test it, then flip the status to **live** (saves instantly). See [Managing your bot](/docs/guides/bot-management).

## After you build

* Tune knowledge, personality, suggested questions, and rate limits any time.
* Watch conversations and capture leads in your [dashboard](/docs/guides/analytics-and-leads).
* Save your configuration as a reusable [preset](/docs/guides/bot-management).