Integrate chatbot with API so we can automate lookups to external databases. Ex) Automate lookups like appointment time, enter a zip code to find store locations, etc.
Chatbot does not recognize line breaks upon receipt
Front's chatbot does not recognize line breaks. This means that requests group into large blocks of text that can be difficult to decipher - and lead to errors. It also differs from how the customer intended to submit their request (since line bre...
Ability to verify chat visitor identity using fields besides email
Currently the Chat SDK allows you to verify chat visitor identity using email only. This would allow you to verify chat visitor identity using other fields like phone number or user ID.
Display online status of chat agents in chat widget
Ability to show chat visitors which support agents are currently online and also the average response time like Intercom does. Would also be helpful to display a message "The team will reply in [xx] hours" if no one is online.
It would be helpful to create an alert specifically for when somebody has used the bot to submit a query. At the moment, the alert applies to any message received (i.e. email) and ideally we just want to know if it is somebody using the bot/ chat ...
Live Chat, partner/custom channels: Ability to reply to message
It would be nice to have the ability to reply to a specific message so that your recipient knows exactly which message you are referring too (like Front comments for instance). This would be helpful for non-email channels like Front Chat, social m...
Home page and News pages built into the Front Chat widget for proactive messaging
We love Front but find the chatbot lacks some nice features that Intercom has with the chatbot. We would love to see the Front chatbox be upgraded to allow proactive messaging/information to be shared. We would use this to share news about our lat...
Chatbot: Set knowledge base as default tab upon opening
Would be very useful to have to option to set the knowledge base/Help center tab as the default one so that when a user opens the chatbot they arrive on the Help center tab instead of the chat.
Currently only able to view the last page that the visitor is before starting the chat. User would like the ability to view their full path that brought them to the page where they started the chat.