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...
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.
Add a chat widget landing page when visitor opens widget that offers different resources such as ability to start a chat conversation, view previous chat conversations, view Help Center articles, submit a CSAT rating, and more.
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.
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...
Handling Chatbot Messaging During Holidays/Slow Periods
Request an efficient way to indicate slower response times to users during holidays or low-activity periods, without manually updating messaging across multiple channels. Potential solutions: Centralized setting/flag to activate "slow response" mo...
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 ...