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Drop in your Assistant ID, hit save, and a smart AI chat bubble appears on every page, ready to answer questions, qualify leads, and book meetings while you sleep.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Why Invent?<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Trained on your content.<\/strong> Point Invent at your site, docs, or knowledge base and it learns your product, your tone, and your policies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Natural conversations.<\/strong> Powered by frontier AI models, not clunky decision trees.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hand-off when it matters.<\/strong> Invent escalates to a human (email, Slack, or your helpdesk) the moment a real person is needed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lightweight.<\/strong> A single async script. No layout shift, no jank, no heavy bundle.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Works everywhere.<\/strong> Posts, pages, custom post types, landing pages, even checkout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>See it in action<\/h4>\n\n<p>The widget lives in the corner of your site and opens into a full chat experience that matches your brand.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Already on WooCommerce?<\/h4>\n\n<p>If your store runs on WooCommerce, install the dedicated <strong>Invent for WooCommerce<\/strong> plugin instead. It includes everything in this plugin plus product-aware answers, order lookups, and cart recovery prompts.<\/p>\n\n<p>Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.useinvent.com\/integrations\/woocommerce\">https:\/\/www.useinvent.com\/integrations\/woocommerce<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h4>Setup in three steps<\/h4>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Create a free account at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.useinvent.com\">useinvent.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Build your assistant. Invent will crawl your site automatically.<\/li>\n<li>Paste the Assistant ID into this plugin and save. Done.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<h3>External services<\/h3>\n\n<p>This plugin connects to the Invent service (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.useinvent.com\">useinvent.com<\/a>) to render the chat experience. The plugin does not contact Invent until a site administrator saves an Assistant ID and the widget is rendered on a public page.<\/p>\n\n<p>When visitors use the widget, Invent may process:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>the configured Assistant ID<\/li>\n<li>chat messages submitted through the widget<\/li>\n<li>technical\/browser metadata needed to operate the widget and chat session<\/li>\n<li>page\/referrer context associated with the widget session<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The Invent service is required for the plugin to function.<\/p>\n\n<p>Service policies:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Privacy Policy: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.useinvent.com\/legal\/privacy\">https:\/\/www.useinvent.com\/legal\/privacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Terms of Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.useinvent.com\/legal\/terms\">https:\/\/www.useinvent.com\/legal\/terms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Install and activate <strong>Invent Chat Widget<\/strong> from the WordPress plugin directory.<\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>Settings &gt; Invent Chat Widget<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Paste your Invent Assistant ID.<\/li>\n<li>Save your changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>The chat bubble will appear on every public page of your site.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"do%20i%20need%20to%20edit%20my%20theme%3F\"><h3>Do I need to edit my theme?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. The plugin injects the widget automatically on every public page.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"where%20do%20i%20get%20my%20assistant%20id%3F\"><h3>Where do I get my Assistant ID?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Open your assistant in the Invent dashboard, go to <strong>Widget &gt; WordPress<\/strong>, and copy the Assistant ID.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"is%20an%20invent%20account%20required%3F\"><h3>Is an Invent account required?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. 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