Getting Started with Bothive

Bothive is where you build AI bots and use them anywhere — your website, your app, your backend. You build a bot once (in plain language or in HiveLang), and Bothive hosts it so any app can call it. This guide gets you from zero to a working bot.

1. Create your account

Head to the sign-up page and create an account. You land on the Dashboard — your home base for bots, workflows, integrations, and keys.

2. Get your bearings

A quick tour of the places you'll use most, all in the left sidebar:

• HiveMind — an AI copilot. Describe what you want and it builds bots, integrations, and workflows for you.
• Bots / My Bots — create and manage your bots.
• Orchestrator — the visual workflow builder for chaining bots and steps.
• Integrations — connect apps (Slack, Gmail, Notion, GitHub…) and your own API.
• Knowledge — upload documents your bots can search.
• API Keys (under Developer) — keys your app uses to call bots.
• Billing / Usage — your plan and credit usage.

3. Build your first bot

The fastest path:

1. Go to Bots → New Bot (/dashboard/bots/new).
2. Describe what the bot should do, or write a short HiveLang definition.
3. Use the test pane to chat with it and iterate.
4. Save it.

Prefer to talk it out? Open HiveMind and say "Build me a support bot that answers questions about my product." It scaffolds the bot and drops it into the builder.

4. Give it knowledge (optional)

A bot is only as good as what it knows. Under Knowledge, create a knowledge base and upload a PDF or docs. Attach it to your bot, and it can answer from your content.

5. Use it anywhere

Once a bot works, call it from your own app with an API key. See Connect a bot to your app for the full walkthrough.

That's the loop: build → test → use anywhere. Next, dig into Build your first bot for a deeper, step-by-step build.