# Getting started (/)



Agents: the full docs are at [https://docs.usesondo.com/llms-full.txt](https://docs.usesondo.com/llms-full.txt), one page per section.

Sondo is a chat widget you embed on your website. It answers visitors from a Knowledge Base you
control, holds a real conversation, and hands you every transcript afterward. It answers from what
you gave it, and says so when it does not know.

Setting it up is four steps, and the dashboard tracks them for you.

## 1. Create your account [#1-create-your-account]

Sign up at [usesondo.com/sign-up](https://usesondo.com/sign-up). There is no password to pick: you
enter your email, and Sondo sends a link that signs you in. You can also continue with Google.

## 2. Choose a plan [#2-choose-a-plan]

Every feature is on every plan. They differ only in how much they hold: how many workspaces you can
own, and how large each workspace's Knowledge Base can be. See
[API keys and plans](/api-keys-and-plans) for the numbers, or pick one at
[usesondo.com/pricing](https://usesondo.com/pricing).

There is no trial. Your widget turns on when the subscription is active.

## 3. Create your workspace [#3-create-your-workspace]

A workspace holds one site's Knowledge Base, its assistant persona, and its embeddable chat. You
give it a name and the address of the site you will embed it on. Sondo uses that address to decide
which sites are allowed to load your widget, so it is worth getting right, though you can change it
later in Settings.

## 4. Work through the checklist [#4-work-through-the-checklist]

The dashboard shows a card called **Get your assistant live** with four steps. Each one ticks itself
once it is true, so there is nothing to mark done.

1. **Add your OpenRouter key.** Sondo uses your own [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai) account for
   the model calls, so you pay for what your assistant actually costs and can see every dollar of it
   in your dashboard. Add the key under Settings, in the Models room.
2. **Add Knowledge Base content.** Paste text, upload a file, fetch a URL, or connect your blog.
   This is what your assistant answers from, and it will not invent anything beyond it. See
   [Knowledge Base](/knowledge-base).
3. **Set your assistant's persona.** Who it is, how it speaks, what it should do when it cannot
   answer. Settings, in the Assistant room.
4. **See it live on your site.** Copy the embed snippet and paste it into your site. See
   [Install the widget](/install-the-widget). This step ticks itself when your first visitor chats.

You can close the checklist once you are done with it. If you want it back, Settings has a General
room with a row called Getting started and a button that puts it back on the dashboard.

## What to read next [#what-to-read-next]

* [Install the widget](/install-the-widget) for the snippet and its options.
* [Knowledge Base](/knowledge-base) for every way to give your assistant something to answer from.
* [API keys and plans](/api-keys-and-plans) to connect an AI client to your workspace.