Use case
Turn a website into a knowledge base.
Paste a link to a public website and get a private knowledge base you can ask questions, with every answer showing the pages it came from. Check for updates any time.
How it works
From a link to answers with sources
Paste the site’s link
Give kbDrop the first page of a public website. The recommended settings suit most sites, and pages that only show their content in a browser are handled automatically.
kbDrop reads the site, within limits
kbDrop’s crawler, kbDropBot, follows links to other pages on the same site. It stops at firm limits on pages, clicks from the first page, time, and size, and it respects site rules (robots.txt) and any requested delay between visits.
Ask the site questions
The pages it read become a private knowledge base. Ask questions and get answers that show the exact pages they came from.
Where this pays off
Sites worth asking instead of browsing
The obvious candidate is your own help docs or marketing site: add it once, and support, sales, and new teammates can ask it questions instead of hunting through menus. It works just as well for public material you rely on but don’t control, like a vendor’s docs, a standards body’s guidance, or a partner’s help center, kept as your own private copy you can ask questions.
Because the site becomes a normal kbDrop knowledge base, everything else applies: answers show the pages they came from, and access stays private to your account. For developers, the same knowledge base is also available through the knowledge base API.
Built to be a good citizen
- It names itself
kbDropBot/1.0 (+https://kbdrop.io/crawler)on every visit, so site owners can recognize it and turn it away. - It follows each site’s rules for bots, its sitemaps, and any requested delay, and it spaces out its requests to each site.
- Every page, redirect, and file it loads is checked and limited to safe public web addresses.
- Firm limits on pages, clicks from the first page, time, and size apply to every site it reads.
Questions, answered
Website knowledge base FAQ
Can kbDrop read any website?
Only public websites that pass kbDrop’s safety checks. kbDrop follows each site’s rules for bots and any requested delay between visits, and it never gets around logins, paywalls, CAPTCHAs, or bot blockers. If a site owner tells kbDropBot to stay away, kbDrop doesn’t read the site.
Does it work with sites that need JavaScript?
Yes. By default, kbDrop loads a page in a real browser when the page needs one to show its content, and Advanced settings let you choose always or never. That browser runs in isolation, and every page, redirect, and file it loads is checked and limited to safe public addresses.
What happens when the website changes?
Ask kbDrop to check the site for updates and it reads the site again to refresh your knowledge base, following the same site rules and limits as the first time.
Can I turn my docs site into a chatbot?
Yes. Add your docs site and your team can ask it questions right away. For developers, the kbDrop command-line tool and API bring the same answers, with sources, into your own product or support tools.
Will kbDrop overload the site?
No. kbDropBot names itself on every visit, spaces out its requests to each site, waits as long as the site asks (including when it says to try again later), and stops at firm limits on pages, clicks from the first page, time, and size.
Ask a site you rely on
Paste a link, let kbDrop do the reading, and ask your first question with sources attached.
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