Swayam AI Chatbot
Why “Swayam”?
Swayam (स्वयं)—an ancient Sanskrit word meaning “self.” Your content. Your knowledge. Autonomously intelligent.
Swayam AI Chatbot is a WordPress plugin that provides an intelligent chatbot powered by Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) technology. It indexes your WordPress content and uses AI to answer visitor questions based on your actual posts, pages, and custom post types.
Features
- RAG-Powered Q&A – Answers questions using your actual WordPress content as context
- Automatic Content Indexing – Syncs posts, pages, and custom post types to a vector database
- Auto-Sync on Publish – Automatically updates the index when content is published, updated, or deleted
- Customizable Chat Interface – Use the shortcode or floating widget
- Admin Dashboard – Easy configuration with connection testing
- REST API – Programmatic access to the chatbot
- Rate Limiting – Built-in protection against spam
Shortcode Usage
Embed the chatbot on any page or post:
[swayam_ai_chatbot]
With custom attributes:
[swayam_ai_chatbot title="Ask about our products" placeholder="What would you like to know?"]
External Services
This plugin connects to the following external services:
Ollama (Required) This plugin requires a running Ollama instance to generate embeddings and chat responses using the Llama 3.2 model.
- Ollama website: https://ollama.com/
- Ollama Privacy Policy: https://ollama.com/privacy
- Ollama Terms of Service: https://ollama.com/terms
Ollama runs locally on your server or a server you control. No data is sent to third-party cloud services unless you configure it to connect to a remote Ollama instance.
Elasticsearch (Required) This plugin requires an Elasticsearch instance to store vector embeddings and perform semantic search.
- Elasticsearch website: https://www.elastic.co/elasticsearch/
- Elastic Privacy Policy: https://www.elastic.co/legal/privacy-statement
- Elastic Terms of Service: https://www.elastic.co/legal/elastic-license
Elasticsearch can run locally on your server. If using Elastic Cloud, your indexed content will be stored on Elastic’s servers according to their privacy policy.
Data Transmitted * To Ollama: Post content for embedding generation, user questions for response generation * To Elasticsearch: Post content, titles, excerpts, URLs, and vector embeddings