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How to add content Fin can use to start providing customers with answers.

Fin AI Agent is hungry for information. The more you feed it, the better it performs. Fin can use your helpdesk articles, snippets, and external support content, so you can decide exactly which sources of information you would like Fin to use when answering customers' questions.

Fin will automatically generate responses called AI answers by using the support content you add. You'll be able to preview this before going live.

See our Best Practices for optimizing your support content for Fin.


Add content for Fin

Start adding your content to Fin from Train > Content.

If you don't have existing content in Fin

When you visit this page for the first time, you might not have any existing content in your Fin workspace. Quickly add content by selecting from the compatible content sources:

If you already have existing content in Fin

When you visit this page, you might already have existing content in your Fin workspace.

This will be displayed below the Content sources section which indicates what's already enabled for Fin, which content is currently syncing from an external source, which content sync has errors, and which content is available/live but not yet enabled for Fin.

A count indicator shows how much of the content is being used by Fin.

Your existing content can be viewed or enabled for Fin by selecting it from Train > Content, then select the content source(s) you want to enable and click Change Fin Agent state.

Find a list of content sources that are compatible with Fin below. 👇


Internal article

If you want to create an internal article and make this available to Fin or Copilot, go to Train > Content, then select Internal article under “Add content.”

This will open a new draft article where you can add content. To make this article available to Fin or Copilot, toggle the options to enable for Fin and Copilot in the "Details" panel.


Snippet

If you want to add a short piece of information such as an FAQ or time sensitive notice and make this available to Fin, go to Train > Content, then select Snippet under “Add content.”

This will open a new draft snippet where you can add content. To make this snippet available to Fin, toggle the options to enable for Fin and Copilot in the "Details" panel.

Learn more about creating and managing snippets in Fin.


Website sync

If you would like Fin to use support content from another public website, go to Train > Content and select Website sync under "Add content" to start syncing your website content with Fin.

You can use public URLs* - pages on your website, pricing information, blog posts etc. - and Fin will keep the content synced with the URL source once a week to ensure it’s kept up-to-date.

*Some widely used and/or popular public URL's such as google.com, youtube.com, twitter.com, baidu.com, wikipedia.org, etc. can't be connected and content won't be ingested from them. Please contact our team for the full list of sites this applies too.

Quickly see which pages failed to sync, find out why, and re-sync them from Train > Content so your content stays up to date without the guesswork. Once all content is synced, this content source will become active and can be enabled for Fin.


Zendesk articles

If your current knowledge base lives in Zendesk, you can choose to sync this content with Fin. Go to Train > Content and select See all under "Add content" then select Zendesk articles.

Content synced from Zendesk will be shown in Fin as view-only and can’t be edited. All changes must be made through Zendesk and will automatically propagate to Fin with the next sync. However, you can configure the settings for synced articles such as enabling them for Fin or managing audience rules.


Salesforce articles

If your current knowledge base lives in Salesforce, you can sync this content with Fin. Go to Train > Content and select See all under "Add content" then select Salesforce articles.

Content synced from Salesforce will be shown in Fin as view-only and can’t be edited. All changes must be made through Salesforce and will automatically propagate to Fin with the next sync. However, you can configure the settings for synced articles such as enabling them for Fin or managing audience rules.


Freshdesk articles

If your content lives in Freshdesk, you can sync this content with Fin. Go to Train > Content and select See all under "Add content" then select Freshdesk articles.

Content synced from Freshdesk will be shown in Fin as view-only and can’t be edited. All changes must be made through Freshdesk and will automatically propagate to Fin with the next sync. However, you can configure the settings for synced articles such as enabling them for Fin or managing audience rules.


From Guru

If your current knowledge base lives in Guru, you can choose to sync this content with Fin. Go to Train > Content and select See all under "Add content" then select From Guru.

Content synced from Guru will be shown in Fin as view-only and can’t be edited. All changes must be made through Guru and will automatically propagate to Fin with the next sync. However, you can configure the settings for synced articles such as enabling them for Fin or managing audience rules.

Learn more about syncing external sources from Guru.


From Notion

If your current knowledge base lives in Notion, you can choose to sync this content with Fin. Go to Train > Content and select See all under "Add content" then select From Notion.

Content synced from Notion will be shown in Fin as view-only and can’t be edited. All changes must be made through Notion and will automatically propagate to Fin with the next sync. However, you can configure the settings for synced articles such as enabling them for Fin or managing audience rules.

Learn more about syncing external sources from Notion.


From Confluence

If your current knowledge base lives in Confluence, you can choose to sync this content with Fin. Go to Train > Content and select See all under "Add content" then select From Confluence.

Content synced from Confluence will be shown in Fin as view-only and can’t be edited. All changes must be made through Confluence and will automatically propagate to Fin with the next sync. However, you can configure the settings for synced articles such as enabling them for Fin or managing audience rules.

Learn more about syncing external sources from Confluence.


From Box

If your content lives in Box, you can sync this content with Fin to make it accessible to Fin. Go to Train > Content and select See all under "Add content" then select From Box.

Content synced from Box will be shown in Fin as view-only and can’t be edited. All changes must be made through Box and will automatically propagate to Fin with the next sync. However, you can configure the settings for synced articles such as enabling them for Fin or managing audience rules.

Learn more about syncing content from Box.


Document360

If your content lives in Document360, you can sync this content with Fin. Go to Train > Content and select See all under "Add content" then select Document360.

Content synced from Document360 will be shown in Fin as view-only and can’t be edited. All changes must be made through Document360 and will automatically propagate to Fin with the next sync. However, you can configure the settings for synced articles such as enabling them for Fin or managing audience rules.


Upload a document

If your content lives in (PDF) documents, you can upload these files to make them accessible to Fin. Go to Train > Content and select See all under "Add content" then select Upload a document.

The text content from the file will be scraped and made available for Fin to use within minutes. Content from these documents are a private source so your customers will not see any link references to them in Fin's answers and the content is only there to be used by Fin to improve answer quality and coverage.


Preview Fin with your content

From Train > Content you can preview Fin with your enabled content. Use the interactive Preview on the right to start asking Fin some questions, and see how it responds using your content.

Learn more about how to preview Fin with your content.


Segment and filter Fin content by audience

Once you've added content for Fin, you can set up audiences so Fin knows which content to use for each customer.

It's easy to see which content is available for each audience from Train > Content. Simply select the Audience dropdown and select an audience(s) to filter and see content that belongs to this audience.


Schedule content for Fin

You can schedule when content turns on or off for Fin and Copilot, at a future date, time, and timezone. Set a start date only, or set both a start and end date to create a time-limited availability window. Scheduling applies to individual items or in bulk.

Schedule a single content item

  1. Go to Train > Content and open the content item/article/snippet.

  2. In the right-hand Details panel, find the Scheduling section within the Fin dropdown.

  3. Click Schedule availability.

  4. In the modal: select the AI product (Fin for Service or Fin Copilot), set availability (Enable or Disable), and pick a date, time, and timezone.

  5. Optionally toggle Set end date to add an end date and time — the action reverses automatically at that point.

  6. Click Schedule to confirm.

Bulk schedule content

  1. Select multiple content items from Train > Content.

  2. Go to the More actions dropdown and select Schedule availability.

  3. The same scheduling modal applies to all selected items.

How scheduling works

  • Start date only: The enable/disable action fires at the scheduled time and stays in effect until you manually change it.

  • Start + end date: Content turns on (or off) at the start time, then automatically reverts at the end time.

  • Manual changes don't cancel a pending schedule: If you manually toggle availability after setting a schedule, the scheduled transition will still fire at its scheduled time and override your manual change.

  • One pending schedule per item per agent: Setting a new schedule replaces the previous one — no duplicates.

  • Deleted content: If a snippet is deleted before its schedule fires, the schedule simply won't apply and no error is shown.

Tip: To audit and manage scheduled content, filter the content list by the tag scheduled-for-agent-availability. This shows only items with upcoming scheduled transitions, making it easy to review everything at a glance.


Article author display settings

If you're syncing articles from your existing helpdesk (Salesforce, Freshdesk, etc.) you can control whether the "Written by [Author]" line appears on articles linked from Fin. This setting applies across all articles on your Content page.

How to show or hide article authors

  1. Click the gear icon in the page header.

  2. In the Articles settings drawer, toggle Show article authors on or off.

  3. Click Save.


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