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Theo’s embed widgets let you add an AI chat interface to any website. Each widget is linked to an API key and inherits its Brand Soul, credits, and permissions.

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Quick Start

  1. Create an API key in the Dashboard → Keys page.
  2. Create a widget in Dashboard → Widgets, or via the API:
curl -X POST https://hitheo.ai/api/v1/iframes \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $THEO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "api_key_id": "your-key-id",
    "name": "Support Widget",
    "appearance": { "primaryColor": "#715eac" },
    "behavior": { "welcomeMessage": "Hi! How can I help?" }
  }'
  1. Embed the snippet on your site:
<script
  src="https://hitheo.ai/embed.js"
  data-config-id="your-config-id"
  async
></script>

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Customization

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Appearance

Control the look of the widget via the appearance object:
  • primaryColor — Accent color for the widget header and buttons
  • position — "bottom-right" (default) or "bottom-left"
  • borderRadius — Corner radius in pixels
  • fontFamily — Custom font (loaded from Google Fonts)

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Behavior

  • welcomeMessage — Greeting shown when the widget opens
  • placeholder — Input field placeholder text
  • maxPromptLength — Maximum characters per message
  • enableFileUpload — Allow users to upload images/documents
  • enableVoice — Enable voice input (speech-to-text)
  • strictAbuse — Enable abuse detection heuristics (rapid-fire, content repetition, prompt-length)

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Brand Soul

If the linked API key has a Brand Soul configured (via Dashboard → Keys → Brand Soul), the widget automatically inherits it. The Brand Soul defines the persona, tone, knowledge base, and behavior constraints — making the widget sound like your brand, not like a generic chatbot.

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Security

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Domain Allowlist

Configure allowedOrigins on the API key to restrict which domains can embed the widget. Requests from unauthorized origins are rejected via CORS.

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Bot Protection

Enable requireTurnstile: true in the widget’s security config to add a bot-protection challenge before the first message.

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Abuse Detection

When strictAbuse is enabled, Theo applies server-side heuristics that flag and throttle abusive traffic patterns — including rapid-fire requests from a single IP, repetitive or duplicate content, and excessively long prompts. Exact thresholds are not published so attackers can’t calibrate around them.

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Human Escalation

The widget automatically detects when users request a human agent (“talk to a real person”, “get me an agent”). You can configure custom keyword triggers and actions (redirect to URL, show message, fire webhook) in the widget’s intent config.

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Preview

Generate a preview token to test unpublished widgets in the Dashboard: 
curl -X POST https://hitheo.ai/api/v1/iframes/{id}/preview-token \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $THEO_API_KEY"
Preview tokens are short-lived and bypass the domain allowlist for testing.

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API Reference