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Informations about the package volet-chatbot

A chatbot feature for Volet

Adds a chat UI to your Volet widget, backed by any OpenAI-compatible endpoint: OpenAI itself, or your own Laravel app's backend.

Built on Laravel's official laravel/ai package. This package only wires that up to Volet's widget host; everything else (providers, streaming, conversation storage, tools, testing fakes) is laravel/ai's own surface.

Installation

Publish laravel/ai's config and migrations (conversation history lives in its agent_conversations / agent_conversation_messages tables : this package does not add its own):

Publish this package's assets and config:

Configuration

By default this package uses config('ai.php')'s openai provider, which talks to OpenAI directly:

To point it at your own backend (or any other OpenAI-compatible endpoint) instead, override OPENAI_URL — no code change needed, openai is just an HTTP client pointed at a base URL:

The API key only ever lives server-side in this config. It is never sent to the widget's JavaScript.

(Some versions of laravel/ai also ship a separate openai-compatible provider entry in config/ai.php for this — check your installed version if you'd rather use that instead of overriding openai's URL. Either way works the same; this package defaults to openai since that entry is guaranteed to exist across versions.)

In config/volet-chatbot.php, set the provider/model/system prompt and the request rate limit:

This widget is reachable by anyone who loads the page where you are loading Volet. Every message is a paid API call. The throttle middleware in config('volet-chatbot.routes.middleware') is keyed by user id (falling back to IP), tune VOLET_CHATBOT_RATE_LIMIT (default 20,1) to your budget.

Registering the feature

In your VoletServiceProvider (see the main Volet package's README for the quickstart):

Extending the agent - tools, MCP, structured output

The widget's replies are produced by config('volet-chatbot.agent'), which defaults to Mydnic\VoletChatbot\Agents\ChatbotAgent. To add tools, MCP servers, provider failover, or anything else laravel/ai supports, don't modify this package. Extend the agent in your own app and point the config at it:

See laravel/ai's own docs for php artisan make:tool, MCP servers, structured output, and provider failover. None of it needs a Volet-specific bridge.

Conversation history

Guests are tracked by a conversation_id minted on the first message and returned to the client, which stores it (e.g. localStorage) and sends it back on continue. No account or cookie is required. If a visitor is authenticated, their user_id is recorded alongside the conversation automatically.

Scope

Not included in v1, by design: function/tool calling out of the box (bring your own via agent extension above), image/vision input, moderation of outbound messages, human handoff. Open an issue if you need one of these before building it yourself.

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Requires php Version ^8.3
laravel/ai Version ^0.9
mydnic/volet Version ^v2.0.0
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