Knowledge Library Explained: How to Teach Kai Your Business Facts

The Knowledge Library is where you write down the facts about your business — policies, FAQs, pricing notes, reply templates — so Kai can quote them back to a caller instead of guessing. You add entries in Dashboard > Business > Knowledge, and Kai automatically pulls in the matching ones during a live customer conversation, on the very next call.

Every AI phone system has the same failure mode: a caller asks something specific — "do you charge a trip fee," "what's your cancellation window" — and the agent either dodges the question or invents an answer that sounds confident and is wrong. That's not a voice problem or a scripting problem. It's a knowledge problem. The agent was never told the answer, so it filled the gap.

This guide covers what the Knowledge Library actually holds, what it can and can't do, how to add content, and where the line falls between "facts Kai knows" and "instructions Kai follows."

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Table of Contents

1. What the Knowledge Library actually is
2. What it can do
3. What it can't do
4. How to add content, step by step
5. The four tabs
6. What it costs
7. FAQ

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What the Knowledge Library actually is

Open Dashboard > Business > Knowledge and the page header shows your business name, the total number of items in the library, and an Add Knowledge button. Below that is a search bar that filters entries by title, content, category, or tag as your library grows.

Each entry is a discrete piece of text — a title, a type, an optional category, the content itself, and any tags you attach. Kai automatically pulls in matching entries during customer conversations, using the title and tags to decide what's relevant to the question being asked. There's no separate publish step and no sync delay: update an entry and Kai references the new version on the very next call.

Behind the scenes, entries you add here are what get searched when Kai's knowledge-search tool runs mid-call, and your product catalog gets folded in the same way — each active product becomes a searchable entry automatically, so a caller asking about a specific item gets an answer sourced from your catalog, not a guess.

What it can do

• Hold plain-language facts — policies, FAQs, procedures, anything you'd otherwise have to repeat to every new hire.
• Store reply, proposal, and follow-up templates as their own content types, so Kai has an example to draw from instead of writing a response from scratch every time.
• Take PDF or Word content as a source type, for material you already have written down elsewhere.
• Organize with categories and tags — group entries by topic (Policies, FAQ, Pricing) and filter the library as it grows.
• Include your product catalog automatically. Active products from Dashboard > Business > Products get formatted as knowledge entries — name, description, category, price, SKU — without you re-typing anything.
• Update instantly. Edit or delete an entry and Kai uses the new version, or stops referencing a removed one, starting with the next call.

What it can't do

• It doesn't replace your agent's instructions. The prompt you set in Customize Your Agent decides when and how Kai pulls from the library — the library only supplies facts, not behavior.
• It doesn't decide whether a call was successful or what should happen next. That's Lead Scoring Goals, a separate workspace under Activity — the Knowledge Library is strictly for facts Kai should know, not outcomes to chase.
• It doesn't know anything you haven't written down. Kai can only quote what's in the library. If a policy changes and nobody updates the entry, Kai will keep repeating the old one — the library isn't a live feed into your other systems.
• It doesn't guarantee a perfect match every time. Kai searches by relevance to the caller's question; vague titles and missing tags make an entry harder to surface. Specific titles and tags make it easier.

How to add content, step by step

1. Click Add Knowledge on the Knowledge page.
2. Enter a Title Kai can use to find this entry later, like "Product Returns Policy."
3. Pick a Type: General Text (the default, for FAQs and policies), Reply Example, Proposal Example, Follow-up Example, or PDF/Word Document for content pulled from a file.
4. Add an optional Category (e.g., Policies, FAQ) to group it with related entries.
5. Paste or write the Content — plain text, or markdown if the entry is marked that way.
6. Add Tags by typing each one and pressing Enter.
7. Click Add Knowledge.

Kai can reference the new entry on the next call — there's nothing further to publish or sync.

The four tabs

The library has four views on the same underlying entries:

• Table — a dense view with columns for title, type, category, content preview, tags, created date, and edit/delete actions. Best on desktop when you're managing a lot of entries.
• Cards — one card per entry with the full content visible, useful when you want to read several entries at once.
• Examples — groups your reply, proposal, and follow-up templates into three columns so you can scan them side by side.
• Lead Scoring — a separate workspace for managing scoring rules, kept in the same navigation because it's adjacent, not because it holds the same kind of data.

What it costs

The Knowledge Library is included on every KaiCalls plan — Solo starts at $69/mo, Pro at $199/mo, both with a generous answered-call allowance and no per-minute overage. There's no extra fee for how many entries you store or how often Kai references them on a call.

FAQ

Will Kai make something up if it's not in the library? The library exists to reduce that risk by giving Kai a specific, sourced answer to quote instead of guessing. Kai can only pull from what you've written — if a fact isn't there, write it down.

Do I need to re-add my products separately? No. Active products from your Product Catalog are automatically formatted as knowledge entries — name, description, category, price, SKU — so a caller asking about an item gets an answer sourced from your catalog.

How fast do changes take effect? Immediately for the next call. Edit or delete an entry and Kai uses the updated version or stops referencing a deleted one right away — there's no separate publish or sync step.

What's the difference between the Knowledge Library and Lead Scoring? The library holds facts Kai should know when talking to a caller. Lead Scoring Goals, under Activity, decide whether a call counted as a good outcome and what should happen next. They're separate workspaces because they answer different questions.

Can I upload a PDF instead of typing everything out? Yes — PDF Document and Word Document are both content types you can pick when adding an entry, for material you already have written down elsewhere.

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