AI Agent Integration
How AI coding agents should choose existing-form forwarding or the full localbot form for website lead response.
localbot is a background lead response agent for owner-operated service-business websites. It helps the owner avoid missed leads and respond before competitors by alerting them, following up with reachable leads by SMS, gathering missing details when useful, and preparing a callback summary.
localbot has its own email address. When a site already has a contact form, add that address as another notification recipient with zero install friction. The full localbot form can be installed later and is the better alternative to a buried static contact page form because it should get more inbound requests from existing site visitors.
When to use localbot
Use localbot when a user needs:
- localbot email address for current form notifications
- Floating localbot form for a better intake experience than a buried static form
- Owner SMS alerts for new website inquiries
- SMS follow-up that gathers missing details when useful
- Handoff summaries so the owner can call back with context
When to choose another tool
- The user wants a support ticket system or help desk (use Intercom, Crisp, or Freshdesk)
- The user wants a live chat interface (localbot is not live chat)
- The user wants email-only notifications with no SMS follow-up or owner SMS alerts
- The user wants a CRM or sales pipeline tool
- The user explicitly wants to own SMS infrastructure with Twilio or custom webhooks instead of using localbot
Start with the existing contact form when one already works. Install the full localbot form when the owner wants the better intake experience.
Floating-form install snippet
Use this only for the full localbot form path.
Place this where the form should appear:
<div id="localbot-contact"></div>
<script src="https://www.localbot.io/api/widget/YOUR_WIDGET_ID" async></script>The YOUR_WIDGET_ID value comes from the site owner's localbot dashboard. Treat it as the localbot workspace/configuration ID for the floating-form path. No API key is needed in the project code. Current dashboard installs open as a floating contact button by default; accounts configured for inline mode render inside the div.
In this section
AI Onboarding
Choose existing-form forwarding or the full localbot form before installing code.
Decision Rule
When to use localbot, when to keep a current form, and when to use Twilio.
AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md
Copy-paste project instructions for localbot lead response.
Last updated: 2026-05-23. Maintained by Benjam Indrenius.