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How the brightwheel Support AI chatbot works

Written by Audrey
Updated today

When you reach out to brightwheel Support, you will often start with our chatbot powered by AI, which is designed to help you get answers right away, even when our team is offline.

As we continue to introduce AI into our support experience, we want to be transparent about how this tool works and why we use it. Our goal is to help you get faster, more efficient support while always keeping human help within reach.


Why we use the chatbot

The chatbot is designed to save you time and make it easier to get the help you need, whether that’s an instant answer or connecting with our team.

It helps:

  • Answers common questions

  • Searches our Help Center for the most relevant information

  • Collects details so our team can resolve your issue faster

Our goal is to build a chatbot that’s actually helpful; something you can rely on to get quick, accurate answers and move on with your day using brightwheel. It should feel like a tool that supports you, not something that slows you down or gets in the way.


You can get connected to a person anytime

Our chatbot is here to support you as quickly as possible by helping answer common questions and surfacing relevant information from our Help Center in seconds. It’s designed to give you fast, reliable answers with minimal wait time.

For more complex or in-depth questions, or if you simply prefer to speak to a person, human support is always available. If you prefer to speak with someone, just say ā€œtalk to teamā€ at any time in your conversation.


Quick tips

A few tips to help you get the most out of the chatbot:

  • Be specific → more detail = better answers

  • Try rephrasing your question→ small tweaks can help

  • Use it for quick wins → great for common questions

  • Skip to a human anytime → just say ā€œtalk to teamā€


How we’re improving your experience

We’re continuously improving the chatbot to make it more helpful and reliable. Our team reviews conversations and feedback to:

  • Improve answers

  • Reduce repetitive or unhelpful responses

  • Better recognize when to connect you with a person

Our goal is to make the chatbot a reliable tool you can trust to find answers quickly and support your day-to-day work in brightwheel.


What to expect

When reaching out to Support, you have the following options available.

During business hours (9 AM– 6PM ET):

  1. Get instant answers through the chatbot

  2. Start a live chat with a teammate (for Premium Admins)

  3. Leave a message if you don’t want to chat live

After hours:

  1. Get instant answers through the chatbot

  2. Leave a message for when our team is back online.


FAQs

What if I don’t want to use AI?

You can always bypass it by typing ā€œTalk to teamā€ to connect with a human.

Can I use the brightwheel Support chatbot like other AI assistants (e.g., ChatGPT or Gemini)?

No, the Support chatbot is designed specifically to answer brightwheel-related questions. However, you could use other AI tools to support your day-to-day workflows that involve brightwheel.

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