Knobi

Knobi provides a suite of human-centered AI tools specifically designed to address the challenges of growing online communities. As communities expand, they often become harder for members to navigate, leading to decreased engagement. Knobi tackles this by reducing friction rather than just adding incentives. It offers intelligent bots that automate key community management tasks, foster connections, and make collective knowledge easily accessible, ultimately helping community managers build more vibrant and supportive environments.

How to use Knobi

Getting started with Knobi is a straightforward process designed for community managers:

1. Request a Demo: Visit the Knobi website and book a demo or use the contact form to discuss your community's specific needs. This initial consultation helps determine if Knobi is the right fit.
2. Integration: Once you decide to proceed, Knobi's team will assist in integrating the bots into your community platform (e.g., Slack, Discord, Circle, etc.). The process is designed to be seamless.
3. Configuration: Configure the Intro Bot, Connections Bot, and Knowledge Bot based on your community's structure and goals. You can customize parameters like the delay for the Connections Bot or the sources for the Knowledge Bot.
4. Automation in Action: The bots begin working automatically. The Intro Bot welcomes new members with personalized suggestions, the Connections Bot monitors for unanswered questions, and the Knowledge Bot provides instant answers from your community's archives.
5. Monitor and Optimize: Track the impact of the bots on member engagement, question response rates, and knowledge discovery. Use these insights to further refine your community strategy.

Core Features of Knobi

• Intro Bot: Overcomes the new member's dilemma of "where to start." It analyzes a new member's introduction and responds with personalized recommendations for the top three most relevant channels, threads, or conversations, fostering immediate engagement without overwhelming them with DMs.
• Connections Bot: Acts as a safety net for member questions. It monitors the community for questions that go unanswered for more than two days, then identifies and invites other members with relevant expertise to chime in, ensuring that no one feels ignored.
• Knowledge Bot: Transforms your community's entire history of conversations into a searchable knowledge base. Members can interact with this chat-based bot to find answers and get links to the most helpful discussion threads, whether they happened last week or last year. It can be deployed within your community app or as a standalone tool.
• Custom AI Development: For unique community needs, Knobi offers custom-built AI tools and automations. This can include features like tracking trending topics, summarizing long discussions, or even automating the creation of weekly highlight newsletters, saving community managers significant time.

Use Cases for Knobi

Knobi is ideal for various types of online communities:

• Large-Scale Communities: For platforms with thousands of members where new user onboarding is a challenge and valuable conversations get lost in the noise.
• Brand & Product Communities: To enhance customer self-service support by helping users find answers from past discussions and connect with expert users.
• Professional Networks & Masterminds: To facilitate meaningful connections between members based on their expertise and interests, and to ensure valuable knowledge is captured and reused.
• Corporate & Internal Communities: To help new employees onboard more effectively by connecting them with relevant colleagues and internal knowledge resources.

Advantages of Knobi

Knobi's human-centered approach offers distinct advantages:

• Increased Engagement: By proactively connecting members and surfacing relevant content, Knobi makes it easier for everyone to participate.
• Automated Community Health: The bots automate crucial but time-consuming tasks, freeing up community managers to focus on strategic initiatives.
• Improved Knowledge Management: It prevents valuable information from being lost by making historical conversations easily accessible.
• Personalized Member Experience: Instead of a one-size-fits-all approach, Knobi tailors recommendations and connections to individual users.
• Reduced Friction: The core philosophy is to make participation effortless, which is more effective and sustainable than constantly trying to motivate users with external rewards.

Pricing and Plans

Knobi offers a simple and transparent pricing model:

• Baseline Plan: For $300 per month, you get all three core bots (Intro Bot, Connections Bot, and Knowledge Bot) with unlimited usage.
• Custom Plan: For communities requiring custom-built AI tools and automations, pricing is tailored to the project's scope. You can contact Knobi for a consultation and a custom quote.
• Flexible Options: If you only need one specific bot, Knobi encourages you to get in touch to work out a suitable arrangement.