Built For Ghost Publishers
Most readers ask the same handful of things — what's in the membership, how to find a specific post, whether you offer a free tier. FastBots reads your Ghost site once and answers those questions in the corner of every page. It can also act as an AI agent when you turn on live internet search or push captured leads into a workflow.
Providing AI Chatbots to Trusted Brands Around The World
Quick Answers
A Ghost chatbot is an AI chat widget you add to a site built on Ghost. FastBots trains on your posts, pages and tag archives, then answers reader questions from that content — things like what's in the membership, where to find a specific essay or how to manage a subscription.
You paste a single script into Ghost Admin → Settings → Code Injection → Site Header, then save. The widget appears across every post and page. No theme editing, no Handlebars work and nothing to maintain after install.
Yes. Once the crawl has indexed your posts and tag pages, the bot can point readers to relevant essays based on what they ask. If you publish weekly, turn on auto-retrain so new posts are picked up without you doing anything.
The chatbot can answer questions about your tiers, pricing and what's included, and it can link people to your Portal signup. It doesn't manage subscriptions, process payments or read member-only content unless that content is publicly crawlable.
Why FastBots
Point it at your Ghost domain and it reads your essays, pages and tag archives. Readers get answers grounded in what you've actually published.
Instead of digging through your archive, readers can ask 'do you have anything on tariffs?' and the bot surfaces the relevant posts.
When someone asks about the paid tier or wants a reply from you, the lead form collects their email and routes it to your inbox.
Pricing, what's included, cancellations, how to log in — answered the moment a curious reader looks at your sidebar, not three days later.
On Business plan and above, FastBots can re-crawl your site daily or weekly so the bot always knows about your newest posts.
Readers can ask in their own language and get a reply in the same language — useful if your newsletter has an international audience.
Push captured emails to Mailchimp, ConvertKit or a Google Sheet through Zapier or Make once the chat ends. Pair with live internet search for current-events questions.
Set the widget colour, avatar and welcome message to match Casper, Edition or your custom theme. Remove the FastBots badge on Premium and above.
Real Scenarios
Answers what each tier costs, what's included and what the difference is between free and paid — without making the reader hunt for it.
Readers ask about a topic and the bot recommends the two or three best essays you've written on it, with links.
Handles 'where do I log in?', 'how do I update my email?' and 'why didn't I get the newsletter?' so you don't have to.
Captures the name, outlet and what they're after, then emails you the details so you can reply when you're ready.
If you publish a podcast through Ghost, train the bot on your show notes so listeners can ask 'which episode covered X?'
Answers questions about a book you've published, a paid course or any landing page on your Ghost site that explains an offer.
When someone wants to ask the author directly, the bot collects the question and emails it to you — ready for the next subscriber Q&A.
Explains your cancellation process and points the reader at the Portal page, while logging the conversation so you can follow up if needed.
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Setup
Drop in your domain and FastBots crawls your posts, pages and tag archives. Pick which URLs to train on and deselect anything you don't want indexed.
House voice
Sound like the author — thoughtful, calm, no marketing voice. If a reader asks something you don't know from the published posts, say so and offer to pass the question to the author.
Tell the bot how to sound, what topics to stick to and what to do when it doesn't know. Add a custom fallback for 'email the author' moments.
Copy your widget script, open Ghost Admin → Settings → Code Injection, paste it into Site Header and save. The bot appears across every page.
Honest Comparison
Most Ghost publishers pick between a contact form, a third-party search widget, or doing nothing and answering everything by email. Here's how a trained chatbot compares.
FastBots From $39 / month | Contact Form Free, built in | Ghost Search Widget Free, built in | |
|---|---|---|---|
Answers Reader Questions Trained on your posts and pages | Yes instant, from your content | No — reader waits for a reply | Returns post titles only |
Recommends Specific Posts Surfaces relevant essays by topic | Yes, with links and context | —No | Keyword match only |
Membership And Pricing Help Tier details, signup, cancellations | Yes answered in chat | Reader has to ask and wait | —No |
Captures Email Leads Routed to your inbox | Built-in lead form | Yes, the whole point | —No |
Keeps Up With New Posts Auto-retrain on a schedule | Daily, weekly or monthly (Business+) | N/A | Indexed automatically |
Works In ~95 Languages Reader writes in their language | Yes | Depends on the author | Limited |
Comparison reflects typical alternatives. Other tools may differ — always check current pricing and features before deciding.
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Build One On The Free Plan And See How It Reads
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Very easy-to-use service. It takes 10 minutes to set up a bot. Service also very good value for money.
Got Questions?
The ones we hear most before teams sign up. If yours isn’t here, our support team replies within hours during business days.
Yes. Ghost's Starter plan supports Code Injection, which is all you need to paste the FastBots script. The widget runs from FastBots' side, so it doesn't add load to your Ghost instance.
Only if those posts are publicly accessible to the crawler. Member-gated content sits behind login, so the bot can't see it. Most publishers train the bot on public posts, the about page and the membership page — that's usually enough to handle reader questions.
Yes. The widget is installed through Code Injection, so it sits on top of whichever theme you use — Casper, Edition, Source or a custom build. You set the colour and avatar in FastBots to match.
No. The chatbot can answer questions about your tiers and link readers to your Portal signup, but it doesn't manage subscriptions, take payments or change someone's membership. Those still go through Ghost's Portal and your payment provider.
On Business plan and above, you can schedule auto-retrain daily, weekly or monthly so new posts get picked up without you doing anything. On lower plans you can re-crawl manually whenever you've published something you want the bot to know about.
You write the fallback message. Most publishers set it to something like 'I'm not sure — want me to pass this to the author?', which triggers the lead form. The question and the reader's email then arrive in your inbox.
Yes, through Zapier or Make. When a lead is captured, the workflow can push the email into Mailchimp, ConvertKit, Beehiiv or a Google Sheet. These are workflow connections, not native integrations — you build them once in Zapier or Make.
Yes, on Business plan ($89/month) and above. You set availability hours; outside those hours the bot handles everything on its own and captures leads. During your hours, the bot can hand the conversation over to you to reply in real time.
The widget loads asynchronously, so it shouldn't affect your Core Web Vitals in any meaningful way. If you're cautious about performance, you can also delay the widget load or scope it to specific pages.
The free plan gives you one chatbot and 50 messages a month with no credit card required — enough to train it on your posts and try it out. Paid plans start at $39/month for higher message limits and integrations, with Live Chat included from $89/month.
Train it on your posts in minutes, paste one line into Code Injection and let it answer reader questions while you write the next one.
