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Hi there, welcome to Docket!
Hi there, welcome to Docket!

Setup Docket for the first time as an admin

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Written by Athul Rajeev
Updated over a year ago

Docket is your virtual sales engineer for enterprise SaaS, here to equip account executives and sales engineers with critical answers at every deal stage using company knowledge from Slack, drives, PRDs, meetings and more.

Thank you for joining our early access program 🙂

In this article we’ll help you:

  1. Get started and set up Docket for the first time

  2. Add a knowledge source

  3. Connect Slack with Docket

Getting started

Setting up a Docket for the first time is super easy. And if you have any questions or need help during this process please write to us at [email protected].

Follow these steps:

  1. Admins, check your email inbox for a welcome email from Docket

  2. Click ‘Setup Account’ in the welcome email.

  3. You will be directed to Docket’s web app in your browser

  4. One the first screen

    1. Enter your work email and full name

    2. Create a unique password

  5. Click ‘Join Now’

  6. Choose a ‘Role’ that best describes your work. This will help us customize your experience in Docket.

  7. Optional: Invite your team members to join and collaborate in Docket.

  8. And that’s it, you’re in!

Next, add a knowledge source

Knowledge sources are sources of information that Docket can use to learn from and answer your questions. Ex: Slack, Google Docs etc. Adding knowledge sources will help Docket retrieve knowledge and answer questions that you ask it. The more knowledge sources your configure, the better Docket’s answers will be.

  1. Add a knowledge source while setting up Docket for the first time.

  2. Drag and drop a file or upload by adding a link. Docket can extract content from linked pages to expand your knowledge base.
    Note: You can upload documents in formats such as .pdf, .docx, and .pptx.

  3. Click ‘Continue’ to upload and move onto the next step

Connecting Slack

Connecting Slack helps Docket answer questions based on conversations between you and your teammates.

  1. Simply click on ‘Connect' when you see the Slack icon during onboarding

  2. Next, click ‘Allow’ to grant Docket access to Slack.

  3. Click ‘Continue’ to move on

And voila! Your Docket account is all set up and ready to use.

Here's what you can do now:

  1. View the knowledge inbox. This is where you can verify questions and access valuable information. Learn more here.

  2. Learn to use the Docket Slack bot here.

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