Product Overview

Filament RAG adds a production-ready RAG chatbot layer to a Laravel + Filament app.

It is designed for teams that want to ship AI assistants without building the full admin and ingestion stack from scratch.

Best Fit

Filament RAG is a strong fit if you want to:

add a support or docs bot to an existing Filament product
launch internal knowledge assistants for staff or admin users
manage multiple bots with separate sources, prompts, and widget branding
give non-developers a Filament UI for managing chatbot behavior and content

Probably Not A Fit

It is likely not the right tool if you need:

a hosted chatbot SaaS with no Laravel or Filament app behind it
a full billing, tenancy, and customer portal product out of the box
a generic AI wrapper with no grounding in your own content

In One Sentence

You manage bots, sources, retrieval settings, widget behavior, and conversation history from Filament, while your Laravel app handles runtime, security, and integration.

What This Plugin Adds

A Filament-native control plane for bots, sources, ingestion, retrieval, and conversations
An embeddable chat widget for websites, apps, and external frontends
Queue-driven ingestion for text, files, and public URLs
Per-bot provider, model, and retrieval settings
Operational tooling such as setup checks, retries, testing actions, and analytics-friendly workflows

Why Teams Use It

Add a support, onboarding, or product-help assistant to an existing Filament app
Launch an internal copilot or staff-facing knowledge assistant
Run multiple bots with separate prompts, models, sources, and branding
Let non-developers manage bot behavior and knowledge from inside Filament

What It Does Not Replace

This plugin gives you the chatbot control plane. It does not replace the rest of your application stack.

You still own:

billing and subscriptions
tenancy or account isolation
product-specific workflows
advanced app permissions beyond the plugin's assistant access controls
your own source content, policies, and business logic

Why Not Build It Yourself?

You can absolutely build a chatbot stack by hand, but the plugin removes a lot of repeated product work:

admin CRUD for bots, sources, and conversations
source ingestion workflows and retries
retrieval tuning UI and testing actions
widget embedding, branding, and access controls
operational checks and privacy workflows

That lets you focus on your product, data, and user experience instead of rebuilding the management layer.

Core Feature Areas

Bot Management

Multiple bots with separate prompts, models, providers, branding, and answer settings
Public, member, and admin context areas
Domain allowlists and signed widget embeds

Knowledge Ingestion

Text, file, and URL sources
Queue-based ingestion and retry handling
Chunking, embedding, and vector persistence
Re-ingest and rebuild tooling when models or settings change

Retrieval and Answers

Configurable retrieval depth and similarity filtering
Source-backed answers with citations
Streaming responses for widget UX
Markdown or plain-text answer formats

Widget And Frontend Delivery

One-script embed for websites
NPM loader for SPA frameworks
Titles, subtitles, prompts, welcome text, templates, and accent colors

Operations And Security

Setup diagnostics through php artisan filament-rag:doctor
Queue and ingestion visibility in the panel
Rate limiting, domain restrictions, and signed tokens
Privacy export and deletion endpoints