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@deepgram/docs-chat

Standalone AI chat widget for Deepgram documentation sites. Drop it into any page to give users an instant "Ask AI" experience powered by Kapa.

Three modes from one init call — use whichever combination fits your page:

Mode What you get
Button + container Inline chat on the page, button focuses it or opens sidebar fallback
Button only Button toggles a slide-in sidebar panel
Container only Chat mounts directly into the page, no button binding

Both modes are SPA-aware and automatically re-bind when the DOM changes.

Install

pnpm add @deepgram/docs-chat

Quick start

Button + container (full experience)

Both a trigger button and an inline chat container. Clicking the button focuses the inline chat input if visible, otherwise opens the sidebar.

import { init } from '@deepgram/docs-chat';

init({
  integrationId: '<your-kapa-integration-id>',
  buttonId: 'ask-ai-btn',
  containerId: 'chat-container',
});

Button only (sidebar)

No inline chat. The button toggles a slide-in sidebar panel.

init({
  integrationId: '<your-kapa-integration-id>',
  buttonId: 'ask-ai-btn',
});

Container only (inline)

No button binding. The chat mounts directly into the container element.

init({
  integrationId: '<your-kapa-integration-id>',
  containerId: 'chat-container',
});

UMD (script tag)

<script src="https://unpkg.com/@deepgram/docs-chat"></script>
<script>
  DeepgramDocsChat.init({
    integrationId: '<your-kapa-integration-id>',
    buttonId: 'ask-ai-btn',
    containerId: 'chat-container',
  });
</script>

Configuration

init(config) accepts a ChatConfig object:

Property Type Required Description
integrationId string yes Your Kapa AI integration ID
buttonId string no* DOM element ID for the "Ask AI" button
containerId string no* DOM element ID for the inline chat container

* At least one of buttonId or containerId must be provided.

How it works

  1. If containerId is set and the element exists, the chat UI mounts inside it (inline mode).
  2. If buttonId is set, a sidebar panel is prepared (lazy-mounted on first open) and the button is bound:
    • If inline chat is visible — clicking the button focuses the chat input
    • Otherwise — clicking toggles the sidebar open/closed
  3. A MutationObserver watches for SPA navigation, re-binding the button and re-mounting inline chat when the DOM changes.

The button uses a document-level capture listener to intercept clicks before React 18+'s root-level event delegation, preventing framework routers (e.g. Next.js) from navigating away.

Theming

Widget styles are a self-contained subset of @deepgram/styles — no extra stylesheet needed. CSS is injected at runtime by the bundle.

The widget respects color-scheme on the <html> element, so toggling between light and dark works out of the box. To override colours, set --color-dg-* custom properties on your page.

Development

pnpm install       # install dependencies
pnpm dev           # vite dev server
pnpm build         # production build -> dist/
pnpm check         # lint + typecheck + test

Project structure

src/
  index.ts          Entry point, exports init() with config validation
  types.ts          ChatConfig interface
  orchestrator.ts   Init flow that wires all modules together
  chat-app.tsx      React chat UI component (messages, input, feedback)
  inline.tsx        Inline chat mount/unmount into a container element
  sidebar.tsx       Slide-in sidebar panel with lazy React mount
  button.ts         Ask AI button binding (document-level capture listener)
  dom-observer.ts   MutationObserver for SPA navigation re-binding
  icons.tsx         Inline SVG icon components (replaces FontAwesome dependency)
  styles.css        Self-contained styles (@deepgram/styles subset + chat layout)

Build output

Two bundles with CSS injected at runtime (via vite-plugin-css-injected-by-js):

  • dist/deepgram-docs-chat.es.js — ESM
  • dist/deepgram-docs-chat.umd.js — UMD (exposes DeepgramDocsChat global)

License

MIT

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