--- title: Launching and updating your live bot description: Launch and manage your bot with ease! Learn how to share, embed, update, and unpublish your bot effectively using the Josef platform. --- [Skip to content](https://help.joseflegal.com/launching-and-updating-your-live-bot#main-content) [![Josef Logo](https://help.joseflegal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/josef-logo-4.png?width=120&height=40&name=josef-logo-4.png)](https://www.joseflegal.com) Open main navigation Close main navigation - - [Contact us](https://help.joseflegal.com/kb-tickets/new) [Contact us](https://help.joseflegal.com/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Support](https://help.joseflegal.com/?hsLang=en) 2. [Josef No-Code Automation Platform](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-no-code-automation-platform?hsLang=en) 3. [Launching](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-no-code-automation-platform?hsLang=en#launching) # Launching and updating your live bot ### Congratulations on building out your bot! Once you’re ready to launch your bot, head to the **Launch** tab in the left-hand panel of the Dashboard. The Launch tab is where you can:  - [**Launch & share your bot**](https://help.joseflegal.com/launching-and-updating-your-live-bot#launch-your-bot) - [Manager & admins](https://help.joseflegal.com/launching-and-updating-your-live-bot#manager-and-admins) - [Builders](https://help.joseflegal.com/launching-and-updating-your-live-bot#builders) - [**Generate a code to embed your bot on a website**](https://help.joseflegal.com/launching-and-updating-your-live-bot#embed-your-bot-on-a-website) - [**Update a live bot**](https://help.joseflegal.com/launching-and-updating-your-live-bot#update-a-live-bot) - [**Unpublish a bot**](https://help.joseflegal.com/launching-and-updating-your-live-bot#unpublish-a-bot)   ### **Launch your bot** The process to launch your bot is different depending on if you’re a builder, manager, or admin on Josef.  #### **Manager & admins** To launch your bot, simply click the **Launch** button. This will do a few things:  Josef will generate a link for a **live** version of your bot. You can copy this link and share it directly with others to use your bot! 1. The live version of your bot will record data from all user interactions. You can access that data in the [**Activity**](https://help.joseflegal.com/reporting-and-records?hsLang=en) tab. Admins on Josef can also see high-level information about all live bots in the [**Reporting**](https://help.joseflegal.com/reporting-for-admins?hsLang=en) tab. 2. The live version of your bot will also send **[notifications](https://help.joseflegal.com/send-notification-emails?hsLang=en)** if you have them set up. ![8587938395023](https://help.joseflegal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/8587938395023-1.png?width=308&height=302&name=8587938395023-1.png) \[**Image**: Launch button, bot link, and embed code available to managers and admins of live bots via **Dashboard \> \[bot\] \> Launch**\]  #### **Builders** As a builder, you will need to submit your bot for approval. Learn more at [**Submit your bot for approval**](https://help.joseflegal.com/submit-your-bot-for-approval-for-builders?hsLang=en). ### **Embed your bot on a website** Josef will also generate an **embed code** for your live bot in the **Launch** tab. If you want to embed your bot on a website you can use the embed code to do so. This code will create an **iframe** (a window on the webpage) in which your bot will appear. Your website manager can use the embed code to manipulate the size and shape of the iframe. ### **Update a live bot** If you ever need to update a live bot, the first rule is: **be careful**! You’re dealing with live data and you’re making changes to something that your end users can see. We recommend doing this in two ways. #### 1. Small updates For small updates, like editing the message text or basic changes to rules, you can make these edits directly in your live bot via the **Dashboard**. You can test these in **Preview** and, when you’re ready, click **Update bot** in the **Launch** tab to ensure that all changes flow through to the live bot. #### 2. Significant updates For any significant updates that involve deleting messages or connections or adding new branches, we suggest making a copy of the bot by clicking **Duplicate** in the **Details** tab. Once you’ve made the changes and you’re happy that they’re working as expected, you can either: - launch the new version of the bot and replace the URL with the new URL; or - make the changes to the existing live version of the bot and click **Update bot** in the **Launch** tab to ensure that all changes flow through to the live bot. ![8587943241359](https://help.joseflegal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/8587943241359-1.png?width=359&height=160&name=8587943241359-1.png) \[**Image**: Update bot options accessible to managers and admins via **Dashboard \> \[bot\] \> Launch**\] ### **Unpublish a bot** You can unpublish a live bot to prevent users from accessing it temporarily or permanently. You may want to do this if you want to make some changes to your bot or if the advice it is giving is out of date.  Unpublishing your bot means users who access the live link will be taken to an inactive page informing the user that the bot has been unpublished by the owner (see example below).  If the bot is launched again, it will use the same URL as before, meaning anyone accessing it at a link or embedded on a webpage will be able to access it again. - **Note**: Only managers and admins on Josef can unpublish bots. Admins can also unpublish bots from the **[Manage bots](https://help.joseflegal.com/managing-bots?hsLang=en)** tab. ![4410196164249](https://help.joseflegal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/4410196164249-1.jpg?width=688&height=384&name=4410196164249-1.jpg) \[**Image**: A screenshot of a live bot that has since been unpublished\] - [Josef Q](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-q?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Using tools](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-q?hsLang=en#using-tools) - [Training tools](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-q?hsLang=en#training-tools) - [Preparing a knowledge base](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-q?hsLang=en#preparing-a-knowledge-base) - [Release note (Josef Q)](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-q?hsLang=en#release-note-josef-q) - [Creating tools](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-q?hsLang=en#creating-tools) - [Managing tools and accounts](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-q?hsLang=en#managing-tools-and-accounts) - [Integrations](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-q?hsLang=en#integrations) - [Resources](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-q?hsLang=en#resources) - [Monitoring & maintaining tools](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-q?hsLang=en#monitoring-maintaining-tools) - [Josef No-Code Automation Platform](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-no-code-automation-platform?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Building bots](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-no-code-automation-platform?hsLang=en#building-bots) - [Integrations](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-no-code-automation-platform?hsLang=en#integrations) - [Notifications and workflows](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-no-code-automation-platform?hsLang=en#notifications-and-workflows) - [Document creation](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-no-code-automation-platform?hsLang=en#document-creation) - [Managing bots](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-no-code-automation-platform?hsLang=en#managing-bots) - [Testing, troubleshooting and editing](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-no-code-automation-platform?hsLang=en#testing-troubleshooting-and-editing) - [Launching](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-no-code-automation-platform?hsLang=en#launching) - [Single Sign-On](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-no-code-automation-platform?hsLang=en#single-sign-on) - [FAQs](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-no-code-automation-platform?hsLang=en#faqs) - [Getting started on Josef no-code](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-no-code-automation-platform?hsLang=en#getting-started-on-josef-no-code) - [Release notes & FAQs for Josef no-code](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-no-code-automation-platform?hsLang=en#release-notes-faqs-for-josef-no-code) - [Managing accounts](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-no-code-automation-platform?hsLang=en#managing-accounts) - [Reporting](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-no-code-automation-platform?hsLang=en#reporting) - [Formatting a bot](https://help.joseflegal.com/josef-no-code-automation-platform?hsLang=en#formatting-a-bot) [![Chill listening crop-3](https://help.joseflegal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Josef%20logo.png?width=72&height=24&name=Josef%20logo.png "Chill listening crop-3")](http://joseflegal.com) [support@joseflegal.com](mailto:support@joseflegal.com)  [mailto:support@joseflegal.com](mailto:support@joseflegal.com) Copyright © 2025, Josef Legal