# Auto-sync: Your Bot Never Gets Stale

### Your Bot Never Gets Stale: How Auto-Sync Keeps Your AI Up to Date

**You built a great bot. Trained it on your docs. It was answering questions perfectly.**

Then you updated your pricing page. Rewrote your FAQ. Added a new feature.

Now your bot is confidently giving outdated answers. And you're manually re-syncing data sources every time something changes. Again.

Sound familiar?

## The "stale bot" problem

Most AI bots are frozen in time. They know what you told them on day one, and nothing after that.

This creates a few headaches:

- **Wrong answers:** Your bot tells customers about features you deprecated months ago
- **Manual maintenance:** Someone has to remember to re-sync after every content update
- **Lost trust:** Users stop asking the bot because "it's always out of date"

The bigger your content library, the worse this gets.

## Auto-sync fixes this

Chat Thing can automatically re-sync your data sources on a schedule you choose. Daily, weekly, whatever works for your content.

**Here's what happens:**

1. You connect a data source (website, Notion, YouTube, RSS, files)
2. You set a sync schedule
3. Chat Thing checks for changes automatically
4. Your bot learns the new stuff without you lifting a finger

That's it. Your pricing page changes? Bot knows. New blog post? Bot's read it. Updated your docs? Already synced.

## The clever bit: Sync Diffs

Here's where it gets smart.

When Chat Thing syncs, it doesn't re-process everything from scratch. It checks what's actually changed and only syncs the new or updated content.

**Why this matters:**

- Uses fewer storage tokens (saves you money)
- Syncs faster
- You can sync more frequently without burning through your allowance

If you update one page on a 500-page website, Chat Thing syncs that one page. Not all 500.

## Best use cases for auto-sync

**Documentation sites:** Docs change constantly. Auto-sync keeps your support bot accurate without anyone thinking about it.

**News and blog content:** Connect an RSS feed and your bot automatically learns about new posts as they're published.

**Notion workspaces:** Your team updates Notion daily. Your bot stays current with the latest processes, policies, and info.

**E-commerce:** Product details, pricing, availability. All changing all the time. Auto-sync handles it.

## How to set it up

1. Go to your bot's [Data Sources tab](lhttps://chatthing.ai/app/auth/login?redirect=/app/bots)
2. Click the three dots on any data source
3. Choose Settings
4. Go to the sync tab
5. Turn on Auto-sync
6. Set your preferred sync schedule
7. Done

Your bot now maintains itself.

## Stop babysitting your bot

The best bots are the ones you don't have to think about. They just work, with the right information, all the time.

Auto-sync makes that possible. Set it up once, and your bot stays fresh forever.

**Ready to try it?** [Create a free account](/content/app/auth/register/index.html) and connect your first data source. Your future self will thank you.