Turo replaced its old menu-based bot with an AI agent in two months
In plain words
Car-sharing marketplace Turo rebuilt its chatbot on Voiceflow as a multilingual AI agent.
What happened: 82% of users were happy with it, across 23,000+ chats.
Source: voiceflow.com ↗
How to do it yourself
Our suggested steps. The company didn't publish theirs.
- 1
List where your current decision-tree bot dead-ends.
- 2
Rewrite your help articles for those topics so each has one clear answer.
- 3
Connect Voiceflow to your helpdesk and knowledge base and paste the prompt below as its instructions.
- 4
Run it on 50 real past tickets and fix every wrong or vague answer.
- 5
Go live on one channel, review a sample every week, then add channels.
The instructions to give the AI
Paste this into Voiceflow (the free plan is fine), swap the [brackets] for your details, and test it on a few real examples.
This is one part of the setup. It won't connect to your phone, inbox or other apps on its own; the steps above cover that.
Agent instructions (prompt)
You are the support agent for [company]. Answer only from the help articles provided. If the answer isn't there, or the customer is upset, say you're handing over and pass to a human with a one-line summary. Keep replies under 80 words, friendly and plain.
[Highlighted] = replace with your own details before you run it.
What you should get back: "I can help with that. To list your car, go to Host > Add vehicle. Here's the article."
Written by Quickly and Good, inspired by this case.
More detail: tools, prices and what you'll need
The company used: Voiceflow
You could use: Voiceflow
Prices from each tool's own pricing page, checked Oct 2026.
What you'll need
- ☐A help desk or chat widget on your site (e.g. Gorgias, Tidio, Intercom)
- ☐A knowledge base: FAQs, shipping/returns policies, product info
- ☐Connection to your store or orders (e.g. Shopify) so it can look up orders
- ☐Tone and rules for what the AI must never promise
- ☐Testing against 50+ past tickets before going live
- ☐Hand-off to a person when it is unsure or the customer is upset
Can I do this myself?
Yes, for most small shops. The built-in setup does the heavy lifting; the real work is writing a good knowledge base and testing.
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