---
title: '🔮 Poe Bot'
---

### 🚀 Getting started

1. Install embedchain python package:

```bash
pip install embedchain[poe]
```

2. Create a free account on [Poe](https://www.poe.com?utm_source=embedchain).
3. Click "Create Bot" button on top left
4. Give it a handle and an optional description.
5. Select `Use API`.
6. Under `API URL` enter your server or ngrok address. You can use your machine's public IP or DNS. Otherwise, employ a proxy server like [ngrok](https://ngrok.com/) to make your local bot accessible.
7. Copy your api key and paste it in `.env` as `POE_API_KEY`.
8. Start the bot.

```bash
python -m embedchain.bots.poe
```

If you want to run the bot on another port, you can pass `--port option` like

```bash
python -m embedchain.bots.poe --port 5000
```

9. Click `Run check` to make sure your machine can be reached.
10. Make sure your bot is private if that's what you want.
11. Click `Create bot` at the bottom to finally create the bot
12. Now you bot is created.

### 💬 How to use

- To include data sources, use this command:
```text
/add <url_or_text>
```

- You can refer the [Supported Data formats](https://docs.embedchain.ai/advanced/data_types) section to refer the supported data types in embedchain.

- To ask the bot questions, just type your query:
```text
<your-question-here>
```