Slaby Buddy: your helper inside the admin

What Buddy is

Buddy is a friendly helper that lives in the corner of every admin page. It tells you what needs your attention today, walks you through screens, answers questions about running your store, and can get small jobs ready for you — a coupon, a festival offer plan, a product draft from a photo, missing Google descriptions.

Buddy never changes anything by itself. Every change comes to you as a card with the details, and nothing happens until you tap Yes, do it.

Open Buddy

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   1. Tap the Buddy button

   It sits in a bottom corner, above your Save and Pay buttons. Drag it to the other corner if it's in the way.

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   2. Or use the keyboard

   Press Ctrl+J (⌘J on a Mac) to open or close it. Press ? (when you're not typing) to open its Help tab.

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   3. Make it small or hide it

   Settings in the panel header: make Buddy small, change how much it moves, or hide it. Bring it back with Ctrl+J or "Show Buddy" in the menu.

What's inside

• Today — orders to confirm, items running low and what's waiting, in one short list. Free.
• Next steps — the top steps for your store from Next steps (Store Coach), with Do it, Later and Done. For logins that can manage settings.
• Ask — type or speak a question in English, Hindi or Hinglish. Buddy answers from Slaby's help and your store's own numbers.
• Help — explain this page, search every guide, and start a guided tour of a screen.
• Play — a quiz about Slaby and three short learning games. Free.

Ask Buddy anything about your store

Try: "aaj kitne order aaye?", "which items are running low?", "Diwali offer plan bana do", "how do I print price labels?". Buddy can look at your orders, stock, best sellers (by units sold), next steps and plan — only what your own login is allowed to see.

Buddy never sees wholesale, cost or purchase prices, your customers' phone numbers or addresses, or your passwords.

Nothing changes without your Yes

When Buddy can help with a change, it shows a card: what it will do, the details, and how risky it is. Tap Yes, do it to go ahead, or Not now. A card expires after about 15 minutes; ask again for a fresh one.

Before running, Slaby checks everything again — that your login may do it, that the store isn't locked, and that the details are still right. Every change is recorded as done by Slaby Buddy on your behalf.

• Fill in your store's Google title and description.
• Write descriptions for products that have none.
• Create a coupon — saved switched off until you turn it on.
• Plan a festival offer: a coupon, a hidden banner, a WhatsApp message and a catalogue link, with Do all.
• Add a product from photos — created hidden, with no price, so you can check it first.
• Set a low-stock alert level, snooze or finish a next step, make a catalogue share link, or draft a WhatsApp message.
• Buddy never deletes anything, gives refunds, or changes prices, payments, staff or customer details.

Costs and daily limits

Buddy is included in your plan — there is no extra charge. The limit is for the whole store and resets at midnight (India time); the Ask tab shows how many are left. When the AI isn't available, Buddy still answers from Slaby's help guides. Drafting a customer reply counts as one question.

Play with Buddy

Tap Buddy to make it giggle, double-tap to make it dance, hold to pet it, or fling it across the screen. The Play tab has a quiz about Slaby (5 questions a round, each linked to the guide that explains it) and three 60-second games — Pack the Order, Price Tag Match and Stock Rush. You earn points, a daily streak and badges; your team's board shows only people who choose to join it.

Play never uses the AI and never shows your real prices. Pick Calm or Still movement in Buddy's settings if you'd rather it stayed quiet.

Your chat history

Buddy keeps your recent conversation so you can carry on where you left off. Your chats are yours: other staff in your store can't open them. Conversations are deleted automatically 30 days after the last message.

Privacy

• Only what you typed and what Buddy answered is saved — not the store numbers Buddy looked up.
• A small number of Slaby staff can read conversations to improve Buddy and fix wrong answers. Emails, phone numbers and any trade or cost prices you typed are hidden from them, and every conversation they open is logged.
• Missing something Buddy can't do? Use Request a feature in Help.

Hide Buddy

Buddy's settings → Hide. It stays hidden on this login until you press Ctrl+J or choose Show Buddy from the menu.

हिन्दी में

Slaby Buddy आपके एडमिन के कोने में रहने वाला मददगार है। यह आज का काम, अगले कदम और गाइडेड टूर दिखाता है, आपके स्टोर के बारे में हिन्दी या अंग्रेज़ी में जवाब देता है, और कूपन, त्योहार ऑफ़र या फ़ोटो से प्रोडक्ट जैसे काम तैयार करता है — पर कोई भी बदलाव तभी होता है जब आप "हाँ, कर दो" दबाते हैं। AI सवालों की रोज़ की सीमा प्लान के हिसाब से है (Free 5, Lite/Billing 10, Starter 20, Growth 50, Pro 150); बाक़ी सब मुफ़्त है। Buddy थोक या लागत दाम और ग्राहकों के फ़ोन नंबर कभी नहीं देखता। बातचीत 30 दिन बाद अपने आप मिट जाती है।

Common questions

Read next

• Next steps (Store Coach)
• Request a feature