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# Quick start

Follow the steps below to get up and running with Web Chat quickly. 

1. Confirm with Clickatell that Web Chat is enabled on your account, and that the Web Chat channel is available in your Chat Flow routing (see How your Web Chat widget is set up). 
2. Give Clickatell the settings you want for your widget (see Widget settings you can request). 
3. Receive your Widget ID and your embed code from Clickatell. 
4. Build a simple workflow in Chat Flow. A single “Hello World” reply is enough to prove the connection. 
5. Link your widget to that workflow (see Link Web Chat to a flow). 
6. Add the embed code to your website (see Add the widget to your website). 
7. Open the page and send a message. Confirm that the workflow replies as you expect. 
8. Set the display type your menu options should use on Web Chat (see Display menu options on Web Chat). 
9. Add a Chat Desk node or a Clickatell AI node to your workflow when you are ready to bring in live agents or AI. 
10. When testing is complete, restrict the widget to your own websites (see Secure your widget). 

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Until your widget is linked to a workflow there is very little it can do: it opens, closes, and shows your welcome message. Connect a simple workflow first and confirm that there is a reply, then build out the conversation you want.
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