Constructor.io AI Product Insights Agent UI Library

A UI library that provides React components to manage the fetching and rendering logic for Constructor.io's AI Product Insights Agent. TypeScript support is available.

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Installation
• Usage
• Customization
• Troubleshooting
• Local Development
• Publishing New Versions
• Supporting Docs
• Related Libraries
• License

Overview

Constructor.io's AI Product Insights Agent is an NLP chatbot embedded in product detail pages, designed to answer key technical product questions essential for final purchase decisions. This UI library simplifies the integration process by providing React components that handle the fetching and rendering logic for the AI Product Insights Agent.

Our Storybook Docs are the best place to explore the behavior and the available configuration options for this UI library.

Installation

npm i @constructor-io/constructorio-ui-pia

Prerequisites

• Node.js >= 20
• React >= 16.12.0
• React DOM >= 16.12.0

Usage

Using the React Component

The CioPia component handles state management, data fetching, and rendering logic for the AI Product Insights Agent.

import CioPia from '@constructor-io/constructorio-ui-pia';
import '@constructor-io/constructorio-ui-pia/styles.css';

function YourComponent() {
  return (
    <CioPia apiKey='YOUR_API_KEY' itemId='PRODUCT_ITEM_ID' />
  );
}

Display Modes

The component supports multiple display modes via the displayConfigs prop:

// Default inline mode
<CioPia apiKey='YOUR_API_KEY' itemId='PRODUCT_ITEM_ID' />

// Conversation mode with chat history
<CioPia
  apiKey='YOUR_API_KEY'
  itemId='PRODUCT_ITEM_ID'
  displayConfigs={{ mode: 'conversation' }}
/>

// Modal mode
<CioPia
  apiKey='YOUR_API_KEY'
  itemId='PRODUCT_ITEM_ID'
  displayConfigs={{ type: 'modal' }}
/>

Configuration Options

Prop	Type	Description
apiKey	string	Your Constructor.io API key (required)
itemId	string	The product item ID (required)
variationId	string	Optional variation ID
threadId	string	Optional thread ID for conversation context (must be a valid UUID)
displayConfigs	object	Display configuration options (see below)
callbacks	object	Callback handlers for user interactions
translations	object	UI string translations for internationalization
componentOverrides	object	Custom component overrides

Display Configs:

Option	Type	Default	Description
mode	'default' | 'conversation'	'default'	Display mode
type	'inline' | 'modal'	'inline'	Component type
showFeedback	boolean	false	Show feedback controls on answers
showPreviousItems	boolean	true	Show product carousels from previous conversation entries
learnMoreUrl	string	-	URL for the "Learn More" disclaimer link

Using the JavaScript Bundle

This is a framework-agnostic method that can be used in any JavaScript project. The CioPia function provides a simple interface to inject the PIA component into the provided selector.

In addition to PIA component props, this function also accepts selector and includeCSS.

import CioPia from '@constructor-io/constructorio-ui-pia/constructorio-ui-pia-bundled';

CioPia({
  selector: '#pia-container',
  includeCSS: true, // Include the default CSS styles - defaults to true
  apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY',
  itemId: 'PRODUCT_ITEM_ID',
  variationId: 'VARIATION_ID',
  // Optional: provide a thread ID to preserve conversation context (must be a valid UUID)
  threadId: '550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000',
});

Customization

Styling

By default, importing React components from this library does not pull any CSS into your project.

If you wish to use some starter styles from this library, add an import statement similar to the example below:

import '@constructor-io/constructorio-ui-pia/styles.css';

• These starter styles can be used as a foundation to build on top of, or just as a reference for you to replace completely.
• To opt out of all default styling, do not import the styles.css stylesheet.
• All starter styles in this library are scoped within the .cio-pia CSS selector.
• These starter styles are intended to be extended by layering in your own CSS rules.

Note: When using the JavaScript Bundle, CSS is included by default via the includeCSS option (defaults to true).

Translations

All UI strings can be customized via the translations prop for internationalization:

<CioPia
  apiKey='YOUR_API_KEY'
  itemId='PRODUCT_ITEM_ID'
  translations={{
    'Any questions about this product?': 'Have a question about this product?',
    'Ask anything': 'Type your question...',
    Send: 'Submit',
  }}
/>

Component Overrides

You can override individual components using the componentOverrides prop. See our Storybook Docs for available override options.

Troubleshooting

Known Issues

Older JavaScript environments

The library provides two different builds: CommonJS (cjs) and ECMAScript Modules (mjs).

For ECMAScript Modules (mjs) build, the JavaScript version is ESNext which might not be supported by your environment. If that's the case and your environment is using an older JavaScript version like ES6 (ES2015), you may get this error:

Module parse failed: Unexpected token (15:32) You may need an appropriate loader to handle this file type, currently no loaders are configured to process this file

To solve this you can import the CommonJS (cjs) build which supports ES6 (ES2015) syntax:

import CioPia from '@constructor-io/constructorio-ui-pia/cjs'

ESLint

There is a known issue with ESLint where it fails to resolve the paths exposed in the exports statement of NPM packages. If you are receiving the following error, you can safely disable ESLint using // eslint-disable-line for that line.

Unable to resolve path to module '@constructor-io/constructorio-ui-pia/styles.css'

Relevant open issues: Issue 1868, Issue 1810

Local Development

Development Scripts

npm ci                  # Install dependencies for local dev
npm run dev             # Start a local dev server for Storybook
npm run lint            # Run lint
npm run test            # Run tests
npm run check-types     # Run TypeScript type checking

Library Maintenance

npm run compile           # Generate lib folder for publishing to npm
npm run build-storybook   # Generate Storybook static bundle for deploy with GitHub Pages

Publishing New Versions

Dispatch the Publish workflow in GitHub Actions. You're required to provide two arguments:

• Version Strategy: major, minor, or patch.
• Title: A title for the release.

This workflow will automatically:

1. Bump the library version using the provided strategy.
2. Create a new git tag.
3. Create a new GitHub release.
4. Compile the library.
5. Publish the new version to NPM.
6. Deploy the Storybook docs to GitHub Pages.

Note: Please don't manually increase the package.json version or create new git tags.

The library version is tracked by releases and git tags. We intentionally keep the package.json version at 0.0.0 to avoid pushing changes to the main branch. This solves many security concerns by avoiding the need for branch-protection rule exceptions.

New Storybook Version

Dispatch the Deploy Storybook workflow in GitHub Actions.

Note: This is already done automatically when publishing a new version.

Supporting Docs

• Storybook Docs
• Constructor.io API Documentation

Related Libraries

• @constructor-io/constructorio-client-javascript - JavaScript client for Constructor.io API
• @constructor-io/constructorio-ui-autocomplete - Autocomplete UI library
• @constructor-io/constructorio-ui-plp - Product Listing Page UI library
• @constructor-io/constructorio-ui-quizzes - Quizzes UI library

Contributing

1. Fork the repo and create a new branch.
2. Run npm ci to install dependencies.
3. Make your changes.
4. Run npm run lint and npm run test to verify.
5. Submit a PR for review.

License

MIT © Constructor.io Corporation