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title: Show and hide the Onboarding agent launcher via SDK
date: 2026-03-12
slug: show-and-hide-the-onboarding-agent-launcher-via-sdk
author: Uku Tammet
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You can now programmatically show and hide the Onboarding agent launcher from your page using two new SDK methods: `showLauncher()` and `hideLauncher()`. This is useful when you want to control when the launcher appears based on what's happening in your UI: for example, hiding it during a checkout flow or showing it only on specific pages.

If the user is in an active conversation, calling `hideLauncher()` is a no-op: the conversation stays open until the user closes it themselves.

You can also pass `hidden: true` to `openDemo()` to start with the launcher hidden and reveal it later with `showLauncher()`.

See the [API reference](/docs/api) for usage details.