Chatbot Actions Overview

Chatbot conversation paths can be configured to perform actions to enable self-service support for visitors, check live agent availability and respond accordingly, route to an agent, and perform custom actions with webhooks.

 

Actions menu on the chatbot path designer 

Query QnA Allow the visitor to ask a question that will query the QnA database. See Query QnA.
Close Chat The chatbot ends the conversation and closes the chat engagement.
Route to agent Route the bot conversation to a specific agent to continue the engagement. See Chatbot Routing.
Route to group Route the bot conversation to a specific group to continue the engagement. See Chatbot Routing.
Route to bot Route the bot conversation to another bot to continue the engagement. See Chatbot Routing.
Go to path Route the conversation to a path in another chatbot. See Chatbot Routing.
Check agent availability The chatbot will check if a specific agent is available to chat and then conduct the conversation based on the result. See Chatbot Check Availability.
Check group availability The chatbot will check if a specific group is available to chat and then conduct the conversation based on the result. See Chatbot Check Availability.
Knowledge base Allow the visitor to query the knowledge base. See Knowledge Base Chatbot.
Show Calendar Allows the visitor to set up an event on the calendar. See Chatbot Schedule Meeting
Webhook Allows the chatbot to capture data to submit to a webhook and return the desired response or output. See Chatbot Webhook
Searchspring Allows a chatbot to perform a search of a Searchspring knowledgebase. See Searchspring Chatbot
Request call Prompts the visitor to enter their phone number and receive a call from the agent. See Chatbot Request a Call

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