Note: This article has been archived because its contents are covered in AI agent resources instead.
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This functionality is part of AI agents.

Zendesk's messaging capability gives you the option to use a conversational bot to help your customers self-solve their own support requests, letting your agents focus on the more complex issues. You can rely on the fully-functional default bot configuration, or use bot builder, Zendesk's proprietary drag-and-drop tool for creating conversational bots. Both can be used in your web, mobile, and social messaging channels.

Because bots can be used across multiple channels, locating all of the related documentation can be a challenge. In this article, we'll provide links to all of the relevant information available in our help center and developer documentation.

This article contains the following sections:

  • Getting started
  • Bot basics
  • Creating a custom bot
  • Advice and troubleshooting

Getting started
  • Getting started with messaging: 
    • Upgrading to an automated bot
    • Customizing your bot's behavior
  • Creating a conversation bot
  • About conversation bots
  • Conversation bots in the messaging Web Widget (bot builder)

Bot basics

  • Creating a conversation bot for your web and mobile channels
  • Managing conversation handoff and feedback
  • Creating a conversation bot
  • Publishing a bot to a channel

Creating a custom bot

About bot builder

  • About the bot builder
  • The bot builder UI
  • Using the bot builder to create a social messaging bot

Building a bot

  • Creating a conversation bot
  • Cloning a bot
  • Deleting a bot
  • Updating general bot settings
  • Designing a conversation bot using answers
  • Understanding answer step types
    • Send message
    • Present options
    • Show help center articles
    • Make an API call
    • Transfer to agent
    • Add a business hours condition

Working with languages

  • Managing languages for a bot:
    • Single-language bots
    • Multilingual bots
  • Automatic translation
    • In the Agent Workspace
    • The end user experience

Reporting

  • Analyzing your bot builder activity
  • Overview of the Zendesk Answer Bot dashboard

Best practices and recipes

  • Testing your bot flow
  • Creating a messaging bot
  • Routing messaging tickets using Support triggers

Advice and troubleshooting

  • When should I use the bot builder and Support triggers in messaging?
  • Can I add a numeric field using the bot builder?
  • How can I change the name of my bot in the messaging widget?
  • I'm unable to access the bot builder
  • Error: Changes couldn't be published. Fix the errors and try again
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