Anyone tried setting a slot via API before the first message? ie. i want to set the users ID and name slots and then send the first message to rasa so it knows how to respond. If i do that, it always sends a blank response on the first message and i have to send it again to get the expected response. It would be great if there was a way to send messages to Rasa with additional metadeta. For instance, send the first message along with the user information so it can fill slots and formulate a proper response.

Set slot prior to first message

Gehova (Gehová López) September 17, 2020, 4:28pm 2

There is, check this thread.

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