# Can bot talk firstly in dialogue?

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/can-bot-talk-firstly-in-dialogue/48822>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [October 28, 2021, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/can-bot-talk-firstly-in-dialogue/48822 "2021-10-28T08:05:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![atptour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@atptour](https://forum.rasa.com/u/atptour)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/can-bot-talk-firstly-in-dialogue/48822/1 "2021-10-28T08:05:46Z")

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In each rasa story, we usually start with a intent in the steps. When we run this bot, we need to input text firstly then the bot will react. It seems that we can only define stories in this way. Can we just let the bot to talk firstly? In some application scenario we need this kind of bot. For example, the assistant to help customers to operate machine or buy tickets. The bot should talk first, greet first, or provide some choices for customers, otherwise the customer will be puzzled how to talk to the bot firstly. Is it possible for us to realize this function in rasa? How can we achieve this aim?

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