# Custom welcome message

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/custom-welcome-message/12729>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [July 10, 2019, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/custom-welcome-message/12729 "2019-07-10T07:58:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![arbazkhan971](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/arbazkhan971/32/3616_2.png) [@arbazkhan971](https://forum.rasa.com/u/arbazkhan971)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/custom-welcome-message/12729/1 "2019-07-10T07:58:24Z")

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How can I write custom welcome messages using RASA

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**Author:** ![Remy](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/remy/32/2030_2.png) [@Remy](https://forum.rasa.com/u/Remy)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/custom-welcome-message/12729/2 "2019-07-10T08:00:40Z")

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just write the story:

```auto
## greeting
* greet
    - utter_greet

```

and define the intent “greet” in your NLU and domain file.

Then define utter\_greet in your domain file as well.

And you’re done!

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**Author:** ![arbazkhan971](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/arbazkhan971/32/3616_2.png) [@arbazkhan971](https://forum.rasa.com/u/arbazkhan971)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/custom-welcome-message/12729/3 "2019-07-10T08:29:51Z")

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Bot should greet automatically

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**Author:** ![Remy](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/remy/32/2030_2.png) [@Remy](https://forum.rasa.com/u/Remy)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/custom-welcome-message/12729/4 "2019-07-12T08:25:56Z")

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That’s up to your platform. the [Rasa websocket UI](https://github.com/mrbot-ai/rasa-webchat) has this option. It sends the /greet intent automatically so it looks like the bot starts with a greeting.

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**Author:** ![gadia-aayush](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/gadia-aayush/32/8324_2.png) [@gadia-aayush](https://forum.rasa.com/u/gadia-aayush)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/custom-welcome-message/12729/5 "2020-04-12T14:36:52Z")

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Hi!!! How can the Bot greet automatically in RASA X / Rasa Shell ??? I also wrote a custom action & configured the action server but it doesn’t work on startup.

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**Author:** ![ayoubelma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@ayoubelma](https://forum.rasa.com/u/ayoubelma)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/custom-welcome-message/12729/6 "2021-11-18T08:56:25Z")

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@gadia-aayush did you found a solution?