# How to pass custom actions as response for a retrieval intent like ChitChat?

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/how-to-pass-custom-actions-as-response-for-a-retrieval-intent-like-chitchat/44445>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [June 9, 2021, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/how-to-pass-custom-actions-as-response-for-a-retrieval-intent-like-chitchat/44445 "2021-06-09T09:33:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![namhoai167](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@namhoai167](https://forum.rasa.com/u/namhoai167)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/how-to-pass-custom-actions-as-response-for-a-retrieval-intent-like-chitchat/44445/4 "2022-03-04T04:03:47Z")

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At the moment you can’t do it.

I try to have rule with full retrieval intent (eg: `faq/location`) and custom action in `rule.yml`.

```auto
- rule: Respond to FAQ location
  steps:
  - intent: faq/location
  - action: action_location

```

When run `rasa data validate` it show:

```auto
rasa/shared/utils/io.py:97: UserWarning: Issue found in 'data/rules.yml' while parsing story rule:
User intent 'faq/location' is a full retrieval intent. Stories shouldn't contain full retrieval intents. Rasa Open Source will only use base intent 'faq' for training.

```

You could think about custom actions begin with `utter_`. But It won’t work either because as mention [here](http://forum.rasa.com/t/how-to-make-generative-based-chatbot-using-rasa/50376/4)

> Stories and written like for regular responses, but instead of starting with `utter_`, custom action names should start with `action_`.

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