# Initial intent

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/initial-intent/50454>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [January 8, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/initial-intent/50454 "2022-01-08T21:41:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![RodrigoLima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@RodrigoLima](https://forum.rasa.com/u/RodrigoLima)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/initial-intent/50454/1 "2022-01-08T21:41:25Z")

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Hi, I’m developing a bot that is intended to be used, the same bot, by all clients. I would like to know if it is possible for me to send an initial intent. Ex: 3000 it looks for information from a supplier and 1000 from another one

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/3X/3/8/38e076dc6bb5b2490bed817eea0075a76154c710.jpeg)

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/3X/6/7/672915373e515ed95bf627e5d0c92d469e346310.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![ChrisRahme](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/chrisrahme/32/15572_2.png) [@ChrisRahme](https://forum.rasa.com/u/ChrisRahme)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/initial-intent/50454/2 "2022-01-09T10:30:42Z")

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Yes, on page load you can send a payload from your app to the Rasa server.

Payloads are a way to force an intent. Instead of `send("hello")` you can directly force the intent with `send("/greet")`.

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**Author:** ![RodrigoLima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@RodrigoLima](https://forum.rasa.com/u/RodrigoLima)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/initial-intent/50454/3 "2022-01-09T11:28:57Z")

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Thank you, I will research about it

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**Author:** ![ChrisRahme](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/chrisrahme/32/15572_2.png) [@ChrisRahme](https://forum.rasa.com/u/ChrisRahme)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/initial-intent/50454/4 "2022-01-09T19:08:52Z")

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Don’t hesitate to ask if you need further help 🙂

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**Author:** ![RodrigoLima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@RodrigoLima](https://forum.rasa.com/u/RodrigoLima)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/initial-intent/50454/5 "2022-01-16T13:46:29Z")

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Good morning Chris, how are you? Sorry to bother you but do you have an example or tutorial? I searched but didn’t find

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**Author:** ![ChrisRahme](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/chrisrahme/32/15572_2.png) [@ChrisRahme](https://forum.rasa.com/u/ChrisRahme)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/initial-intent/50454/6 "2022-01-16T19:01:52Z")

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You developed the chat interface above, correct? So you must know better than anyone how it works.

At the start of the application, you have to send a message in the format `/intent_name` to trigger the intent.

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**Author:** ![RodrigoLima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@RodrigoLima](https://forum.rasa.com/u/RodrigoLima)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/initial-intent/50454/7 "2022-01-17T01:17:17Z")

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I’ll try it here, I’ll send you a welcome message. I’ll change the number of each supplier and see if I can get that information