# Slot values are not getting set in custom action

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/slot-values-are-not-getting-set-in-custom-action/4568>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [January 22, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/slot-values-are-not-getting-set-in-custom-action/4568 "2019-01-22T16:03:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ghostvv](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/ghostvv/32/211_2.png) [@Ghostvv](https://forum.rasa.com/u/Ghostvv)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/slot-values-are-not-getting-set-in-custom-action/4568/2 "2019-01-22T17:42:21Z")

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if you want to set a slot with your custom action, it should `return [SlotSet(...)]`, please take a look at the example in docs: [Actions](https://rasa.com/docs/core/customactions/#custom-actions-written-in-python)

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