# Using \`action\_unlikely\_intent\` in stories

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/using-action-unlikely-intent-in-stories/59994>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [October 19, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/using-action-unlikely-intent-in-stories/59994 "2023-10-19T15:11:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![josejulio](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/josejulio/32/23404_2.png) [@josejulio](https://forum.rasa.com/u/josejulio)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/using-action-unlikely-intent-in-stories/59994/1 "2023-10-19T15:11:56Z")

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Hello,

> TLDR; `rasa validate data` gives a warning [1] when using `action_unlikely_intent` in stories, is it safe to ignore the warning? can it be silenced?

I implemented a conversation flow that allows the user to ask for more information- it goes like this:

```auto
User> What can you do for me?
Assistant> I can do X, Y, Z among other things [do X, do Y, do Z, Ask more]
User> more
Assistant> I can also A, B and C [do A, do B, do C)

```

The thing is that I wanted to prevent users from using `more` directly (i.e. without asking for “what can you do”) and found that asking it directly triggered the `action_unlikely_intent` so I build a story as follows:

```auto
story: Asks more without context
steps: 
  - intent: intent_more
  - action: action_unlikely_intent
  - action: utter_cant_help_you_with_that

```

but when running `rasa validate data` (as part of our CI) it gives a warning [1]. Is it safe to ignore that warning? Is it possible to silence it?

Thanks!

[1] rasa.validator - Story structure conflict after intent ‘intent\_more’: action\_unlikely\_intent predicted in ’ Asks more without context’

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**Author:** ![stephens](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/stephens/32/1632_2.png) [@stephens](https://forum.rasa.com/u/stephens)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/using-action-unlikely-intent-in-stories/59994/2 "2023-10-20T15:51:00Z")

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It doesn’t look like `action_unlikely_intent` is adding any value in this story and I’m not sure you can use it in this way. It’s designed to be used as part of the `UnexpecTEDIntentPolicy`. I would remove the action from your story.

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**Author:** ![josejulio](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/josejulio/32/23404_2.png) [@josejulio](https://forum.rasa.com/u/josejulio)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/using-action-unlikely-intent-in-stories/59994/3 "2023-10-20T21:20:57Z")

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Thanks for the response.

I was testing that specific detail with [test\_stories](https://rasa.com/docs/rasa/testing-your-assistant/#validating-data-and-stories) and it was working well. However, using the shell showed an error regardless if the `action_unlikely_intent` was present or not (which is a bug on my stories).

```auto
WARNING rasa.core.processor - Circuit breaker tripped. Stopped predicting more actions for sender '7a722587ce92452694c248a56f184cb7'.

```

I’m wondering why the test\_stories are giving a false positive in this case - I’ll try to put a reproducer if it is indeed a bug.

For now I’ll use a rule for the unlikely intent.

Thanks