# Using dictionary slot in answer texts

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/using-dictionary-slot-in-answer-texts/52623>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [April 16, 2022, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/using-dictionary-slot-in-answer-texts/52623 "2022-04-16T08:32:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/using-dictionary-slot-in-answer-texts/52623/3 "2022-04-17T10:29:50Z")

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Thanks Chris, I need to do this in quite a few answers, so I worry I would end up building most of the project in custom actions, which doesn’t sound efficient to me.

Strange how it used to work fine with rasa v1. If I can’t express a dictionary key in an answer anymore then I will likely just create a slot for each key. Not ideal, but workable.

Thanks again!

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