# What's next after starter-pack

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/whats-next-after-starter-pack/1683>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [October 7, 2018, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/whats-next-after-starter-pack/1683 "2018-10-07T06:38:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/whats-next-after-starter-pack/1683/7 "2019-05-13T05:20:12Z")

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Hi,

I stumbled upon this thread later

> [@Welcome message](http://forum.rasa.com/t/welcome-message/5324):
>
> How to write default Welcome Message

and the response

> <https://github.com/RasaHQ/rasa/issues/2023>
>
> \*\*Rasa Core version\*\*: 0.8.5
> 
> \*\*Python version\*\*: 3.6
> 
> \*\*Operating system\*\* …(windows, osx, ...): Ubuntu 16
> 
> \*\*Issue\*\*: Users often request the bot to utter something on startup, instead of being presented with an empty input. rasa-core actually provides a welcome message but it is hard-coded in console.py: "Bot loaded. Type a message and press enter: "
> Would it be possible to make this message configurable? 
> The solution I've found is overwriting the method, but that is a lot of code to change just one element in the method:
> 
> \`\`\`python
> ...
> from rasa\_core.channels.console import \* 
> class MyConsoleInputChannel(ConsoleInputChannel): 
> def \_record\_messages(self, on\_message, max\_message\_limit=None):
> utils.print\_color("Hallo, ich bin ein ChatBot.",utils.bcolors.OKBLUE)
> num\_messages = 0
> while max\_message\_limit is None or num\_messages \< max\_message\_limit:
> text = input().strip()
> if six.PY2:
> # in python 2 input doesn't return unicode values
> text = text.decode("utf-8")
> if text == INTENT\_MESSAGE\_PREFIX + 'stop':
> return
> on\_message(UserMessage(text, ConsoleOutputChannel(),
> self.sender\_id))
> num\_messages += 1
> ...
> \`\`\`

will look into the workaround Thanks 🙂

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