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Make your Virtual Agent act based on user Intent

Cognigy Support
December 9, 2024

Let your Virtual Agent make a decision!
You can use Intents to navigate the conversation through the Flow. Lookup Nodes are best-practice to implement routing based on Intents.

#1 Add a Lookup Node

Navigate to your "IT Service Request" Flow and add a Lookup Node between Start and End Node. Click the Lookup Node and define what it should do: Go to the Type field and select "Intent". Save the Node.

#2 Configure the Case Nodes

Configure the two Case Nodes by opening them one after another and select the previously defined Intents: "createTicket" and "resetPassword".

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Note: The video depicts legacy terminology. Please use a Lookup Node.

#3 Configure a fallback

Add a Say Node under Default to prompt

Sorry, what do you mean exactly?

in case no intent is recognized.

#4 Add responses for recognized Intents

Create Say Nodes for the other cases and enter texts like

Sure, I can help you to create a ticket.

and

Sure, I can reset your password.

Tip: You can speed this up by copying the Default Say Node via context menu or just hold ALT and drag & drop it.

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#5 Try it out!

Test the conversation in the Interaction Panel with inputs like "I want to submit a ticket" and "I don't remember my password". Any input is routed through best-matching case and the path is highlighted in the Flow-Chart. You can also test in the Webchat Endpoint.