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amneshgoel7
Aug 17, 2020Copper Contributor
How to avoid using @ mention bot name in a channel to invoke bot
We have a bot which is working fine. If we have to invoke the bot in a teams channel (or, group chat) then we have to write the message in following format. @botname "keyword" message where, ...
ThereseSolimeno
Aug 18, 2020Former Employee
Hello amneshgoel7 According to this document:
A bot behaves slightly differently depending on what kind of conversation it is involved in:
- Bots in channel and group chat conversations require the user to @ mention the bot to invoke it in a channel.
- Bots in single user conversations do not require an @ mention - the user can just type.
- amneshgoel7Aug 19, 2020Copper Contributor
ThereseSolimeno Thanks for the reply and looking into this.
I had visited the same link which you have provided.
I'm checking is there any other way to get rid of mentioning the name of bot to invoke bot?