# Setting up barkeeper messages

**Alive Barkeeper** add-on comes with set of pre-defined messages that it can send throughout it's bar-tending process. Read below how to change/customize these messages.

To find the message configuration page:


1. Visit your **Alive Barkeeper add-on page**
2. Click your **Personal Bot's name** (left-side menu)
3. Click **setup greeting messages** option

## Setting up Messages

Here you can configure the various interaction messages that occur at different events:

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* **Visitor has touched the Barkeeper** - This message is sent out when visitor clicks on barkeeper
* **Visitor has made a choice** - When visitor selects a drink in the dialog menu
* **Visitor has paid** - these two messages are sent in 2 different situations. When visitor has paid enough for a drink price, or not enough.
* **The drink is ready** - This message is sent to visitor when barkeeper finishes up the drink
* **Visitor touches while making a drink** - This message is sent if barkeeper is touched while making a drink for another visitor.
* **Visitor pays without selecting a drink** - This message is sent when visitor pays, but doesn't select a drink in the menu.
* **Barkeeper invitation** - This is the message that barkeeper keeps repeating.
  * **Say it every** - Defines a period (in minutes) of **Barkeeper invitation** message

### Message variables

In each message, you can also includes message variables. Each variable converts into different values when message is sent.


1. **<NAME>** - Name of the visitor.
2. **<PRICE>** - the drink price you set
3. **<SLURL>** - the current location of the bot
4. **<DRINK>** - the current drink name