# API AI Autoresponder

## About API.AI

[API.AI](http://api.ai) is a powerful AI system made by Google that allows you to create your own bots with autoresponder feature for free. You can use this feature with your [Personal Bot](/doc/e59a06a3-4c30-4082-b5ba-523fef7ae733) service

### Creating API.AI Chatbot

To start creating your chatbot you will need to sign-in to **API.AI** using your [Google Account](https://accounts.google.com/SignUp?continue=https%3A%2F%2Faccounts.google.com%2FManageAccount)


1. After signing-in to your API.AI account, click "Create agent"
2. Insert general information about your chatbot and hit "Save"

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### Building your chatbot

Building your chatbot takes time, but it's quite easy, here's how you can build a very basic chatbot of your own.

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1. Click on add intent function (+) in your account
2. Add your message under **User says** and bot's response under **Text response**
3. Hit **save**!

Repeat the process mentioned above for all the trigger messages you wish. To know more advanced ways of building a chatbot, refer to [API.AI Documentation](https://docs.api.ai/)

### Link with SmartBots

After finalizing your chatbot, you will have to find your **Client access token** - click Settings button next to your agent name.

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1. Find your Client access token under API Keys
2. Paste that in to your [Bot Control Panel](/doc/8286cb7a-6d96-44e9-8c94-77516fbd6b62)

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