# Create a bot by using the Amazon Connect admin website
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You can build complete Lex bots in the Amazon Connect admin website without ever leaving the Amazon Connect interface. There is no charge for building or editing bots in Amazon Connect. Instead, you are billed by Amazon Lex for usage. For pricing information, see the [Amazon Lex pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/lex/pricing/) page.

**To create a bot**

1. Log in to the Amazon Connect admin website at https://*instance name*.my.connect.aws/. Use an Admin account or an account that has **Channels and Flows** - **Bots** - **Create** permission in its security profile.

1. In the left navigation menu, choose **Routing**, **Flows**.

1. On the **Flows** page, choose **Bots**, **Create bot**.   
![\[The Flows page, the Bots tab, the Create bot button.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/images/flows-bots-tab.png)

1. In the **Details** dialog box, provide the following information: 
   + **Bot name**: Enter a unique name for the bot.
   + **Bot description**: - (Optional) Provide additional information about the purpose of the bot.
   + **Child Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)**: Choose whether the bot is subject to the Child Online Privacy Protection Act.

   The following image shows the **Details** dialog box and these options.  
![\[Bot creation details page with name, description, and COPPA settings.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/images/bot-create.png)

1. Choose **Create**. After the bot is successfully created, you are directed to the bot configuration page. The following image shows an example page for a newly created bot named **HotelBookingBot**.  
![\[A sample configuration page for an unconfigured bot.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/images/hotelbookingbot.png)

1. On the bot configuration page, choose **Add language**. Choose the primary language for your bot and your preferred way to create this language.   
![\[A sample Define your bot page, the Add language dropdown box.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/images/bot-language-create.png)

1. After you choose your language, you are directed to the **Define your bot** section. An example section is shown in the following image. This section is where you'll add intents.  
![\[A sample Define bot section.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/images/define-bot-page.png)

## Add intents to your bot
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In the **Define your bot** section, you add intents. Intents are the goals that your users want to accomplish, such as ordering flowers or booking a hotel.

Your bot must have at least one intent. There are two types of intents:
+ Custom intents: Create intents that represent the actions or requests your bot should handle. This topic explains how to create custom intents. 
+ Build-in intents: By default, all bots contain a single built-in intent, the fallback intent. This intent is used when the bot does not recognize any other intent. For example, if a user says "I want to order flowers" to a hotel booking intent, the fallback intent is triggered. The following image shows an example of a built-in intent.  
![\[The Use built-in intent dialog box, a built-in intent names AMAZON.HelpIntent.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/images/built-in-intent.png)

**To create a custom intent**

1. Choose **Add intent**, and then choose **Add empty intent**. 

1. In the **Add intent** dialog box, enter a name for your intent and a description that's meaningful to you. Choose **Add**.

1. Enter the following information to configure your intent:
   + Add sample **Utterances**: Choose **Add** and then provide phrases or questions that users might use to express that intent. Choose **Save**. 
   + Configure **Slots**: Choose **Add** and then define the slots, or parameters, required to fulfill the intent. Each slot has a type that defines the values that can be entered in the slot. Choose **Add** to add the slot. When you're done adding slots, choose **Save**.
   + Create **Prompts**: Choose **Edit** and then you can enter prompts that the bot will use to ask for information or clarify user inputs. Choose **Save** when finished.
     + **Initial response message**: The initial message sent to the user after the intent is invoked. You can provide responses, initialize values, and define the next step that the bot takes to respond to the user at the beginning of the intent.
     + **Confirmation prompt and responses**: These are used to confirm or decline fulfillment of the intent. The confirmation prompt asks the user to review slot values. For example, "I've booked a hotel room for Friday. Is this correct?" The declination response is sent to the user when they decline the confirmation. 
     + **Closing response message**: This is the response sent to the user after the intent is fulfilled and all other messages are played. For example, "Thank you for booking a hotel room." 

For more information about intents for Amazon Lex bots intents and advanced configurations, see [Adding intents](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lexv2/latest/dg/add-intents.html) in the *Amazon Lex V2 Developer Guide*.