Why should your users have to type long messages all the time when they can use shortcut buttons or Telegram commands to get responses from your chatbot? Implementing this feature makes the user experience (UX) easier. In this article, you will learn how to use Coze shortcuts to create these shortcuts and commands. What is a Shortcut? A Coze shortcut is a feature that improves user efficiency by allowing quick and precise question input. They also serve as a navigation tool, guiding users on how to effectively interact with the agent. Learn more on shortcuts here. Setting Shortcut button Go to your chatbot develop workspace


Click on Shortcut



Enter your Button details
      
Button Name: The name of the button
Shortcut name: The command name to invoke the shortcut. This is the same name you will add to your telegram bot to execute the message that corresponds to the command.
Description: Short description of the command.
Component: This is used for user options. This is used for selecting choices based on specific needs.
Query content: The content to be sent when the user clicks the shortcut button.


Click on Confirm

You will see the button in your chatbot. To add more shortcuts to the chatbot, repeat the same process



Click on Publish to sync the added shortcuts Setting Up the Telegram Commands Go to Bot father


Input /setcommands


Select the bot you want to add the commands to



Enter the list of commands(the shortcut name you earlier created)

In this format

security_news - Get the latest security news



Upon successful addition, you will see the list of commands in your bot.
To check, Click on Menu Check out the live demo below 👇 https://youtu.be/DeXrKvXb2aw?embedable=true Bonus You can also use this shortcut for users to make choices e.g. You want users to get regular news feeds in specific language and specific language. Follow the same process and add the components option Enter the component name


Enter the component description


Enter Component types such as Text, Upload (for media), and Selector(to choose options)
In the case of Selector, enter various options like this:

For upload, select supported file formats Congratulations 🥂, you’ve successfully made use of the shortcut. What other scenario can you use this feature? Let me know in the comment section Learn More on Coze and other Chatbots built on Coze Why should your users have to type long messages all the time when they can use shortcut buttons or Telegram commands to get responses from your chatbot? Implementing this feature makes the user experience (UX) easier. In this article, you will learn how to use Coze shortcuts to create these shortcuts and commands. What is a Shortcut? A Coze shortcut is a feature that improves user efficiency by allowing quick and precise question input. They also serve as a navigation tool, guiding users on how to effectively interact with the agent. Learn more on shortcuts here. Learn more on shortcuts here. Setting Shortcut button Go to your chatbot develop workspace Click on Shortcut Enter your Button details
      
Button Name: The name of the button
Shortcut name: The command name to invoke the shortcut. This is the same name you will add to your telegram bot to execute the message that corresponds to the command.
Description: Short description of the command.
Component: This is used for user options. This is used for selecting choices based on specific needs.
Query content: The content to be sent when the user clicks the shortcut button. Click on Confirm

You will see the button in your chatbot. To add more shortcuts to the chatbot, repeat the same process Click on Publish to sync the added shortcuts Go to your chatbot develop workspace Go to your chatbot develop workspace Click on Shortcut Click on Shortcut Shortcut Enter your Button details Button Name: The name of the button Shortcut name: The command name to invoke the shortcut. This is the same name you will add to your telegram bot to execute the message that corresponds to the command. Description: Short description of the command. Component: This is used for user options. This is used for selecting choices based on specific needs. Query content: The content to be sent when the user clicks the shortcut button. Enter your Button details Button Name: The name of the button Button Name: Shortcut name: The command name to invoke the shortcut. This is the same name you will add to your telegram bot to execute the message that corresponds to the command. Shortcut name: Description: Short description of the command. Description: Component: This is used for user options. This is used for selecting choices based on specific needs. Component: Query content: The content to be sent when the user clicks the shortcut button. Query content: Click on Confirm You will see the button in your chatbot. To add more shortcuts to the chatbot, repeat the same process Click on Confirm Confirm You will see the button in your chatbot. To add more shortcuts to the chatbot, repeat the same process Click on Publish to sync the added shortcuts Click on Publish to sync the added shortcuts Publish Setting Up the Telegram Commands Go to Bot father Input /setcommands Select the bot you want to add the commands to Enter the list of commands(the shortcut name you earlier created)

In this format

security_news - Get the latest security news Upon successful addition, you will see the list of commands in your bot.
To check, Click on Menu Go to Bot father Go to Bot father Bot father Input /setcommands Input /setcommands /setcommands Select the bot you want to add the commands to Select the bot you want to add the commands to Enter the list of commands(the shortcut name you earlier created) In this format security_news - Get the latest security news Enter the list of commands(the shortcut name you earlier created) In this format security_news - Get the latest security news security_news - Get the latest security news Upon successful addition, you will see the list of commands in your bot. To check, Click on Menu Upon successful addition, you will see the list of commands in your bot. To check, Click on Menu Menu Check out the live demo below 👇 live demo https://youtu.be/DeXrKvXb2aw?embedable=true https://youtu.be/DeXrKvXb2aw?embedable=true Bonus You can also use this shortcut for users to make choices e.g. You want users to get regular news feeds in specific language and specific language. Follow the same process and add the components option components Enter the component name Enter the component description Enter Component types such as Text, Upload (for media), and Selector(to choose options)
In the case of Selector, enter various options like this:

For upload, select supported file formats Enter the component name Enter the component name component name Enter the component description Enter the component description component description Enter Component types such as Text, Upload (for media), and Selector(to choose options) In the case of Selector, enter various options like this: For upload, select supported file formats Enter Component types such as Text , Upload (for media), and Selector (to choose options) Component types Text Upload Selector In the case of Selector , enter various options like this: Selector For upload , select supported file formats upload Congratulations 🥂, you’ve successfully made use of the shortcut. What other scenario can you use this feature? Let me know in the comment section Congratulations 🥂, you’ve successfully made use of the shortcut. What other scenario can you use this feature? Let me know in the comment section Learn More on Coze and other Chatbots built on Coze Learn More on Coze other Chatbots

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