{"id":17809,"date":"2016-07-28T14:28:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T14:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apidocs.kore.com\/?post_type=docs&p=4314"},"modified":"2021-03-25T09:44:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T09:44:01","slug":"adding-channels-to-your-bot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v7-0\/docs\/bots\/channel-enablement\/adding-channels-to-your-bot\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel Enablement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After you define a custom bot, you can add delivery channels to your bot that end-users can use to access and interact with your bot when it is deployed. For example, you can enable your bot for use in the Kore.ai Messaging application, or allow interaction with your bot through an email address or through a Twilio<\/i> SMS account. You can also enable your bot in third-party applications such as Facebook<\/i> or Slack<\/i>. This topic describes how to add one or more delivery channels to your bot.<\/p>\n

By default, a bot and any defined notification or action tasks are not available to users in any channel unless you define one or more channels for your bot. For enterprise bots, even if the bot has a channel defined, the Bots Admin must approve and deploy the bot to make it available to users in the enterprise.<\/p>\n

You can add channels to your bot from the Channels<\/b> tab. Channels supported by Kore.ai Bots platform are categorized based upon their functionality and usage.
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Steps in Enabling a Channel<\/span><\/h2>\n

To enable one or more channels for your bot, follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Open the bot for which you want to add the channels.<\/li>\n
  2. Hover your move over the side navigation panel, and then click Channels<\/b> tab.<\/li>\n
  3. Click the name of the channel you want to add to the page. It opens the instructions page to install the channel.
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  4. Click Next<\/strong> or the Configuration<\/strong> tab to open the configuration page for the channel. This image shows the configuration page for the Skype for Business channel.
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    Note<\/strong> – After adding the channel to the bot, the bot needs to be published for approval and the bot Admin needs to approve the bot (with new channels).\u00a0\u00a0The new channel is not available to users until the Bots Admin explicitly approves that channel for your bot.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n

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    Available Channels<\/span><\/h2>\n

    Click the Expand<\/strong> icon for the channel you want to add, and then configure the channel to work with your Kore.ai bot.<\/p>\n