Sys.yes-no

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Luiza Jurczyk
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updated: Jun 24, 2025

Catch both yes and no answers using one system entity: sys.yes-no.

Sys.yes-no is a system entity that captures both, yes and no answers. Use it to reduce the bot designing time and avoid creating redundant interactions.

Entity supports only English language.
Entity supports only English language.

Chatbot example with the sys.yes-no entityLink icon

There are plenty of situations when yes-no system entity comes in handy. Users can confirm their data, approve purchases or answer simple questions and you can squeeze their answers in single interaction. Let’s create an example together.

Type double curly brackets {{ to trigger the entity window and select the one you you need.
Type double curly brackets {{ to trigger the entity window and select the one you you need.

Create a new interaction that will confirm the previous action. To do so, select quick replies and add two buttons to it.

ChatBot interaction with quick reply buttons confirming the previous action for the sys.yes-no entity

Create a new interaction, below the existing one.

ChatBot new interaction added below the confirmation quick replies interaction

In the user says section add our system entity. To do so, type two curly brackets{{ ... }}and select the sys.yes-no entity. Name the attribute that will keep collected values.

ChatBot User Says section with the sys.yes-no entity and a named attribute for collected values

Move to bot responses tab. We want to serve both responses in one interaction action. Add a filter to create different reactions for yes and no answers.

ChatBot bot responses tab with a filter set up for the yes answer of the sys.yes-no entity

And similarly for the no option:

ChatBot bot responses filter configured for the no answer of the sys.yes-no entity

Save all of your work. Now we can test it using the built-in chat.

Everything works! Good job!

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