# Text Action

This is the most common action. The bot will display the specified text to the user in a chat bubble.

![](/files/-LevfytKofEG43kwkRLj)

### Settings

The action uses the following settings:

| Setting     | Description                                 | [Parsed](/actions-and-operations/dynamic-parsing.md) |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| Bot Message | The text that will be displayed to the user | :white\_check\_mark:                                 |

### Remarks

When used on the [Web Channel](/basic-concepts/publishing/channels/web.md), this action can be enhanced with basic scripting and HTML formatting to obtain specific text format or execute action on the target browser. Also, this action will automatically enrich http and https URL found inside the text and transform them in clickable links. If you wish to use a different title for your enriched links attach with a single pipe (|) like in the example below:

![](/files/-MDUtfQ-oq-vKSVSA6UU)

### Trigger

This action has no triggers.

### Variables

This action does not produce any variable.

### Availability

Channel specific availability follows the table below:

| Channel          | Availability    |
| ---------------- | --------------- |
| Facebook         | Fully Available |
| WhatsApp         | Fully Available |
| Telegram         | Fully Available |
| Web              | Fully Available |
| Alexa            | Fully Available |
| Google Assistant | Fully Available |
| Slack            | Fully Available |
| API              | Fully Available |

This action can be used only inside interactions and not as child of other actions. 


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.mylinkconnect.com/actions-and-operations/content/xenioo.bots.actions.base.textaction.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.