GlobalIntentEvent

  • Global intent handlers are defined in YAML and manage intents for the entire Actions project, potentially overridden by scene-specific handlers.

  • These intents enable users to access universal flows like help or home and facilitate deep linking into specific parts of the Action.

  • A global intent handler can optionally transition to a specified scene, discarding the current scene's state, and trigger an event handler for prompt generation.

Defines a global intent handler. Global intent events are scoped to the entire Actions project and may be overridden by intent handlers in a scene. Intent names must be unique within an Actions project.

Global intents can be matched anytime during a session, allowing users to access common flows like "get help" or "go back home." They can also be used to deep link users into specific flows when they invoke an Action.

Note, the intent name is specified in the name of the file.

YAML representation 
transitionToScene: string
handler: 
  object (EventHandler)
Fields
transitionToScene

string

Optional. Destination scene which the conversation should jump to. The state of the current scene is destroyed on the transition.
handler

object (EventHandler)

Optional. Event handler which is triggered when the intent is matched. Should execute before transitioning to the destination scene. Useful to generate Prompts in response to events.