Bot variables let you store and reuse information throughout your entire bot.

Any information you assign to a bot variable will be accessible across all Workflows and conversations. This makes bot variables useful for storing global information about your bot, like:

  • Your bot’s name
  • Your bot’s version number
  • Endpoints for your bot’s API calls

Bot variables are not encrypted or stored securely. This means an Autonomous Node can read and display any information you store in a bot variable.

Don’t save sensitive information like API keys or passwords in bot variables — use configuration variables instead.

Need help getting started with variables? Check out our introduction to variables.

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Read a bot variable

You can use {{bot.variablename}} or @bot.variablename to read a bot variable. For example, in a Text Card: