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I. Intro
BotBuilder is a tool for building automated workflows. You can create automation for sending messages to individual users or groups, with use cases such as sending reminders, group chat welcomes, birthday wishes, sales reports, questionnaires, and more. Bot apps created from BotBuilder are considered custom apps, which can be added to Workplace, or join group chat as a bot.
Key benefits include:
- Enhanced efficiency: Repetitive tasks, such as sending reports or reminders, can be automated, reducing manual workload.
- Easy to use: An intuitive visual editor makes the process of creating an automated workflow a simple task, even for users with no coding experience.
- Seamless integration: Lark Docs, Base, Contacts, Approval, Messenger, and more can be used in the workflow, allowing you to automate more types of tasks.
II. Feature highlights
Even without any technical experience, you can quickly create bot apps on BotBuilder to automate your tasks. When building a workflow, you can choose from a variety of triggers and action nodes and create multiple parallel workflows to meet your needs. You can also manage the data and permission of bot apps, ensuring data security.
User-friendly
BotBuilder features a visual editor that is designed to be accessible to users with no technical foundation. Moreover, a wide range of ready-to-use templates are available to help users get started quickly.
Visual editor
You can create, edit, and publish workflows in a visual editor. Simply select the nodes you need and arrange them in the right order to create a workflow—no coding necessary.
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Ready-to-use templates
There is a variety of bot app templates available, covering use cases such as reminders, anniversary messages, event registration, and many more. Templates come with preset workflows that you can use to quickly get started, lowering the barrier to entry and improving efficiency.
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Highly customizable
Workflows can be customized to your exact needs by using a variety of trigger and action nodes that are available in BotBuilder. In addition, you can create multiple parallel workflows in the same bot app, with each workflow performing a different function.
Diverse triggers and action nodes
Triggers and action nodes are the basic elements for building automated workflows.
- Trigger nodes: The first node in the automated workflow is a trigger. You need to configure conditions for the entire workflow in this node. When the trigger conditions are met, the subsequent action nodes will run. For example, the trigger for the scheduled task node is reaching a set time, which will cause subsequent action nodes to run.
- Action nodes: The actions that need to be executed in the workflow, such as sending reminders or birthday wishes, modifying Base records, or creating documents. Multiple action nodes can be added to one workflow.
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Parallel workflows
A bot app can contain multiple parallel automated workflows, which can be turned on or off independently. In addition to the preset workflows in the template, workflows can be added or deleted to suit the specific needs of the task.
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Data management
For bot apps that collect data, such as bot apps for sending birthday wishes or registering for an event, you can set what data you want to collect. The data collected can be found in a table in Data Management, from which you can add, delete, change, and query the data as needed.
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Permission management
You can configure the availability of the bot app so that only members within the availability range can receive messages sent by the bot or interact with the bot. Moreover, you can also transfer ownership of the bot app to another member if the need arises.
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III. Related
- Bots