Default Conversations - Kore.ai Docs

The Platform handles several conversation scenarios automatically — without requiring custom code. These include responses to unrecognized intents, standard NLP replies, and event-driven behaviors. All defaults can be customized to match your business requirements.

Default Conversation Types

Type	Description	Learn More
Intent not Identified	Triggered when the AI Agent can’t find or understand the user’s intent.	Event Handling
Standard Responses	Pre-defined NLP interpreter responses to common inputs, events, and system states (for example, greetings, task errors, cancellations).	Standard Responses
Event Handlers	Configurable behaviors for common AI Agent events (task completion, failures, channel actions, etc.).	Event Handling

Standard Responses

The Platform displays pre-defined text responses to users based on events, conditions, triggers, or user input. For example, when a user says Hi!, the AI Agent randomly selects from responses like Hi!, Hello, Hi there!, or Hey. You can modify these defaults and add channel-specific overrides. For example, in an SMS channel, you may want shorter responses to reduce data usage.

Access Standard Responses

Go to Conversation Intelligence > Conversation Management > Standard Responses. Standard responses are organized into the following categories:

Category	Description
Statements	Responses triggered by actions from the AI Agent or user — for example, task cancellation or an invalid user response.
Queries	Questions the AI Agent asks for more information — for example, Which field do you want to change?
Errors & Warnings	Messages displayed when errors occur — for example, End date can’t be before the start date.
Questions	General questions the AI Agent poses that don’t fit other categories.
Choices	Yes/No prompts — for example, Would you like to receive push notifications?
Greeting	Initial responses when the app is installed or when a user returns after inactivity.

Add or Edit a Response

Select a category tab (for example, Greeting) and hover over the target situation.
Click Add Response.
In the Add Channel Overrides dialog:
- Select a channel from the dropdown (or Any Channel to apply to all).
- For channel-specific responses, select a task and optionally a field.
In the Response editor:
- Simple Mode — Enter plain text with optional formatting (bold, italics, links, lists).
- Advanced Mode — Enter JavaScript for channel-specific message formats. Use response.message to return the default message string and response.choices to return the options array.
Click Done to save.

​Default Conversation Types

​Standard Responses

​Access Standard Responses

​Add or Edit a Response

Default Conversation Types

Standard Responses

Access Standard Responses

Add or Edit a Response