Run your group

# AI bots for your group

Set up bots that answer questions, welcome members and help staff review reports.

-   Give each bot a profile, a model and instructions.
-   Choose triggers like mentions, questions, new members, matching content or a schedule.
-   Give the bot only the tools and channels it needs.

Bots need an enabled provider and a model that supports tools. A bot can help with moderation through reports and notes, but it doesn't take over moderation on its own.

![AI bots page of a group with the Garden helper bot card, marked Disabled, that lists the missing AI model, trigger and permission, with runs and cost over 7 days and a Finish bot setup button.](https://welley.com/assets/media/group-ai-bots-demo-2000.f4fec680.webp)

A group can give an AI bot its own profile. The card shows what the bot still needs before it can run.

![Create bot profile dialog with the username seed_library and the display name Seed library helper, and Cancel and Create buttons.](https://welley.com/assets/media/group-bot-profile-demo-1200.50eb439b.webp)

A new bot starts with a username and a display name. The form wasn't submitted.

![Edit bot profile page for Garden helper with a garden cover, a watering-can avatar, the username garden_helper, the display name and a bio, beside a setup panel that asks for an AI provider.](https://welley.com/assets/media/group-ai-editor-demo-2000.190c2895.webp)

Each group bot has its own profile, settings tabs and a setup panel. Changes stay in a draft until you publish them.

![Add trigger dialog of the bot editor with twelve trigger kinds, including Post created, Reply created, Mentioned, Question detected, Keyword match, Unanswered, Reported content, New group member, Cron and Direct reply.](https://welley.com/assets/media/group-ai-triggers-demo-900.09ee1626.webp)

A trigger decides when the bot acts. It can be a new post or reply, a mention, a question, a keyword, a report, a new member or a schedule.

![Permissions tab of the Garden helper bot editor with the actions that the bot may take.](https://welley.com/assets/media/group-ai-permissions-demo-1052.08ee7681.webp)

Permissions limit what the bot is allowed to do in the group.

![Bot scope tab of the Garden helper bot editor with the channels and forum categories where the bot may act.](https://welley.com/assets/media/group-ai-scope-demo-1052.fe53ce1a.webp)

You can limit a bot to certain channels and forum categories.

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