# Automation Flow - Running Chatbot

Imagine that you want to send messages from a chatbot to specific leads, even without a conversation previously started in the SAC.

With this flow, it is possible to automatically trigger a chatbot for contacts that meet criteria defined by you.

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#### Prerequisites

Before configuring the automation, it will be necessary to:

* Create a chatbot
* Create a segment
* Create a tag

> Refer to the specific articles for each setup if you need to carry out these steps first.

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[Chatbot - First Steps](/en/topics/convert/chatbot/chatbot-tutorial-videos/chatbot-first-steps.md)
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[Segments](/en/topics/relate/segments.md)
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[Tags](/en/topics/settings/tags.md)
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### Flow setup

Access:

**Menu → Relate → Automation Flow**\
**Or** type the function in **Find services**.

1. Click on **Create new automation**
2. Add the desired conditions:
   * Contact belongs to segment X
   * Contact has tag Y

> **Note:** If you want to use condition fields from **Opportunities, Tasks and/or Service Requests**, it is necessary to indicate them in the **Automatic Selector**. To learn more about this feature, see the article below.

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[Automatic Selectors](/en/topics/relate/automation-flows/automatic-selectors.md)
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3. Configure the action:

* **Run Chatbot**
* Select the desired chatbot

4. Save and activate the automation.

### How this scenario works

In this example, the automation will be executed only for leads that:

* Are within a specific segment
* Have a certain tag

Only the contacts that meet these conditions will receive the chatbot sent by the flow.

### Other possible uses

This is just one example with **segments + tags**, but the feature can be used in several other condition scenarios, such as:

* Contacts with a specific owner
* Leads at a certain stage of the funnel
* Contacts with filled custom fields
* Specific capture source
* Rules combined with multiple conditions

This allows you to create more strategic automations according to your operation.

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### Alert

Even if the automation is paused later, **contacts that have already started interacting with the chatbot will continue executing the actions defined within it until the flow is completed**.

Pausing the automation prevents new entries into the flow, but does not interrupt executions already started.
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