# DialogAction
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Defines the action that the bot executes at runtime when the conversation reaches this step.

## Contents
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 ** type **   <a name="lexv2-Type-DialogAction-type"></a>
The action that the bot should execute.   
Type: String  
Valid Values: `ElicitIntent | StartIntent | ElicitSlot | EvaluateConditional | InvokeDialogCodeHook | ConfirmIntent | FulfillIntent | CloseIntent | EndConversation`   
Required: Yes

 ** slotToElicit **   <a name="lexv2-Type-DialogAction-slotToElicit"></a>
If the dialog action is `ElicitSlot`, defines the slot to elicit from the user.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.  
Pattern: `^([0-9a-zA-Z][_-]?){1,100}$`   
Required: No

 ** suppressNextMessage **   <a name="lexv2-Type-DialogAction-suppressNextMessage"></a>
When true the next message for the intent is not used.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/models.lex.v2-2020-08-07/DialogAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/models.lex.v2-2020-08-07/DialogAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/models.lex.v2-2020-08-07/DialogAction) 

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for Amazon Lex. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query lexv2` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).