# Problem with Assistant component

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/problem-with-assistant-component/27969>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** assistant\
**Created:** [May 21, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/problem-with-assistant-component/27969 "2018-05-21T13:37:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ishan\_Vohra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cdc98d/32.png) [@Ishan\_Vohra](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Ishan_Vohra)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/problem-with-assistant-component/27969/1 "2018-05-21T13:37:24Z")

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I am making a chatbot app using dialogflow component. I checked the sample app for it.  
I used a pre built agent of Alarm in the assistant.  
Now whenever I ask it to set an alarm it gives a [empty response]. What does that mean? and why doesn’t it work.

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**Author:** ![albert](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/albert/32/4077_2.png) [@albert](https://community.thunkable.com/u/albert)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/problem-with-assistant-component/27969/2 "2018-05-21T17:01:29Z")

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Hi there. What are you using to set the Alarm? Usually with Dialogflow, you will prepare a preset list of questions and trigger a text response (which you can then use to program an event).

Have you seen the documentation for Assistant?  
[https://docs.thunkable.com/thunkable-cross-platform/2-create/components/artificial-intelligence/assistant](https://docs.thunkable.com/thunkable-cross-platform/2-create/components/artificial-intelligence/assistant)

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**Author:** ![Ishan\_Vohra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cdc98d/32.png) [@Ishan\_Vohra](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Ishan_Vohra)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 6:36am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/problem-with-assistant-component/27969/3 "2018-05-22T06:36:32Z")

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Let me send you the web demo link.  
Ask it to set an alarm and see what happens.

> **[Oculie\_bot](https://bot.dialogflow.com/81c809b6-a48f-49d0-b5aa-90f17f535b89)**
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> The best AI

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/problem-with-assistant-component/27969/4 "2024-11-08T12:02:44Z")

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