# Introduction ### **The** Rapidbott **guide for beginners** Rapidbotts You’ve probably heard of them, maybe you even tried them out before. But what exactly is a Rapidbott? If you’ve always wanted to know how a Rapidbottworks, if and why you should use one, and how you can build your very own conversational assistant, we have created this useful guide for you! In this complete guide, we’ll take you through the wonderful world of Rapidbotts and tell you all about the benefits and importance of automated conversations, the different types of Rapidbotts and we’ll tell you how you can build your own Rapidbott! Of course we’ll also make sure you get a good understanding of the many different use cases and you can find some very useful examples of what the difference is between a Rapidbott and a good conversational assistant. {% embed url="" %} ### **Step 1. What is a** Chatbot**?** Let’s get started! And what better way to begin with the biggest question you might have: What exactly is a Chatbot? 👇 --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.rapidbott.com/help-center/rapidbott-guide-for-beginners/introduction.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.