Gather

Overview

The Gather collects input from users during an interaction. It is used to capture variables that will be referenced later in your workflow.

Configuration

Define one or more variables to gather from the user with:

• Name: A unique identifier.
• Description: Details about the expected input to help the LLM get the right information from the caller.
• Data Type: String, number, boolean, enum.
• Required: Mark whether the variable is required or optional.

Usage

Use Gather to extract specific details from user responses—such as their name, email, or ZIP code—to inform subsequent steps in your conversation. The Gather node doesn’t directly prompt users; instead, it analyzes the conversation history to find the requested information and will ask follow-up questions if the user’s response isn’t clear. Make sure to precede it with a Say node that explicitly prompts the user for the information you want to gather.

To use an extracted string variable in a Conditional branch, we recommend using the enum option. This ensures the extracted value will reliably match your conditions later in the workflow.