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name: "Operate support chatbots and voice assistants with Rasa"
slug: "operate-support-chatbots-and-voice-assistants-with-rasa"
description: "Use Rasa to design, test, and operate custom conversational assistants for support, service, and voice workflows."
github_stars: 21201
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/RasaHQ/rasa"
author: "Rasa"
publisher_type: "open_source"
category: "Integrations & Connectors"
framework: "Custom Agents"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "RasaHQ/rasa"
  github_stars: 21201
---

# Operate support chatbots and voice assistants with Rasa

Use Rasa to design, test, and operate custom conversational assistants for support, service, and voice workflows.

## Prerequisites

Rasa, conversation training data, custom actions, channel configuration

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- make install
- Make sure you have development requirements installed:
- make prepare-tests-ubuntu # Ubuntu/Debian
- make prepare-tests-macos # macOS

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- [![Supported Python Versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/rasa.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/rasa)
- **Install Poetry**: Follow the [official guide](https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installation).

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- We are happy to receive contributions. Please review our [Contribution Guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) before getting started.
- Rasa uses **Poetry** for packaging and dependency management.
- **Build from source**:

- Source: https://github.com/RasaHQ/rasa
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RasaHQ/rasa/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://github.com/RasaHQ/rasa

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/operate-support-chatbots-and-voice-assistants-with-rasa/)