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Intents
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<p>An intent is a description of a users intention. Intents are generated by user actions, like asking Amazon Echo to turn on a light.</p>
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Architectural overview of intents in Home Assistant
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<p>Intents are fired by components that receive them from external sources/services. Conversation, Alexa, API.ai and Snips are currently sourcing intents.</p>
<p>Any component can handle intents. This makes it very easy for developers to integrate with all voice assistants at once.</p>
<p>Intents are implemented using the <code class="highlighter-rouge">homeassistant.helpers.intent.Intent</code> class. It contains the following properties:</p>
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<td>The Home Assistant instance that fired the intent.</td>
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<td><code class="highlighter-rouge">platform</code></td>
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<td>The platform that fired the intent</td>
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<td><code class="highlighter-rouge">intent_type</code></td>
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<td><code class="highlighter-rouge">text_input</code></td>
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<td>Optional. The raw text input that initiated the intent.</td>
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<p>Description of the slots dictionary values.</p>
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