# Controlling AI responses in forum discussions

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/controlling-ai-responses-in-forum-discussions/376066
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** ai, ai-bot
**Created:** [July 22, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/controlling-ai-responses-in-forum-discussions/376066 "2025-07-22T11:01:57Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/controlling-ai-responses-in-forum-discussions/376066/3 "2025-07-24T23:21:30Z")

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> [@RBoy](#):
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> Could someone help me understand the difference between the two options ?

First is triggered by the “topic creation”. Second is triggered for the first post in the user account.

> [@Discourse AI - AI bot](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-ai-bot/266012/180):
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> Is it even possible to control how many responses the AI bot provides on a topic? If it’s let loose it just takes over the topics with very little value and leads to users being frustrated.

Why don’t you leave the bot to only reply when mentioned?

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