I think that something like
@discobot start tutorial
Start a tutorial to learn how to use this forum. Earn a
at the end.
@discobot start advanced tutorial
Start a tutorial to learn how to use this forum at an advanced level. Earn a
at the end.
would make a lot more sense than the existing
@discobot start new user
Starts one of the following interactive narratives: new user, advanced user.
Itās a tricky one, because itās for new, existing, migrated and returning users. Some communities were on Discourse before discobot was implemented, while others migrated to Discourse after a decade or longer on another platform.
In all of those cases only one is a new user.
Perhaps, but it still wouldnāt be something that anyone would guess.
I think what we really need is a one-click link that sends the discourse narrative bot new user tutorial message to the user.
This opens so many possibilities. For example, the %{new_user_tips} template can now append a new line at the bottom if the narrative bot is enabled. It would look like:
For a few quick tips on getting started as a new user, check out this blog post.
As you participate here, weāll get to know you, and temporary new user limitations will be lifted. Over time youāll gain trust levels that include special abilities to help us manage our community together.
For even more tips, click to start our interactive new user tutorial.
Would these links do?
source:
* [Start New User Tutorial](/new-message?username=discobot&title=Discobot%20Tutorial&body=@discobot%20start%20new%20user)
* [Start Advanced User Tutorial](/new-message?username=discobot&title=Discobot%20Advanced%20Tutorial&body=@discobot%20start%20advanced%20user)
Yes! These are perfect! How are these links generated? Iād love to be able to link to other Discourse actions, like Reply to a topic.
You copy/paste the stuff under the word āsourceā.
EDIT:
oops. 
to be fair I edited that into the OP after he asked
I understand that part. Just created a custom message for my instance of Discourse
https://discourse.nycedu.org/new-message?username=pupbot&title=Start%20new%20user%20tutorial&body=@pupbot%20start%20new%20user%0D%0A%0D%0ANote:%20Just%20click%20on%20the%20blue%20Message%20button%20below%20to%20start.
My question is more, in the future if I want to create links like this for other actions, how do I do that? For example, I really want to have a Reply to topic link. My particular user base isnāt necessarily very tech savvy, so I really need to spell things out for them and make it as easy as possible.
Not sure how to do that offhand, but is there a reason the existing options are insufficient? You could even make them more clear:
or add text to this button:
Iāll play around with it 
Going back to the @discobot start new user commandā¦ As you can see from my source code, I definitely hacked together the link that would work for us. Do you see this as a useful enough tool that Discourse could potentially write into existing text content?
Iām not sure what youāre asking here.
Probably you are looking for
and
I would say yes 
It turns out that is nothing for me to do here. What I forgot is that I built the triggers in a way that they can be customized via the admin panel.
Simply change the reset_trigger in admin > Customize > Text Content and 
Thatās only going to allow for a community to replace the trigger though, rather than add a synonym.
It creates the risk someone familiar with Discourse from another community being unable to use the standard trigger.
@codinghorror will need to confirm but I assumed that he suggested adding a synonym because we thought we didnāt have a way to customize those triggers.
Yes, my original thought was that I didnāt have a way to customize the triggers. At the same time, I do think itās a more user-friendly command in general, so I continue to advocate for it to be a synonym to make the transition between discourse instances seamless.
As an FYI - my pronouns are she/her/hers.
