> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.dingtalk.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Single-chat bot overview

> Introduces the single-chat bot concept and capabilities, including how it sends messages and chats with users in single-chat scenarios, and how to integrate it.

A Single-chat bot is a Bot that can send messages to users and converse with them in Direct Message scenarios, just like a person.

## How to integrate a Single-chat bot

The following Bot types support Direct Message scenarios:

* [Internal app Bot](/open/dingstart/configure-the-robot-application)
* Third-party app Bot

A typical example is Neiwai Xiaomi, a Bot developed by Alibaba Group for its employees. It can push messages to users, interact with users through conversation, and be discovered by users via Search.

Single-chat bots are suitable for the following scenarios:

* [Task notifications](/open/development/task-notification)
* [Scheduled delivery](/open/development/timing-push)
* [Monitoring alerts](/open/development/monitoring-alarm)
* [Interactive queries](/open/development/interactive-query-1)