End of support notice: On September 15, 2025, AWS will discontinue support for Amazon Lex V1. After September 15, 2025, you will no longer be able to access the Amazon Lex V1 console or Amazon Lex V1 resources. If you are using Amazon Lex V2, refer to the [Amazon Lex V2 guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lexv2/latest/dg/what-is.html) instead. . 

# Create the Bot


Create the `PizzaOrderingBot` bot with the minimum information needed. You add an intent, an action that the user wants to perform, for the bot later.

**To create the bot**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon Lex console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/lex/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/lex/).

1. Create a bot.

   1. If you are creating your first bot, choose **Get Started**. Otherwise, choose **Bots**, and then choose **Create**. 

   1. On the **Create your Lex bot** page, choose **Custom bot** and provide the following information:
      + **Bot name**: PizzaOrderingBot 
      + **Language**: Choose the language and locale for your bot.
      + **Output voice**: Salli 
      + **Session timeout **: 5 minutes.
      + **COPPA**: Choose the appropriate response.
      + **User utterance storage: Choose the appropriate response.**

   1. Choose **Create**. 

      The console sends Amazon Lex a request to create a new bot. Amazon Lex sets the bot version to `$LATEST`. After creating the bot, Amazon Lex shows the bot **Editor** tab, as in the following image:  
![\[\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lex/latest/dg/images/gs1-20.png)
      + The bot version, **Latest**, appears next to the bot name in the console. New Amazon Lex resources have `$LATEST` as the version. For more information, see [Versioning and Aliases](versioning-aliases.md).
      + Because you haven't created any intents or slots types, none are listed. 
      + **Build** and **Publish** are bot-level activities. After you configure the entire bot, you'll learn more about these activities.

## Next Step


[Create an Intent](gs2-create-bot-intent.md)