when capturing someones name. If then i were to send a message saying, thank you for providing your name "@name". It will then return {"first":"tas","last":null} in the front end of the chat. any solutions?

Not a bug. That is the way the full name is captured when you use the name capture card. If you just want a first name so your bot can be friendly, just use a raw input. If you need full name, your usage could be something like hello your full name is {{workflow.personName.first + ' ' + workflow.personName.last}} and your first name is {{user.fname}} Alternatively you could have an execute code that does this: user.fname = workflow.personName.first user.lname = workflow.personName.last And then you could just use "Hello @fname!"

thanks for the reply, i have no issue with the way it collects the name, the issue is the way it displays the name whenever i want to use it variable. it shows exactly this {"first":"john","last":"doe"}

Right. The Fullname capture is not storing a text value, it is creating a javascript object which can be displayed using either of the techniques I showed above. And right, using a raw text input for name comes with the hazard you mentioned.

That's exactly what the Name capture is for. The name in this case will be {"first":"Jhon","last":"Doe"}

right ok i understand now that it will take the name exactly like this {"first":"Jhon","last":"Doe"}. I am fairly new to botpress and would appreciate if you could explain how i can mention the users first name throught out the conversation. I have tried the above ways without any success. currently i am at, capture person name...

glad it worked out! You could also create a user variable in the settings, and assign the user name to it in a Code card