--- title: ServiceNow Otto for Virtual Agent reference description: Virtual Agent topic developers can create topics for use in the ServiceNow Otto panel channel. The following Virtual Agent Designer controls are currently supported. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/conversational-interfaces/now-assist-in-virtual-agent/now-assist-in-va-reference.html release: australia product: Now Assist in Virtual Agent classification: now-assist-in-virtual-agent topic_type: concept last_updated: "2026-03-12" reading_time_minutes: 1 breadcrumb: [ServiceNow Otto for Virtual Agent, Conversational Interfaces] --- # ServiceNow Otto for Virtual Agent reference Virtual Agent topic developers can create topics for use in the ServiceNow Otto® panel channel. The following Virtual Agent Designer controls are currently supported. For more information about the panel channel, see [Channels in Conversational Interfaces](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/conversational-interfaces/ci-channels-overview.md).
| Control type | Supported controls |
|---|---|
| User input controls | - Input Collector - Text - Static choice - Dynamic choice - Boolean - Date Time - Carousel For more information, see [Assistant Designer user input controls](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/conversational-interfaces/virtual-agent/va-user-inputs.md). |
| Bot response controls | - Text - Link - HTML - Card \(record card and record card with action only\) For more information, see [Assistant Designer bot responses](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/conversational-interfaces/virtual-agent/va-bot-responses.md). |