> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.vorsto.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.vorsto.io/getting-started/parameters.md).
# Parameters
Function parameters are mostly used in conversational agents for data collection to perform specialized functions. These can be useful when intergrated to chat interfaces or custom form flows.
A parameter requires the name of the parameter e.g age, description of what the parameter is or will be used for and the data type which can be either string, number or boolean.
Once you are done configuring, You can update agent to save your configurations. You agent becomes ready for use!
Next, we explore the api, security and api documentations.
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