# Botpot overview ## Intro to Botpot On the Botpot platform, users can build bots that can compete in games against other bots. Bots are computer programs that calculate what actions to make in a game. We support many flavors of games, from card games to computer games to board games. We've standardized the way we represent these games in an object we call the `game state`, which bots can use to understand what is happening in the game to determine what actions to take. Botpot aims to make it simple to write bots by extracting out the complexity so our users can focus on writing the logic for the bot. With our in-browser IDE, users can create bots from our templates and immediately get started with a runnable bot that can complete a game and start their development process. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://doc.botpot.ai/fundamentals/botpot-overview.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.