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# Message Type • Rust AI Agent SDK

> message_type: Set message type.

# message\_type

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> This is a method of the [**BotMessage**](../classes/BotMessage) class in the [**bots**](../modules/bots) module.

Set message type.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def message_type(mut self, msg_type: MessageType) -> Self
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="msg_type" type="MessageType" required={true}>
  No description available.
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="Self">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>