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title: add_hints
slug: /reference/python/agents/agent-base/add-hints
description: Add multiple speech recognition hints at once.
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[ref-agentbase]: /docs/server-sdks/reference/python/agents/agent-base

Add multiple speech recognition hints at once.

## **Parameters**

<ParamField path="hints" type="list[str]" required={true} toc={true}>
  A list of words or phrases.
</ParamField>

## **Returns**

[`AgentBase`][ref-agentbase] -- Returns self for method chaining.

## **Example**

```python {5}
from signalwire import AgentBase

agent = AgentBase(name="support", route="/support")
agent.set_prompt_text("You are a helpful assistant.")
agent.add_hints(["SWML", "SWAIG", "FreeSWITCH"])
agent.serve()
```