---
title: "UserMessage"
description: "what a person typed into a turn"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/usermessage
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# UserMessage

what a person typed into a turn

[figure: UserMessage is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | harness |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `text` | `text` | yes |  |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns UserMessage directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.