# Bot Resource Reference

The bot resources define a Machine ID Bot identity and its access.

Find out more on the [Machine ID configuration reference](https://goteleport.com/docs/reference/machine-workload-identity/configuration.md).

```
kind: bot
version: v1
metadata:
  # name is a unique identifier for the bot in the cluster.
  name: robot
spec:
  # roles is a list of roles that the bot should be able to generate credentials
  # for.
  roles:
  - editor
  # traits controls the traits applied to the Bot user. These are fed into the
  # role templating system and can be used to grant a specific Bot access to
  # specific resources without the creation of a new role.
  traits:
  - name: logins
    values:
    - root

```