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On the flipside, "Bot" is the backend for almost everything that I've dealt with recently.
"We need the data moved from X to Y, can someone make a bot for that?"
Internal suffering
"... Yes. We can setup an API between X and Y."
"Great! We also want a bot to generate daily reports from Y"
Suffering intensifies
"... Ok."
I don't even try to fight it anymore.
In similar cases I've passive-aggressively intentionally misunderstood and/or acted confused. E.g. "Yes, we can set ut up an API between X and Y, but what exactly do you want the bot to do?" Then let them elaborate until it's clear they're not asking for a bot.