public static void CreateSampleBot()
{
//create sample data
var botConfig = new Models.BotConfig();
botConfig.BotName = "Platform Test Bot";
botConfig.BotGreeting = "Hi! Welcome to chattr. chattr is an easy-to-use chatbot platform which easily lets you build and deploy chatbots. The platform supports exact phrase matches and machine learning to classify a request.";
//create greeting FAQ
var helpFAQ = new Conversation();
helpFAQ.Name = "helpSample";
helpFAQ.AddUtterance("help");
helpFAQ.AddUtterance("!help");
helpFAQ.AddUtterance("what can I ask you");
helpFAQ.AddUtterance("halp");
helpFAQ.AddUtterance("what can you do");
helpFAQ.AddUtterance("what can I ask");
helpFAQ.AddResponse("This is a sample use case -- you can ask me what chattr is. I also understand various hello/goodbye phrases.");
botConfig.Conversations.Add(helpFAQ);
var gitFAQ = new Conversation();
gitFAQ.Name = "gitSample";
gitFAQ.AddUtterance("what is github");
gitFAQ.AddUtterance("whats github");
gitFAQ.AddUtterance("define github");
gitFAQ.AddUtterance("github");
gitFAQ.AddUtterance("tell me about github");
gitFAQ.AddResponse("GitHub brings together the world's largest community of developers to discover, share, and build better software.");
botConfig.Conversations.Add(gitFAQ);
var stackFAQ = new Conversation();
stackFAQ.Name = "stackFAQ";
stackFAQ.AddUtterance("tell me about the stack");
stackFAQ.AddUtterance("what software stack is this");
stackFAQ.AddUtterance("what is running this");
stackFAQ.AddUtterance("what powers this application");
stackFAQ.AddUtterance("what is powering this app");
stackFAQ.AddResponse("This application is powered by C# -- ML.NET and Blazor!");
botConfig.Conversations.Add(stackFAQ);
//create greeting FAQ
var greetingFAQ = new Conversation();
greetingFAQ.Name = "greetingSample";
greetingFAQ.AddUtterance("hello");
greetingFAQ.AddUtterance("hi");
greetingFAQ.AddUtterance("hi!");
greetingFAQ.AddUtterance("hey");
greetingFAQ.AddUtterance("good morning");
greetingFAQ.AddUtterance("whats up");
greetingFAQ.AddUtterance("how are you?");
greetingFAQ.AddUtterance("Hi! How can I help you today?");
greetingFAQ.AddResponse("Hi! How can I help you today?");
greetingFAQ.AddResponse("Hey!");
greetingFAQ.AddResponse("Hello. What can I do for you?");
botConfig.Conversations.Add(greetingFAQ);
//create farewell FAQ
var farewellFAQ = new Conversation();
farewellFAQ.Name = "farewellSample";
farewellFAQ.AddUtterance("goodbye");
farewellFAQ.AddUtterance("bye");
farewellFAQ.AddUtterance("later");
farewellFAQ.AddUtterance("see ya");
farewellFAQ.AddUtterance("c ya");
farewellFAQ.AddUtterance("lates");
farewellFAQ.AddUtterance("Bye!");
farewellFAQ.AddUtterance("ttyl");
farewellFAQ.AddResponse("Take Care!");
botConfig.Conversations.Add(farewellFAQ);
//create csharp FAQ
var csharpFAQ = new Conversation();
csharpFAQ.Name = "chatterFAQ";
csharpFAQ.AddUtterance("What is chattr");
csharpFAQ.AddUtterance("Whats chattr");
csharpFAQ.AddUtterance("tell me about chattr");
csharpFAQ.AddResponse("chattr is a free and open source platform to build chatbots!");
csharpFAQ.AddSynonym("chattr", "this platform");
botConfig.Conversations.Add(csharpFAQ);
//create custom conversation with two responses
var weatherRequest = new Conversation();
weatherRequest.Name = "weatherRequest";
weatherRequest.StartNode.Name = "weatherStart";
//add utterances to trigger this intent
weatherRequest.AddUtterance("Check the weather");
weatherRequest.AddUtterance("Weather check");
weatherRequest.AddUtterance("weather");
weatherRequest.AddUtterance("Check Weather");
//create reply action
var firstReply = new ReplyAction();
firstReply.AddResponse("The weather is 85 degrees in Florida");
weatherRequest.Actions.Add(firstReply);
weatherRequest.StartNode.LinkTo(firstReply);
//create another reply
var secondReply = new ReplyAction();
secondReply.AddResponse("The weather is 70 degrees in New York");
weatherRequest.Actions.Add(secondReply);
firstReply.LinkTo(secondReply);
botConfig.Conversations.Add(weatherRequest);
//Showcase ability to conditionally check data, and ask/store what the user's color preference is.
//On the second time, the bot will tell the stored data instead of asking for it
var favColorConvo = new Conversation();
favColorConvo.SetConversationName("favoriteColorPref");
favColorConvo.SetStartActionName("favoriteColorPrefStart");
favColorConvo.AddUtterances(new[] { "What color do I prefer?", "Ask me my favorite color", "Ask what my favorite color is", "Ask me my color preference" });
//create input action when color is unknown
var askForColorPreference = new InputAction();
askForColorPreference.SetActionName("favoriteColor");
askForColorPreference.AddResponse("Ok, tell me your color preference and I will store it between conversations. What is your favorite color? You can say 'red', 'blue', or 'green'. I will not allow any other values.");
askForColorPreference.EnableContextStorage(true, "colorpref");
askForColorPreference.RequireValidation(true, new[] { "red", "blue", "green" });
favColorConvo.AddAction(askForColorPreference);
//create confirmation when color is unknown
var confirmColorPreference = new ReplyAction();
confirmColorPreference.SetActionName("replyPrefSet");
confirmColorPreference.AddResponse("Ok, I now know your favorite color which is {colorpref}. You can ask me this same question again and I will reply it back to you!");
favColorConvo.AddAction(confirmColorPreference);
//create confirmation reply when color is known
var knownReply = new ReplyAction();
knownReply.SetActionName("replyPrefKnown");
knownReply.AddResponse("Ha! I remember you told my that your favorite color is {colorpref}.");
favColorConvo.AddAction(knownReply);
//create conditional check
var performColorCheck = new IfAction();
performColorCheck.SetActionName("colorCheck");
favColorConvo.AddAction(performColorCheck);
//Link all of the actions above together
//Link Start > Conditional Check
favColorConvo.LinkStartNodeTo(performColorCheck);
//Conditional Check:
// > Default to Input Action to get data
// > If colorpref variable exists (this question was asked already) then skip to 'Known' Reply Node amd
performColorCheck.DefaultTo(askForColorPreference);
performColorCheck.Unless(IfTestType.ContextVariableExists, "", "colorpref", knownReply);
//Link Input Action > 'Confirmation' Reply Node
askForColorPreference.LinkTo(confirmColorPreference);
//add this conversation to the collection
botConfig.AddConversation(favColorConvo);
//train a model based on the created configuration
var modelName = Platform.AIService.Train(botConfig);
botConfig.ModelFile = modelName;
//save bot
botConfig.Save();
}