Node.js Bots with Azure
MN Azure UG 2018
Kamran Ayub
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The goal today
At a high level
- Create a Node.js bot
- Make it say "Hello"
- Make it understand intents
- Make it do stuff
What's a bot?
- Automated
- Dialog-based
- Just another UI
Why build one?
- Automate tasks
- Answer user questions
- Convenient and accessible
What does azure provide?
- Azure AI Platform
- Bot Service
- Cognitive Services (LUIS)
- Machine Learning
- Microsoft Bot Builder SDK
Let's
get
started
LUIS grammar
- Intents - what does a user want to do?
- Entities - what is the user talking about?
- Utterances - what did the user say?
- Conversation - series of interactions that might be related