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Claflin University Chatbot

• Connects Claflin University students to any university faculty
• Stores faculty information as JSON within codebase
• Uses LUIS to implement core AI capabilities
• Implements a multi-turn conversation using Dialogs
• Prompts for and validate requests for information from the user

Overview

This bot uses LUIS, an AI based cognitive service, to implement language understanding.

• Node.js version 10.14 or higher

  # determine node version
  node --version

Run this bot locally

• Clone the repository

  git clone https://github.com/ndubuisx/claflin_chatbot.git

• In a terminal, navigate to claflin_chatbot

  cd claflin_chatbot

• Install modules

  npm install

• Setup LUIS

  The prerequisites outlined above contain the steps necessary to provision a language understanding model on www.luis.ai. Refer to Create a LUIS Application to enable language understanding above for directions to setup and configure LUIS.

• Run the sample

  npm start

Testing the bot using Bot Framework Emulator

Bot Framework Emulator is a desktop application that allows bot developers to test and debug their bots on localhost or running remotely through a tunnel.

• Install the latest Bot Framework Emulator from here

Connect to the bot using Bot Framework Emulator

• Launch Bot Framework Emulator
• File -> Open Bot
• Enter a Bot URL of http://localhost:3978/api/messages

Demo

Using state-of-the-art natural language capabilities, the chat bot is able to understand when users want to speak with someone from any department regardless of how they phrase their queries.