Make your own chatbot Author Kathrin Haag 18

Make your own chatbot Author: Kathrin Haag -18 th May 2016 © Kathrin Haag, University of Edinburgh 2016 CC BY www. teacherbot. ed. ac. uk

Exercise 1 • https: //playground. pandorabots. com

Exercise 2 <category> <pattern>WHO IS TEACHERBOT</pattern> <template>I am Teacherbot, and I am here to answer all your questions! Well - some of them. </template> </category>

Exercise 3 - Wildcards <category> <pattern>^ WHO IS ^ TEACHERBOT ^</pattern> <template>I am Teacherbot, and I am here to answer all your questions! Well - some of them. </template> </category>

Exercise 4 – Sets <category> <pattern> HOW DO I <set>build</set> MY OWN <set>teacherbot</set> </pattern> <template> You can build your own Teacherbot using AIML and the Pandorabots platform! </template> </category>

Publishing Your Bot • Go to the Files tab – Press the “Download All Files” button – You should now have a. zip file in your downloads folder • Upload this. zip file to Dropbox via: – http: //bit. ly/teacherbot – Press “Choose Files”, the select your. zip file – Enter your name and email, then press “Upload” • Time for coffee! • Come back in 10 minutes to test your bot

Testing Your Bot • Option A – Twitter – Login into Twitter with the test account provided – Use @Teacherbot_Test to talk to Teacherbot – N. B. Hashtag recognition will be available soon! • Option B – Chat Window – https: //edinburgh-001. herokuapp. com/

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