How to build an AI chatbot: step-by-step guided walkthrough tutorial

[@jacob4316]

Direct and to the point without fluff. Best way to learn. Thank you sir. Looking forward to more tuts like this.

[@harissohail9394]

This is a great guide, one of the simplest and direct videos about a topic. It makes the botpress experience much less daugnting and gives me the basics to start with the basics and try advance structures. Thank you! Please follow up with more guides like this.

[@tokshiva]

This is the best way to learn botpress. Looking forward to see more such tutorials.

[@Botpress]

Glad to hear that! More videos to come 😊

[@Oluwajosework]

Programing style seems quite similiar to JS (especially the variables part). Thank you for the simple and straight-to-the-point explainer video!

[@erdincflow]

Thanks for the new video and congrats on 5k subscribers!

[@Botpress]

Thank you! 🎉

[@Sale_Mate]

thank you very much sir you have my full respect I alway got headache from not knowing the basic like this🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@Harsh-sx4xv]

This is the best video for beginners ❤

[@monnegovers7401]

Thank you! I've been waiting for tutorials like this.

[@Nabiq7]

insane guide , really understood everything

[@dantevip]

Thank you very much!

[@digit_l]

Thank you! This is really helpful.

[@Botpress]

Glad to hear it! Happy bot building :-)

[@jpg_6]

I really like this short and informative videos. Please make more of these. Keep up the good work!

[@Botpress]

Glad you're finding them useful!

[@practical-skills-school]

Thank you. Repeated after you, very cool introduction. Faced some difficulties 1. AI formulas work very randomly, giving completely different outcome. For example, sometimes it gave "payload.text", sometimes - only "payload". 2. Worked fined in emulator. But when published and tried to chat in production, the bot didn't react at all. Don't understand why.

[@Botpress]

Hop onto our Discord server, and we'll help you out! 👾 discord.gg/botpress

[@StoreRunDotCom]

hey man i like you as a guide, I dont usually tell people that but for some reason I wanted to. it might be that i didnt like one of the other guides from botpress, but its a compliment :) the content was useful to me as a newbie to bot making - at least using a tool. i used to do them in visual basic WAY back in the day. I wrote bots to play draw poker, holkdem as well as bots for AOL WAY WAY WAY back in the day.

[@Botpress]

Glad you're finding the guide helpful! And thanks for the experience you bring to using Botpress - always happy to see a wide range of users :-)

[@AIGUYSLA]

Very cool!

[@Botpress]

Thank you!

[@charlies.studio.official]

I did everything as u said and after i give a number to the bot, conversation ends instead of giving me the last response , HELP :(

[@Botpress]

Please reach out to our community/team on our Discord server: discord.gg/mc7fV9x7 someone will be able to help!

[@jamesnjenga5063]

same here

[@mohsinghazi-s2d]

I have followed the exact same steps but when I enter any number conversation ends with transitioning to recommendation. is there any changes to the cards in current version that are used in the video

[@star_wars_the_501st2]

Dear @botpress team, I would greatly appreciate it, if you could make a short video, explaining how to create pro-active messages. Personally I couldn’t make it work using the botpress document alone. Thanks for your efforts

[@Botpress]

Hi @star_wars_the_501st2 👋once triggers make it out of beta we will be releasing content about how to use them.

[@MuhammadZubair-fc9lx]

Hi, I want to connect this Botpress with Oracle Database. Can we do this ?

[@yousefchtiwe7257]

im trying to add websites to the database but it rejects them all it only takes the main web page but still not all of the data is in the main web page

[@wastethesweat]

super helpful

[@AtomicPixels]

Seriously we don’t need simple chat not tuts you already HAVE THOSE. We need knowledgebase focused and even more so API FOCUSED!

[@AdamAttia007]

Thank you!

[@rsstnnr76]

How is Botpress different than Voiceflow? The interface looks similar.

[@coolvibesreloaded7946]

How can I have my bot generate content like creating flyers ect

[@jamesfears8940]

Thank you for this so much

[@Botpress]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@AlvaroTormo-n7c]

Hi i cant get the "for a group" text where do I have to click to get that information? thanks

[@thaovo7641]

Dear @Botpress, please help, I did exactly the same guiding here, but when I emulate it, the bot only came to capture info, and after input number it directly came to the end of the conversation instead of going through the recommendation step. It shows that "Knowledge disabled on that node. No content matched the query. Captured variable NumPeople. Conversation ended"

[@Botpress]

Hop onto our Discord server, and we'll help you out! 👾 discord.gg/botpress

[@pondermnt]

I encountered the same error. To fix it, for each Expression Label field, I replaced "user input" with "NumPeople". The Condition field then automatically updated to "workflow.NumPeople >= 1 && workflow.NumPeople = 6 && workflow.NumPeople = 21". Worked for me. Hope this helps.

[@thaovo7641]

Thanks, mate@@pondermnt

[@Jazzosax]

Thank you@@pondermnt

[@jamesnjenga5063]

thanks alot@@pondermnt

[@pya-d2u]

Great video! Could you maybe make a video on customizing the chatbot window on the website?

[@Botpress]

Hard at work on this! Stay tuned :-)

[@pya-d2u]

​@@Botpressawesome, thank you!!

[@LoFiRecoverySoundscapes]

Come along then, chop chop. @@Botpress

[@Botpress]

@@LoFiRecoverySoundscapes You can find videos about styling, embedding, and customizing your bot on our channel.

[@STEMabroad]

may I ask which screen recorder are you using thanks!

[@Botpress]

OBS!

[@STEMabroad]

@@Botpress cheers mate.

[@paulambrose5442]

Can make a bot ask a step by step question and make an api request ?

[@webtree5171]

The guided tutorial seems a bit "buggy". For example, the part where you ask the bot to make a joke at the end doesn't work. Also, when you upload the document with "The best way to fix Ketchup stains on white shorts is to add Ketchup everywhere else" doesn't output. It still outputs answers from the Tide website. I'm guessing Im missing something, but I followed the instructions to the T.

[@thepatrickandlunashow]

I am unable to connect my START with my greet_user - How do I do THAT?

[@Botpress]

You might find this helpful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKbUm6qXndqDq9E

[@FaridShahidinejad]

Is the only part of your service that is AI driven the conditional entries? Does your bot answer questions based on a document?

[@Botpress]

Nope - we rebuilt the Botpress Cloud Studio with AI at every step. There are plenty of cards that use AI (like the AI Task, which is a general wildcard prompt using AI) as well as the ability to generate code with a natural language prompt. Botpress bots also support knowledge bases, which are documents you upload that users who chat with your bot can then query using AI. Give it a shot!

[@Mr_Saadi_Chohan]

hey there. I did the same thing as you did but my bot is not working??can you tell me why? It goes to how many people will be going on this trip. Than crashes.

[@Botpress]

Hi! If you come hang out on our Discord server, we'll be able to help you debug your bot. :-)

[@tumelorapodile9283]

How Do I make a WhatsApp chatbot that talks first? Say I have a database of team members and I want the WhatsApp bot to send the first message (push notification) of Company news letter. How do I do that?

[@BonsaiEcommerceSolutions]

Great video, but I am wondering why I don't have those extra cards like you do under the "Execute" section. I only have "execute code" under mine. Is that some kind of developer only cards?

[@Botpress]

Sharp eye @Daden! These extra cards are available in an open beta that will soon be made publicly available to all Botpress users. If you'd like to request access to these extra cards now, head over to our Discord: discord.gg/botpress

[@ConstanzaMarañon]

Could you maybe make a video on customizing the chatbot windown and button on the website?

[@Botpress]

Already working on it! Stay tuned :-)

[@mohammadkassir3545]

hello, is there a guide for botpress open source version

[@Botpress]

Have a look at this: learn.botpress.com/?_gl=1*8wsy0w*_ga*NzQ2OTE2NTIyLjE2ODYyNDQ3MDc.*_ga_HKHSWES9V9*MTY5Mjg5ODk4NC4yMzMuMS4xNjkyOTAxMDQzLjAuMC4w Feel free to join our Discord server. We have a channel for #v12 users.

[@TrevorAngel]

I joined the discord channel but you can't ask questions - I'm going through this tutorial - every time I go back to the editor to action what you say it 'times out, session expired, please login in' - I click login and it's a constant spinning circle? Now says 'failed to fetch bot try later' - I asked the bot but it did not answer anything? Sorry to ask - I think I've asked too many questions as nothing is loading

[@Botpress]

Hey Trevor! You can ask questions on Discord. To join Botpress' Discord server check out the following link: 👾 discord.com/invite/YDgPGuUp 1. Sign in into your Discord account. 2. Click on the “+” icon in the left column. 3. Click on “Join a Server”. 4. Enter in the invite URL or paste the invite URL using Ctrl + V or Cmd + V. 5. After pasting the invite URL click on Join.

[@Botpress]

Try clearing the cache & use Chrome.

[@giovani_aesthetic]

is there any way to make bot to send buttons that user can click?

[@Botpress]

Yes! Botpress supports buttons on channels that allow them :-)

[@giovani_aesthetic]

@@Botpress i mean imagine my idea (when the bot starts a conversation with the user, it will immediately send him buttons that can be clicked and depending on what the user clicks, it will lead to entering a specific direction of the conversation (buttons that do not relate to the link if you ment that))

[@dhanarjanboro8163]

How can I connect the start note

[@Botpress]

Drag and drop a path! Easy peasy :-)

[@piyushsharma7892]

hi, am new to botpress, I have cloned v12 repo from GitHub, but there the UI is different then this, how can I get the same dashboard as shown in tutorial

[@Botpress]

Hey! Botpress Cloud (as seen in this video) is actually a different product - you can learn more on our website. :-)

[@piyushsharma7892]

@@Botpress thankyou for replying, is the cloud version closed source or open source

[@ArtfulAfrica]

How did you send a separate message with each user recommendation

[@Botpress]

We used separate paths! You can learn more about this in our Botpress 101 playlist here: kzbin.info/aero/PLlJHGGklthGlUVZlNhG5I0ZK8u1h6UfZ9

[@ackkipfer]

i've being playing aroud for a while, my local setup is not like this, there's some options missing. I have it more then 2 months now or even more, i downloaded a new version and still some features are not included, ican't figure out why. No buttons for hook, library, agents, it is really different. NO flow logic card on left as well. WTF

[@Botpress]

hi @acckipfer 👋 it seems like you've probably downloaded the v12 version. This UI is only available in our Cloud Studio. You can get started for free here: sso.botpress.cloud/registration

[@ackkipfer]

@@Botpress Yeah but no, that's not what i would like to do, can i achieve the same with v12? if so, i would love some tutorials on v12 version. Reason being, i have enough cpu power so i can use without paying for messages. 1k ain't enough, and i like the open source idea just cause we can deploy our selves, for free. I don't wanna start a fight, not at all, is juts, feels wrong this way... Can we have somehow same ui somehow? so i can follow this tutorials? Cause right now this tutorials mean nothing for opensource cause.

[@camilocc3021]

Esta muy bien, me gustaria saber como obtenfo el tipo de mensaje y el mensaje cuando tengo una integracion de whatsapp y el usuario manda audio, o file,o image, el texto ya se obtenerlo, no eh podido con multimedias, gracias

[@Botpress]

Hi @camilocc3021 the team will be happy to help you on our Discord server: discord.gg/RtchspkK

[@BrettaEtc]

CLI tuts?

[@thepatrickandlunashow]

Problem fixed!

[@AnkitYadav-hw2xd]

Hii anyone know how to use botpress sdk and api integration in custom chat bot ui

[@Botpress]

Join our Discord community :) we have tons of people who will be able to help. Cheers

[@GregSchaf]

I had to change the text in the Labels from 'use Input' to 'numPeople' (the name of the variable) for the Condition to work. Otherwise it would give me 'event.payload' and that was not working.

[@eobing]

I am getting an error "Sorry, we couldn't automatically create a workspace for you. Please try creating your first workspace manually." . Do you know how to fix this?

[@Botpress]

Hey, try clearing your browser's cache. If you still run into the same issue, let the team know on our Discord server so we can help. 👾 discord.com/invite/YDgPGuUp

[@tauqeerullah7566]

hi Conversation Started No content matched the query Hello, Welcome to Your Personalized Recommendation Service. How many People will be going on this trip? 3 Knowledge disabled on that node No content matched the query Captured variable NumPeople Conversation Ended I followed the same instructions specified in the video. But after the value for the variable is given, the conversation is ending directly. If anybody could help me. Please reply here.

[@PukhalaPuka]

Why is this version different than the one i am using in the website?

[@Botpress]

It should be the same as it was filmed a few days ago only! What differences do you see with the UI?

[@PukhalaPuka]

@@Botpress its white lol.

[@Botpress]

@@PukhalaPuka That's a setting you can toggle in "Studio Preferences". It's located in the upper left corner logo menu of the Studio and both Light & Dark mode are available as options! 🌔

[@sivanagarjuna8963]

How verify username and password can you explain?

[@msmacattack8017]

How do you ever Talk (not chat) to a real live botpress employee about an issue when you are not a customer?

[@Botpress]

We hold office hours on our Discord server every single workday.

[@msmacattack8017]

@@Botpress thank you but I want to speak with someone not chat with someone over the computer. I don’t think I get suppressed myself and what I’m trying to find out by typing it.

[@AlmeydaTV]

I still cant figure out how to connect this bot to facebook messenger, the video tutorial for it is not really beginner friendly...

[@Botpress]

Hop onto our Discord server, and we'll help you out! 👾 discord.gg/botpress

[@avinashkashyap3793]

Sir, I create a new chatbot but it will not open next screen 🙁please help me....

[@Botpress]

Please reach out to our community/team on our Discord server: discord.gg/mc7fV9x7

[@avinashkashyap3793]

@@Botpress okay 🆗

[@mansoor5413]

jeesus man.....dark mode!

[@Botpress]

Never!

[@sivanagarjuna8963]

Hi could explain how to verify userName and password

[@Botpress]

Join us on Discord! :) We'll be happy to help. 👾: discord.gg/aFznuK7V

[@robinjac4322]

4:38 Didn't you just make 21 a useless number? It's not assigned a value when you say higher than 21 instead of higher than 20.

[@AbdulRahman-w6s]

i getting error , i think their are changes because now if we add one expression (transition) in a node we get two dotes one beside expression and other beside add card , anyways i tried to do similar of tutorial but kept on getting error. kindly remove this tutorial if its no more valid.

[@mohsinghazi-s2d]

i am getting the same issue. did you find a solution?

[@AbdulRahman-w6s]

@@mohsinghazi-s2d hello mohsin , no i didnot find solution instead i quit learning this , i wasted alot of time on it, in end i found out its of no use, better look for alternative with better support.

[@mohsinghazi-s2d]

@@AbdulRahman-w6s I somehow figured it out. It worked when I used variable name in my prompt. This is a great tool but not much learning resources.

[@AbdulRahman-w6s]

@@mohsinghazi-s2d thanks for reply , welldone dear you figure out this error , could you please let me know what can be the practical use of this tool , i always try to learn with reference to practical use. i was thinking to make an chat app using this bot, what about you?

[@mohsinghazi-s2d]

@@AbdulRahman-w6s i started learning to make chatbot using chatbot builders, i found this tool. still my early stages of learning, so can't say much but i think this is a good tool for creating advanced bots with deep customization.

[@JOduMonT]

great but where is the AI in that ?

[@Botpress]

AI is leveraged in two categories on Botpress - NLP, to classify things like intents and perform sentiment analysis, and AI-powered tasks, like responding to questions (otherwise known as Knowledge Base queries).

[@mahadsultan7150]

Quite difficult for me though

[@Botpress]

You might find the rest of the tutorials on our channel helpful!

[@AdamAttia007]

Mug

[@8girim]

Want korean

[@thepatrickandlunashow]

Problem fixed!