Bots

Using Bot Variables

Bot variables help you capture values that are commonly used by different tasks, nodes, and other bot elements. You can configure a bot variable as a key-value pair once in the bot settings and substitute key with value at runtime during the conversation flow. By capturing frequently used values in…

API Collection

Postman is a popular tool to help test and develop APIs. To make it more convenient for integration with the Kore.ai APIs, we’ve developed a Postman collection. The entire collection is divided into two categories: Public APIs – which are related to the Bot Builder functionality; EERS Public APIs –…

BotKit SDK Tutorial – Blue Prism

The integration of Kore.ai bots with Blue Prism helps you drive business process automation using conversational flows. Kore.ai bots execute conversation flows by understanding user intents, entities, context, and sentiment. Blue Prism RPA services can consume the contextually relevant information and effectively automate business processes. Integration Approach Kore.ai’s Blue Prism…

Bots Platform v6.4

This section contains major and minor release information for the Kore.ai Bots Platform v6.4 released on March 9, 2019. This release includes new features that help you get insights into your bot’s performance, improve end-user conversation experience and a host of enhancements to Universal Bots, Batch Testing, Event Management, and…

Using Session and Context Variables in Tasks

When you define tasks, you can access session variables provided by the Bots Platform, or custom variables that you define, as well as the context that defines the scope of the variable. For example, some API requests may require you to set session variables before the request is executed, or a…

Prompt Editor

After creating an Entity, Confirmation, or Message node in the Dialog Builder, Kore.ai lets you do the following: Modify the default message or user prompt displayed to the end-user Add new prompts or messages Add channel-specific prompts or messages. Prompt Types Dialog Tasks support two types of user prompts: Standard:…

Context Object

The Context object is the container object that persists data for dialog execution and across all intents i.e. dialog tasks, action, alert & info tasks, and FAQs. The Kore.ai’s natural language processing (NLP) engine populates the intent identified, entities extracted, and history into this object. Keys from the Context object can…

Redacting Personally Identifiable Information

Personally identifiable information (PII), or sensitive personal information (SPI), refers to information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Some examples of PII include Social Security Number, email address, credit card…

Customizing Error Messages

In Bot Builder, each Bot and task contains a set of predefined error messages along with actions for standard HTTP Status codes returned for an HTTP Request method. In most cases, the default response and action are sufficient for an end-user response, however, you may need to handle other HTTP…

Context Management

Effective context management is important because it allows bots to interact with users in a way that is easier, quicker, and more helpful – and less robotic and scripted. Contextual data helps users complete tasks faster and allows you to create more natural, human-like back and forth conversations. Take for…