Build better Dialogflow chatbots
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Rich Website chatbots using Dialogflow API v2 course now available - How to add buttons to your Dialogflow website chatbot - How to display images inside your Dialogflow website chatbot - How to add line breaks inside your Dialogflow website chatbot - How to create clickable hyperlinks in Dialogflow website chatbot - Can you solve the CIA puzzle? - Adding an FAQ chatbot to your WordPress site using DialogFlow (API.AI) - Writing for your peers vs writing for your customers - Rich messages in DialogFlow (API.AI), LUIS and WIT - What I discovered today - When should I use webhooks in DialogFlow (API.AI)? - Reader Question: Should I use Drift or Dialogflow? - Reader Question: How to add a specific response when the chatbot fails in general? - Dialogflow Machine Learning Algorithm - Create a yes/no branching bot using Dialogflow - Creating a quiz bot using Dialogflow - Reader Question: Can I use Python as a webhook language? - I am shutting down my current online course platform on April 15th - New course platform launch: Get $10 off coupon - Can your content management system do this? - Rich UI Webchat using DialogFlow (API.AI) Part 1: Demo - Rich UI Webchat using DialogFlow (API.AI) Part 2 : Defining the functionality - Rich UI Webchat using DialogFlow (API.AI) Part 3: Creating the flowchart - Rich UI webchat using DialogFlow (API.AI) Part 4: System overview - Rich UI webchat using DialogFlow (API.AI) Part 5: Options for Rich Messages - Rich UI webchat using DialogFlow (API.AI) Part 6: Simple Response - Rich UI webchat using DialogFlow (API.AI) Part 7: The Link Out Chip - Rich UI webchat using DialogFlow (API.AI) Part 8: Suggestion chip - Rich UI webchat using DialogFlow (API.AI) Part 9: Basic Card - Rich UI webchat using DialogFlow (API.AI) Part 10: List Selector - Rich UI webchat using DialogFlow (API.AI) Part 11: Carousel Selector - Rich UI webchat using DialogFlow (API.AI) Part 12: Custom payload - Rich UI webchat using DialogFlow (API.AI) Part 13: Arrangement of controls - Rich UI webchat using DialogFlow (API.AI) Part 14: Allowable Combination of controls - Step by Step Dialogflow Part 19 - Creating the vending machine bot with follow up intents - Step by Step Dialogflow Part 18 - Dichotomous key bot - Step by Step Dialogflow Part 17 - Follow up intents - Step by Step Dialogflow Part 16 - How contexts help intent mapping - Step by Step Dialogflow Part 15 - Identifying intents in the florist bot - Step by Step Dialogflow part 14 - The florist bot - Step by Step Dialogflow part 13 - Webhooks - Step by Step Dialogflow Part 12 - Using input and output contexts to manage state - Step by Step Dialogflow Part 11 - Using contexts to maintain state - Step by Step Dialogflow Part 10 - The Vending Machine Bot - Step by Step Dialogflow Part 9 - how Intent Mapping works under the hood - Step by Step Dialogflow Part 8 - Completing the WFBot Intent definitions - Step by Step Dialogflow Part 7 - Declaring Intents with Entities - Step by Step Dialogflow Part 6 - Populating the entities - Step by Step Dialogflow Part 5 - The Wimbledon Finals bot - Step by Step Dialogflow Part 4 - Intent Mapping - Step by Step Dialogflow Part 3 - Creating an agent from the FAQ list - Step by Step Dialogflow Part 2 - Preparing the FAQ list - Step by Step Dialogflow Part 1 - Introducing the FAQ bot - How Voice Interfaces will impact SEO - What is a conversational chat bot? - What is so intelligent about today's chatbots? - Trump vs Mitsuku - Mark Twain vs Mitsuku - My content marketing experiment - Subtitles for AWS Deep Learning setup (Deep Learning for Coders course) - Building a sports stats chatbot using DialogFlow (API.AI) - Natural Language Processing Glossary for Programmers - Virtual mentor chatbots for onboarding new employees - Buy any mini-course, get a 3 day free trial for a full course of your choice - Launch discount - 10 Concepts you should understand before building a Google Assistant app - The 7 types of bot users you MUST ignore - Diagnostics checklist for Webhook Code for my Non-programmers course - Rich Website bot using Dialogflow API v2 - How much does it cost to create an FAQ chatbot for my website? - Five ways to integrate a Dialogflow chatbot into your website - Why you shouldn't buy my course - Quickstart Template #1 : Selection triggers the next intent - Reader Question: Do you still think slot filling is a mess? - More reasons why you need a developer for building a Dialogflow chatbot - Updates for March 11 2019 - Why chatbots fail - Updates for March 4 2019 - Adding conversational user interface to your SaaS help pages: A case study - How to send carousel to Viber from Dialogflow webhook - 10 concepts you can learn in Dialogflow without writing code - An update about MBD Courses - New Mini-course: Dissecting Intent Mapping - 7 day free trial for my course - Dialogflow Android integration for API v2 - Managing session-vars - DialogFlow (API.AI) tutorial: Managing state with contexts - Quickstart Template #3: Fallback to reprompt with loop - Quickstart Template #4: Fallback to reprompt without loop - Quickstart Template #5: Get a set of inputs from user - Quickstart Template #6: Start Over - Quickstart Template #7: Back One Step - Quickstart Template #8: Yes/No Bot (aka Diagnostics/Checklist) - Quickstart Template #9: Decision Tree / Menu bot - Quickstart Template #10: Paging through long list of choices - Quickstart Template #11: Questionnaire / Survey bot - Quickstart Template #2: Fallback to select - Dialogflow vs Lex vs LUIS vs Watson vs Chatfuel - Webinar Wednesday: 10 MUST know features of Dialogflow - Dialogflow Quickstart Templates - Firebase Guide: Introduction - 7 tips for non-programmers learning Dialogflow - How to schedule a 1-on-1 video consultation - Reader Question: How different are your YouTube videos from your paid courses? - Reader question: Can we detectIntent through audio in Dialogflow using C# / Python / PHP / Ruby? - Automatically generate a Dialogflow FAQ chatbot from CSV file - How to bulk upload intents from a CSV file in Dialogflow - Free upgrade to Core Dialogflow bundle - Get any paid course for 50% off - Free YouTube course: Dialogflow for Non-programmers - Get a discount on any of my courses - About Dialogflow Quickstart Templates - Entry vs Non-entry intents - Dialogflow RegEx : How to extract regular expression style entities - Some things you should know before building your Dialogflow chatbot - Reader Question: How to test Dialogflow prebuilt agents? - I have created a proof-of-concept demo bot which integrates Drift live chat and Dialogflow - Automatically generating a product lookup bot - Adding automated conversation testing to your Dialogflow agent - How to debug 500 INTERNAL SERVER ERROR in Dialogflow - Dialogflow's hidden feature - EU Residents and VAT/MOSS - Reader Question: Do you really need to add more training phrases? - Better Dialogflow Bots Part 11 (of 11): Summary - Better Dialogflow Bots Part 10: Surplus Intents - Better Dialogflow Bots Part 9: Fallback Intents - Better Dialogflow Bots Part 8: Target Intents - Better Dialogflow Bots Part 7: Candidate Intents - Better Dialogflow Bots Part 6: Fallbacks for Followup Intents - Better Dialogflow Bots Part 5: Reading from session variables - Better Dialogflow Bots Part 4: Session variables - Better Dialogflow Bots Part 3: An alternative approach - Better Dialogflow Bots Part 2: Puzzle explanation - Better Dialogflow Bots Part 1: A puzzle - Exploring DialogFlow (API.AI)? Here are 6 things you CANNOT do in a DialogFlow chatbot - Reader Question: Can a Chatfuel bot do what a Dialogflow bot can? - Can your chatbot framework/platform do this? - Initiating the conversation from Dialogflow: A summary - Initiate the conversation in DialogFlow (API.AI) - PHP code sample - Get your DialogFlow (API.AI) agent to initiate the conversation before user types a message - App question: how to add follow up intents using the Bot Generator app? - App question: How to use the bot generator for Spanish? - Reader question: Automating Dialogflow training - 3 scenarios where you should avoid using slot filling in Dialogflow - Reader Question: Slot filling via REST API - Reader Question: Slot filling vs follow up intents - What is slot filling using webhooks? - Why I avoid using slot filling (required parameters) in Dialogflow - DialogFlow Web chatbox: Some UI design ideas - Reader Question: Do you know a good bot for websites I can try out? - Dialogflow webhook for website chatbots - Website chatbot vs Facebook Messenger Bot - Website FAQ chatbot vs simple site search - Flowcharts using XMind: Case studies - Some updated flowchart conventions - How to read the conversation flowcharts for the tutorials on this site - The best tool for creating chatbot flowcharts - Dialogflow Template Mode - Extending Dialogflow's system entities to add your own values - Dialogflow Templates - Dialogflow Wildcard Entity - Dialogflow ML Threshold - Dialogflow Prebuilt Smalltalk Agent - Dialogflow Agent Collaboration - Dialogflow Events - Dialogflow Composite Entity - Dialogflow Bulk Upload Entities - Dialogflow Bulk Operations - Dialogflow Actions - Dialogflow Webhooks - Dialogflow Contexts - Dialogflow Entities - Dialogflow Intents - Deploying DialogFlow (API.AI) NodeJS Webhook to Google Cloud Part 16: Get weather for city - Deploying DialogFlow (API.AI) NodeJS Webhook to Google Cloud Part 15: Update agent to get city - Deploying DialogFlow (API.AI) NodeJS Webhook to Google Cloud Part 14: Update index.js with weather webhook code - Deploying DialogFlow (API.AI) NodeJS Webhook to Google Cloud Part 13: Sign Up for the World Weather Online service - Deploying DialogFlow (API.AI) NodeJS Webhook to Google Cloud Part 12: Hook up the webhook - Deploying DialogFlow (API.AI) NodeJS Webhook to Google Cloud Part 11: Create a weather intent - Deploying DialogFlow (API.AI) NodeJS Webhook to Google Cloud Part 10: Deploy index.js - Deploying DialogFlow (API.AI) NodeJS Webhook to Google Cloud Part 9: Create storage bucket - Deploying DialogFlow (API.AI) NodeJS Webhook to Google Cloud Part 8: Update and install gcloud components - Deploying DialogFlow (API.AI) NodeJS Webhook to Google Cloud Part 7: Install and initialize Google Cloud SDK - Deploying DialogFlow (API.AI) NodeJS Webhook to Google Cloud Part 6: Enable the Cloud Functions API - Deploying DialogFlow (API.AI) NodeJS Webhook to Google Cloud Part 5: Enable billing - Deploying DialogFlow (API.AI) NodeJS Webhook to Google Cloud Part 4: Create a Cloud Platform project - Deploying DialogFlow (API.AI) NodeJS Webhook to Google Cloud Part 3: Create Google Account - Deploying DialogFlow (API.AI) NodeJS Webhook to Google Cloud Part 2: Create index.js - Deploying DialogFlow (API.AI) NodeJS Webhook to Google Cloud Part 1: Why - Firebase Guide Part 8 - Troubleshooting - Firebase Guide Part 7 (final): Triggering the data update - Firebase Guide Part 6: Add a suitable action - Firebase Guide Part 5: Deploying the function - Firebase Guide Part 4: Adding the code to index.js - Firebase Guide Part 3: Initialize Firebase SDK for cloud functions - Firebase Guide Part 2: Enable Cloud Firestore for your project - Firebase Guide Part 1: Create a new Dialogflow agent - Reader Question: How to attach metadata into JSON object sent to the webhook? - The explicative approach to Dialogflow development - Reader Question: Using Google Translate API to create Indian language chatbots - Did your chatbot demo fail recently? - Dialogflow Template mode now deprecated - Dialogflow Bot Generators: Price going up next week - Where is the donation link? - Dialogflow Recipes - How do you measure your Dialogflow bot's accuracy - Reader Question: When is template mode better than example mode? - Template vs Example mode in DialogFlow (API.AI) - DialogFlow (API.AI) Entity Autocomplete - Reader Question: What is the template mode? - Building an MVP chatbot using Dialogflow - A spectacular chatbot fail - What is the use of buying your course? - Are you interested in video transcripts of my courses? - Exporting your Dialogflow agent to RASA NLU - Black Friday 2018: Get 25% off for my lifetime course bundle - Dialogflow NodeJS Webhook - the 10 minute guide - Reader Question: Why are you using RunKit for your code samples instead of inline editor? - Want to learn Dialogflow webhooks systematically? - Reader Question: How to create a Dialogflow agent using the REST API? - Dialogflow API v2 versus v1 - Dialogflow: Is it time to switch to v2 API? - Dialogflow REST API v2 - Dialogflow REST API v2 is not compatible with your old webhook code - Quick tips for Dialogflow REST API users - The easiest way to understand Dialogflow webhooks - Dialogflow REST API v2 course - PHP Client Library for Dialogflow v2 API: Getting started - I am trying a new pricing model for my courses - Client side JavaScript apps (Angular, React, Ionic etc) and Dialogflow REST API v2 - Why you need to master Dialogflow's REST API - Reader Question: How to store variables in a long Dialogflow conversation? - DialogFlow tutorial: Setting context from your inline webhook using contextOut - I have added "Intro to Dialogflow" as a free course - Reader Question: Doesn't a larger context lifespan help when conversation goes off track? - Reader Question: Can dialogflow answer an unseen question correctly? - Dialogflow v1 API will be deprecated in October 2019 - Unable to save your Dialogflow agent? - Dialogflow for Non-programmers - DialogFlow tutorial: Capturing non-English names from user input - How to create a Chatfuel style decision tree chatbot in Dialogflow - How to fix the invalid argument (aka $Schema_org undefined parameter) error - Handling typos in Dialogflow - Four ways to set parameter values in Dialogflow - How to send any Facebook Messenger rich response from Dialogflow webhook - Reader Question: Why are you using Drift compared to Dialogflow? - Using Google Sheets as a backend for your Dialogflow agent - Why a custom integration is (almost) always better than a 1-click Dialogflow integration - Reader Question: How to actually do dialog management in Dialogflow? - Reader Question: Is it possible to create DialogFlow app dynamically using any SDK or APIs? - Automatic spell correction is available in Dialogflow API v2 - 7 things to consider before choosing your Dialogflow webhook language - Dialogflow v2 client library cannot be used in Google App Engine Standard Environment - The CTFS framework for analyzing Dialogflow chatbots - Reader Question: Actions SDK vs Dialogflow - Reader Question: The query pattern contains an undefined error - An app to search within your Dialogflow intents - Reader question: Can you use multiple languages in a single Dialogflow agent? - Read this before building a multi-lingual Dialogflow chatbot - Handling unexpected user input in Dialogflow - Deploying your Assistant app changes to your local Google Home device - Dialogflow Client Library vs Fulfillment Library - Reader question: Force Dialogflow to get user's name before continuing the conversation - What is Firebase realtime database? - What are Firebase Cloud functions? - Why I don't write about the Facebook Messenger + Dialogflow integration - Asking Dialogflow questions - Want to learn Dialogflow quickly? - Using the text responses from Dialogflow console in your webhook code - Migrating Python Heroku webhook code samples to v2 API - Simplex: Creating a simple Google Duplex clone using Dialogflow - Reader question: Rich controls in Dialogflow Android integration - Reader question: Long term context memory in Dialogflow - The three levels of chatbot AI - DialogFlow (API.AI) tutorial: Getting started with webhooks on Heroku - DialogFlow (API.AI) tutorial: Using webhooks to build a Chuck Norris joke bot - Dialogflow Simulator Updates - Understanding Dialogflow API Integrations - GDPR Update - You can use only NodeJS in the inline editor of Dialogflow - Training courses update for May 2018 - Dialogflow updates from Google I/O 2018 - Google I/O 2018 Show Notes: 10 Tips for building better Actions - Do you really need that Dialogflow entity? - Dialogflow Architecture - The most important tip for building Dialogflow webhooks - Reader Question: Where can I get help for Dialogflow? - Automated Conversation Testing for Dialogflow - DIalogflow Navigator v1.4 released - Reader Question: How to reprompt for user input without going to Default Fallback? - Integrating Chatfuel with Dialogflow - Reader Question: Is Dialogflow open source? - Product Update: Dialogflow Navigator v1.3 - How to use Chatbase to improve your bot - Handling multiple intents in your NodeJS webhooks - Chatbots for South Indian languages - Reader question: Should I use Firebase to get started with Dialogflow webhooks? - Reader question: Can Dialogflow be used to develop advanced chatbots? - Reader Question: How much does it cost to build a Dialogflow chatbot? - Reader question: Do we need to use Google Cloud for Dialogflow? - Reader Question: What do you think of integrating Chatfuel with Dialogflow? - Reader Question: How to get the message object format for the browse carousel rich response type? - Reader Question: How to catch known curse words in Dialogflow - Reader Question: Split and merge pattern in followup intents - Dissecting the Dialogflow agent ZIP file - When to use the relay mechanism for Dialogflow + Chatfuel integration - Chatfuel vs Dialogflow (API.AI) - What if the exact text in the user phrase does not fire the intent? - Why you need to add an input context to (nearly) all your intents - Why Dialogflow webhook documentation is so sparse - Can a chatbot increase conversion rates? - Conversation Design Toolkit: The tentative user - Conversation Design Toolkit: Telling a joke - Conversation Design Toolkit: Natural language generation - Conversation Design Toolkit: Communicate what was understood - Conversation Design Toolkit: Avoid stating the obvious - Conversation Design Toolkit: Don't be too literal - Conversation Design Toolkit: Give users credit - Conversation Design Toolkit: Offer examples of what people can say - Conversation Design Toolkit: Implicit confirmation - Conversation Design Toolkit: Explicit confirmation - Conversation Design Toolkit: Sound more human - Conversation Design Toolkit: Four things which can go wrong - Task led bots vs topic led bots - Conversation Design Toolkit: Be proactive and leverage success - Batch operations in DialogFlow (API.AI) - Conversation Design Toolkit: Don't send users back - Conversation Design Toolkit: Work to earn user's trust - Conversation Design Toolkit: Know when to quit - Bulk upload DialogFlow (API.AI) entities - Conversation Design Toolkit: Help in the moment - DialogFlow (API.AI) tip: What if intents don't match like I expect? - Integrating DialogFlow (API.AI) with Twitter - DialogFlow (API.AI) Learning Path - Try this idea: a low risk introduction to the world of chatbots - DialogFlow (API.AI) Composite Entity Demo - DialogFlow (API.AI) tutorial: Storing values in contexts - Designing Bots by Amir Shevat - WordPress plugin for DialogFlow (API.AI) support chatbot - Make your DialogFlow (API.AI) chatbot smarter in 5 minutes - DialogFlow (API.AI) tutorial: Handling multiple intents in your Python webhook code - Intent granularity in DialogFlow (API.AI) - Does Yoast improve technical writing? - The different types of DialogFlow (API.AI) slot filling tasks - How to do slot filling with webhooks in DialogFlow (API.AI)? - DialogFlow (API.AI) Client Access Token vs Developer Access Token - Creating a PHP webhook for DialogFlow (API.AI) - DialogFlow (API.AI) Webhooks: Under the hood - DialogFlow (API.AI) Tips: How to clone an API.AI Intent - The easiest way to add a chatbot to WordPress - How to get a user's birthdate in DialogFlow (API.AI) - DialogFlow (API.AI) tutorial: Branching a conversation based on user input - TapBots vs Chatbots - DialogFlow (API.AI) Push Notifications - DialogFlow vs API.AI: What's changed - Website updates for the DialogFlow name change - DialogFlow tutorial: Identifying intents which are candidates for selection - Did you know? Domain SmallTalk vs Prebuilt SmallTalk agent in Dialogflow (API.AI) - How to add a user or invite a developer in Dialogflow (API.AI) - The four types of DialogFlow users - Dialogflow (API.AI) Skype integration - Exposing the Dialogflow (API.AI) Client Access Token on your client side script - Dialogflow Tip: Naming conventions for an intent which gets user input - Dialogflow tutorial: How to move to the next intent? - Talk, type and tap: The three modes of conversation in Dialogflow bots - An idea for handling fallbacks in mixed mode Dialogflow (API.AI) chatbots - Dialogflow Enterprise edition has been announced - How to make sure a Dialogflow intent is ignored - Dialogflow Tip: Intent mapping with missing parameters - Notes: Driving business outcomes with Messenger bots - Some tips for choosing the correct entities in Dialogflow - Five ways to break your Dialogflow chatbot - Can you use Dialogflow without writing code? - What is a good value for the ML Classification Threshold in Dialogflow? - Three ideas to get more engagement for your website chatbot - Chatbase alternative - Chatbase review - Implementing boolean logic in DialogFlow (API.AI) intents - When NOT to use follow up intents in DialogFlow (API.AI) - API.AI tutorial: Passing data from browser localStorage to webhooks - Embedding DialogFlow (API.AI) chatbot into your WordPress site - Save user input to your chatbot session - Slides: Intent Candidate List - How to name intents in DialogFlow (API.AI) - Why you should regression test your Dialogflow (API.AI) chatbot - I have removed Disqus comments - Optimal context lifespan in DialogFlow (API.AI) - How to import an agent zip file into DialogFlow (API.AI) - A catalog of DialogFlow (API.AI) system entities - DialogFlow (API.AI) introduces the Prebuilt Smalltalk agent - DialogFlow (API.AI) Team Account - DialogFlow (API.AI) Web Chat - Using DialogFlow (API.AI)? Don't forget to do this - Google Docs/Sheets/Drive expert and also know DialogFlow (API.AI)? - DialogFlow (API.AI) use cases - How many times should you Fallback in DialogFlow (API.AI)? - Asking DialogFlow (API.AI) questions on forums - Getting your assistant app discovered - Off the happy path - Should you start building apps for Google Assistant? - Bot commissioners - Is it simply too early to get into chatbots? - Measuring the chatbot zeitgeist - A chatbot developer's guide to Google I/O 2017 - Three examples which show how far chatbots still have to go - Buy my product on Sep 27th 2017, help out a cause - Visualizing complex conversation flows with chat bots - Stanford CoreNLP: Split text into sentences