How to let bot speak first

Rasa Open Source
1

How to let the bot speak first, instead of waiting for the user to say it before replying as follow start conversation: bot: Can i help you? user:

2

One possible approach is as following. I assume you speak to your bot from a command line (not through a web interface).

from rasa_core.agent import Agent
from rasa_core.interpreter import RasaNLUInterpreter
from rasa_core.utils import EndpointConfig
from rasa_core.run import serve_application
import rasa_core

def talk():
    agent = Agent.load('./models/dialogue',
        interpreter=RasaNLUInterpreter('./models/nlu/default/so_health/'),
        action_endpoint=EndpointConfig(url="http://172.17.0.3:8080/"))


    print("Hi dude! I'm a bot. How can I help you? ")
    while True:
        a = input()
        if a == 'stop':
            break
        responses = agent.handle_message(a)
  
        for response in responses:
            print(response["text"])


talk()
3

You have to have the backend send a first message to the bot (e.g. /greet) when the user clicks to start the conversation with the bot. Facebook does this automatically for example, by having the “get startd” button

4

Hi akelad,

Do you have an idea how slalck can do this (send me message when user clic on the bot bouton on slack)

Thank you

5

Sorry not sure, you would have to check their documentation