RASA-Plus and Include a pre-trained model?

Hello my dears,

I’m new here and I have a few questions.

  1. I saw that Rasa-Plus is also open source. Is that right? How can I integrate Rasa-Plus into Rasa and does it even make sense to use Rasa-Plus? The last changes to Rasa-Plus are 3 years old!

  2. How can I integrate and use another model that is already trained in Rasa? If I download a model from the internet and include it in Rasa, do I still have to run rasa train? Is there a step by step or blog on how to integrate an existing model into Rasa?

Thanks in advance for your answers. I am very grateful to you for your support.

I saw that Rasa-Plus is also open source. Is that right?

No, Rasa Plus (better known as Rasa Pro) is not Open Source and it is actively maintained. It is a drop-in replacement for Rasa Open Source.

How can I integrate and use another model that is already trained in Rasa?

When you train a model with Rasa, you can use that model via the rasa run or rasa shell command.

If I download a model from the internet and include it in Rasa, do I still have to run rasa train? Is there a step by step or blog on how to integrate an existing model into Rasa?

Yes and for langauge model featurizers you can read more about configuring that here. There’s a video here and there’s a blog on using BERT here.

Thank you for the answers. I use rasa/LaBSE in config.yml I have another question: If I use a language model like bert, do I still have to use fintuning? I want to use an existing model first so I can get a feel for the whole thing. I have installed the model bert and when I ask bert a question, the model cannot answer my question. I am confident that the bert model is already trained and can at least answer simple questions. What does a pipeline have to look like in config.yml so that bert can at least answer simple questions. No matter what question I ask bert, bert can’t answer the questions!