Instructions-Compile.md

Run with Bot Framework Composer

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Prerequisites
• Initial Setup
  • Step 1. Clone the repo
  • Step 2. Create appsettings.json
  • Step 3. Open the repo with Composer
  • Step 4. Configure your bot
  • Step 5. Test run

Prerequisites

In order to get set up to work with SSW.SophieBot, you will need the following:

1. Bot Framework Composer
2. Bot Framework Emulator
3. Installing & Configuring ngrok
4. Azure Resources

Initial Setup

Step 1. Clone the repo

Go to SSW.SophieBot and clone the repo. Figure: Click Copy to get download link

Step 2. Create appsettings.json

1. From the cloned repo, go to "{your cloned repo}/bots/employee-finder/src/SSW.SophieBot/settings" folder

2. Make a copy of the file appsettings.example.json and rename it to appsettings.json.

3. Add necessary configurations to appsettings.json. See schema reference here.

   Note: For adapters and components sections in runtimeSettings, do not modify the initial settings from appsettings.example.json as they are needed for the test run.

   Note: If you're working in SSW, you can fetch a ready-to-use copy of appsettings.json in Keeper | SSW | SSW.SophieBot, or contact SophieBot team directly.

Step 3. Open the repo with Composer

Open the Bot Framework Composer.

You can find GitHub repository for Bot Framework Composer here

Figure: Click Open on Composer's homepage

Step 4. Configure your bot

In Bot Framework Composer, go to Configure | Development resources.

1. Set up Language Understanding.

Figure: Click Set up Language Understanding

Figure: Select Use existing resources and click next

Figure: Select the subscription and luis resource and click next

2. Set up App ID. Still in the Configure | Development resources, scroll to the bottom.

Figure: Click Retrieve App ID

Figure: Select publishing profile

Step 5. Test run

Figure: Click Start bot

Figure: Click Test in Emulator

You can find GitHub repository for Bot Framework Emulator here

Figure: Get welcome message