Thread by @jamie_maguire1

Build a chatbot in < 30 mins with NLP intelligence

1. Load Visual Studio (VS)
2. Select Core Bot Template
3. Identify cognitivemodel.json
4. Browse to luis.ai
5. Upload file from step #4
6. Note app keys from luis.ai

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7. Update appsetting.json to include keys from #6
8. Run project
9. Run @msbotframework emulator.
10. Point it to your bots URL
11. Test and use bot !

Ready to deploy to Azure?

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12. Right click->Publish your project
13. Select defaults
14. Browser will load to confirm bot is active along with a URL.
15. Goto Azure portal.
16. Create new Bot Registration Channel
17. Set the messages endpoint to the URL from #14.

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18. Update the app id/secret in your bots appsettings.json to reflect the values from Azure.
19. Test with the webchat channel.
20. You can now deploy your bot to a website.

I hope this helps someone !

Find more stuff like this on my blog at jamiemaguire.net.

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