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this tip comes from the book of ai, but it bears repeating.
once your bot starts to get traction with guests-
open one window with your transcript
open a second window with your language center
open a third window in chat with the bot.
every time a guest asks a question or makes a reply in the transcript for which your bot has no answer, flip over to the language center and plug in a response.
then open the chat and test it.
~2 out of 10 times my bot doesn't respond correctly
because of a typo in my keyphrase
because i accidentally used a variant of the keyphrase i hadn't given to the bot (i.e. i type 'where were you' in chat, but the keyphrase I wrote was only 'where did you go' etc etc)
once your bot starts to get traction with guests-
open one window with your transcript
open a second window with your language center
open a third window in chat with the bot.
every time a guest asks a question or makes a reply in the transcript for which your bot has no answer, flip over to the language center and plug in a response.
then open the chat and test it.
~2 out of 10 times my bot doesn't respond correctly
because of a typo in my keyphrase
because i accidentally used a variant of the keyphrase i hadn't given to the bot (i.e. i type 'where were you' in chat, but the keyphrase I wrote was only 'where did you go' etc etc)
forget about how complicated debug is, play with it anyway.
don't worry about how much of it doesn't make sense, look for patterns that do make sense.
iow, you don't need to start out using it as a debug tool, look at it as a puzzle and search for patterns in the info it feeds back.
you will be surprised how quickly it becomes useful, even if you (or I) never understand all of it
don't worry about how much of it doesn't make sense, look for patterns that do make sense.
iow, you don't need to start out using it as a debug tool, look at it as a puzzle and search for patterns in the info it feeds back.
you will be surprised how quickly it becomes useful, even if you (or I) never understand all of it
August 28, 2019
Bug Fixes
I've fixed some bugs. Bot-to-bot chats are working again as intended, and the Invalid Request issue in chats has also been resolved. Thanks to Dallymo and Bobchickawowers for the help in researching the issues. I've also returned the handy chosen Keyphrase/Seek text and edit link near the bottom of the Debug page.
September 18, 2019
Hardware Issues
We're experiencing issues with our router that's causing the site to be unavailable from time to time. We're working on a solution and will update you again when we have one. In the meantime, we apologize for any downtime you may experience.
September 21, 2019
Hardware Updated
We've replaced the faulty networking hardware. However, there seems to be another issue with our upstream provider. I've set the connection to reset every 15 minutes, so if service is down at any time, try at the next 15-minute mark of the hour. We're still working to get this issue fixed. Thank you for your patience.
June 26, 2020
AT&T Networking Issues
We've been experiencing networking issues with AT&T again and may need to switch to a new provider. Rest assured that I'm working on the issue and will keep bringing the site back up every time I find the network has disconnected it.
Benji Adams is still PF's owner. He may be busy with own work so there are moments he works less on PF and others he can be more focused on it. Not true he sold it or anything like that. He told me to feel free to clarify it in the forum, which I did. 
October 10, 2020
New Bug Stomp Created
After some strange internal failure of the open source bug tracking system I'd been using, I decided to write my own. It's live now under Community > Bug Stomp. You can search issues, report new bugs, see bug fix progress, and vote up bugs to increase visibility. I'll be going through the Bug Stomp forum soon and creating bugs out of issues posted there.
As you can see, I've also fixed a number of issues that had been posted there in the past.
As you can see, I've also fixed a number of issues that had been posted there in the past.
I have problem that any seek option I attach to key phrase "ok" doesn't trigger when someone types it. And my bot doesn't know what to do when user writes ok.
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