10 How to confirm or update user input in Dialogflow ES

Dialogflow ES Quickstart Templates One of the questions people ask is the following: After user provides some input, I would like to either confirm the input or allow them to update it Let us use the slot filling chatbot as an example. Once the user provides all the input, we were only displaying the list…

08 How to save user input to an Airtable database in Dialogflow ES

Dialogflow ES Quickstart Templates In this tutorial, I will explain how you can save the data you collected from the lead capture bot and save it to Airtable. Why Airtable? Airtable is the best low code database for non-programmers who are building Dialogflow chatbots In the user.provides.url intent, enable the “Enable webhook call for this…

07 Get your DialogFlow agent to initiate the conversation before user types a message

Dialogflow ES Quickstart Templates First published: Aug 2017 | Last Updated: May 2022 So let us understand the question: When you work with Dialogflow you notice that it follows the “user types something -> agent replies with an answer” sequence. Suppose you wish to get the agent to say something before the user types anything,…

06 Naming conventions for Dialogflow ES intents and contexts

Dialogflow ES Quickstart Templates Do you capture user input in your chatbot? For example, do you ask them to provide their name, or email, or other information? I have recently started using the following convention in the bots I am building (as well as advising on). Suppose you have an intent which should get user’s…

05 How to mimic Dialogflow CX session variables in Dialogflow ES

Dialogflow ES Quickstart Templates In the previous article I explained how you can mimic the behavior of follow up intents to move to the next intent. One disadvantage of this approach is that you cannot access the information collected from 2 or more steps prior in the current response. The way around this is to…

04 How to collect user input without follow up intents in Dialogflow ES

Dialogflow ES Quickstart Templates Sometimes I see questions like these in the Dialogflow forum. So, I got one intent working. How can I now “move” the conversation to the next intent? Answer In Intent1, declare an output context called contextA. In the next intent you want to fire, use contextA as the input context. You…

03 How to use follow up intents to collect user input in Dialogflow ES

Dialogflow ES Quickstart Templates In this article, I will explain how to use follow up intents to collect user input in Dialogflow ES. Let us take the example of a simple lead capture chatbot. It captures the details of visitors who are interested in adding a chatbot to their website. We would like to get…

01 How to export and import Dialogflow ES agent ZIP file

Dialogflow ES Quickstart Templates Dialogflow ES provides the option to export your entire Dialogflow ES agent as a ZIP file. How to Export Dialogflow ES agent Go to Settings by clicking on the Gear icon next to the name of the agent. Choose “Export and Import” tab and click on the “Export as ZIP” button…