Overview
Concierge Bots in AtBot are custom bots that you register with the Microsoft Bot Framework that can communicate with other bots to provide a single conversational UI for multiple bots. These bots can communicate with other bots built in AtBot or External Bots built on the Microsoft Bot Framework and support the Direct Line Channel.
Creating Concierge Bots
In the admin portal from the Concierge Bots screen, click New Concierge Bot, give your bot a name and click Create.
Bot Details
Bot Name
The bot handle that identifies the bot. If this bot can be interacted with in Teams Channels, this is the @name of the bot.
Bot Description
The description that is used in the Teams app package manifest.
Bot Icon
The icon that will be packaged in the Teams app package.
Note: Make sure this is the same image you use when registering the bot with Bot Framework as there are some places where this one is used and some where the Bot Framework one is used.
Bot Background Color
The background color of the icon to be included in the Teams app package manifest
Bot Package Version
The version number of the bot package. This value is required when packaging for Teams and you must increment it when upgrading your package. It must be in the format N.N.N where N is a number.
Contributors
Optionally add additional Contributors to the bot. Contributors will be able to edit all settings of the bot. Search for contributors by UPN.
Agent Configuration
See Agent Configuration
Bot Registration
See Bot Framework Registration.
Help & Messages
Help Heading
The heading displayed on the first help card in the Help carousel
Help Message
The body of the first help card. Actionable Answer syntax is supported in this message
Welcome Message
The message sent to users when they first interact with the bot. Actionable Answer syntax is supported in the free-form text message. You may optionally select a skill to run when the bot first opens.
Default Message
The message sent to users when no skill or answer is found. Actionable Answer syntax is supported in the free-form text message. You may optionally select a skill to run when no other skill or answer is found. If a skill is selected, you will find the text submitted by the user in the Command Text property in your flow.
Hint Settings
When deploying your bot to teams, you can optionally add hints to the "What can I say" menu. This menu is drop down that shows up when you start chatting with a bot.
Generate Keyword Hints
Automatically generate hints based on the Keyword-based skills in the categories of the bot
Custom Hints
Separate each custom hint on a new line. Hints longer than 32 characters will be truncated.
QnA Maker
See QnA Maker Integration
Deploying to Microsoft Teams
See Package for Microsoft Teams to see how to deploy your Concierge Bot to Microsoft Teams
Deploying to Web & Apps
See Deploying to Web & Apps