However, if you want to build up your own, it’s easier than building a paper rocket!Ĭurrently, you can only create/develop Skills in C# but you can always invoke the C# based skills from TypeScript bot.
Microsoft has already come up with a few ready-to-deploy Skills for common scenarios such as Calendar, Email, Point of Interest etc. The only thing which makes it different is its invocation pattern from another bot. Skill is like a normal SDK V4 bot with an added value of being plugged into a broader/enterprise kind of a solution. An evolution of the current TV personalization experienced in room today. Optional linking to your Productivity accounts open up more personalized experiences such as suggested alarm calls, Weather warnings and learning of patterns across stays. extend your stay, request late checkout, room service) including concierge and the ability to find local restaurants and attractions. Voice enabled Virtual Assistant integrated into a hotel-room device providing a broad range of Hospitality focused scenarios (e.g.
As it’s announced today at Build 2019 and I am happy to have contributed my bits to this specific project, Microsoft wants you to build customized digital assistants tailored to your brand, personalized to your users and make them available across a broad range of canvases and devices.Ĭontinuing their open-sourced approach towards the Bot Framework SDK, the open-source Virtual Assistant solution provides you a set of core foundation capabilities and full control over the end user experience.Īmong these capabilities, Skills are re-usable conversational building blocks (common features) which require each developer to build themselves and add extensive functionality to a Bot.