A bot is a loop: send messages, watch it answer
Send start, help or an unknown word to a toy bot and watch the four beats of its message loop: wait, read, reply, wait again. A stop message ends it. Nothing is sent.
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 1: you sent blah
The bot says: I did not understand that.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 1: you sent start
The bot says: Hello! I am a first bot.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 1: you sent help
The bot says: Try start, help or stop.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 1: you sent stop
A stop message: the loop ends and nothing is sent back.
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 2: you sent blah
The bot says: I did not understand that.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 2: you sent start
The bot says: Hello! I am a first bot.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 2: you sent help
The bot says: Try start, help or stop.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 2: you sent stop
A stop message: the loop ends and nothing is sent back.
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 3: you sent blah
The bot says: I did not understand that.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 3: you sent start
The bot says: Hello! I am a first bot.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 3: you sent help
The bot says: Try start, help or stop.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 3: you sent stop
A stop message: the loop ends and nothing is sent back.
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 4: you sent blah
The bot says: I did not understand that.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 4: you sent start
The bot says: Hello! I am a first bot.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 4: you sent help
The bot says: Try start, help or stop.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 4: you sent stop
A stop message: the loop ends and nothing is sent back.
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 5: you sent blah
The bot says: I did not understand that.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 5: you sent start
The bot says: Hello! I am a first bot.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 5: you sent help
The bot says: Try start, help or stop.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 5: you sent stop
A stop message: the loop ends and nothing is sent back.
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 6: you sent blah
The bot says: I did not understand that.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 6: you sent start
The bot says: Hello! I am a first bot.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 6: you sent help
The bot says: Try start, help or stop.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 6: you sent stop
A stop message: the loop ends and nothing is sent back.
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 7: you sent blah
The bot says: I did not understand that.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 7: you sent start
The bot says: Hello! I am a first bot.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 7: you sent help
The bot says: Try start, help or stop.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 7: you sent stop
A stop message: the loop ends and nothing is sent back.
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 8: you sent blah
The bot says: I did not understand that.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 8: you sent start
The bot says: Hello! I am a first bot.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 8: you sent help
The bot says: Try start, help or stop.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 8: you sent stop
A stop message: the loop ends and nothing is sent back.
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 9: you sent blah
The bot says: I did not understand that.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 9: you sent start
The bot says: Hello! I am a first bot.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 9: you sent help
The bot says: Try start, help or stop.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 9: you sent stop
A stop message: the loop ends and nothing is sent back.
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 10: you sent blah
The bot says: I did not understand that.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 10: you sent start
The bot says: Hello! I am a first bot.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 10: you sent help
The bot says: Try start, help or stop.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 10: you sent stop
A stop message: the loop ends and nothing is sent back.
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 11: you sent blah
The bot says: I did not understand that.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 11: you sent start
The bot says: Hello! I am a first bot.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 11: you sent help
The bot says: Try start, help or stop.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 11: you sent stop
A stop message: the loop ends and nothing is sent back.
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 12: you sent blah
The bot says: I did not understand that.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 12: you sent start
The bot says: Hello! I am a first bot.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 12: you sent help
The bot says: Try start, help or stop.
Send a message to the bot
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
What the bot answered
Turn 12: you sent stop
A stop message: the loop ends and nothing is sent back.
- Wait for a message
- Read it
- Pick the reply from the table
- Send the reply
Send a message to the bot
The same message always gets the same reply: the reply depends on the message alone.
This page follows up to 12 turns, then the message links stop.