https://github.com/cliffano/convo-thomas

Convo agent for Thomas the Tank Engine Facts application
https://github.com/cliffano/convo-thomas

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Convo agent for Thomas the Tank Engine Facts application

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/cliffano/convo-thomas
• Owner: cliffano
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-11-22T12:27:22.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2021-08-14T12:20:19.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-03T20:37:43.700Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: convo, thomas-the-tank-engine
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 139 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE

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Convo Thomas

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Convo Thomas is a [Convo](https://github.com/cliffano/convo) agent for Thomas the Tank Engine Facts, an application which provides facts on the engines from [Thomas & Friends](https://www.thomasandfriends.com/en-us) children books and TV series.

This application is an interactive voice interface for children to learn about words, numbers, and names from Thomas & Friends universe.

For example, the children can ask the question:

    What is Thomas' number?

and Google Assistant would answer:

    Thomas' number is 1.

[![Architecture Diagram](https://raw.github.com/cliffano/convo-thomas/master/docs/architecture.jpg)](https://raw.github.com/cliffano/convo-thomas/master/docs/architecture.jpg)

Usage

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Download all dependencies:

    make deps

Fetch Convo Thomas data from DBpedia and generate Mustache configuration file:

    make config

Build Convo Dialogflow agent and create a package:

    make build package

Publish the package to Dialogflow:

    make publish

Configuration

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The engines along with the questions and answers can be tweaked by modifying the following configuration files:

### DBpedia resources

The DBpedia resource names for the engines in Thomas & Friends are configured in [conf/dbpedia-resources-engines]() , which is a plain text file with a single resource name on each line.

For example, for [http://dbpedia.org/page/Thomas_the_Tank_Engine](http://dbpedia.org/page/Thomas_the_Tank_Engine) DBpedia resource, the name that you have to supply in the configuration file is `Thomas_the_Tank_Engine` .

The resource names listed in this configuration files will then be used as the source of Convo Thomas facts.

### Convo Thomas topics

The topics for Convo Thomas are configured in [conf/topics.json]() .

| Key | Description |

|-----|-------------|

| `.dbpedia.property` | The DBpedia resource's triple predicate's nominal value |

| `.convo.queries.messages.` | A list of messages which Dialogflow agent will respond to for a given topic |

| `.convo.queries.replies.` | A list of responses which Dialogflow agent will use to respond to the corresponding message for a given topic |

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Related Projects:

* [Convo](http://github.com/cliffano/convo) - Specification based voice and text conversation app

* [Convo Generator](http://github.com/cliffano/convo-generator) - Convo agent and middleware generator