Building Your First AI Chatbot with Guardrails
The article provides a step-by-step tutorial for developers to build a customer support AI chatbot using Node.js, Express, and the AYW Platform. It emphasizes secure, human-approved code with guardrails to prevent autonomous AI behavior. The chatbot handles FAQs, order status, returns, and escalates to human agents when needed.
- ▪The chatbot is built using Node.js, Express, and the AYW SDK, with security measures like helmet, CORS, and input validation.
- ▪Intent recognition is based on keyword matching mapped to actions like order status, returns, FAQs, and escalation to human agents.
- ▪The implementation includes rate limiting, JWT authentication, audit logging, and input sanitization for security and compliance.
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