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Features

• Bot Platforms - Serves as a comprehensive framework for managing automated accounts and interactive interfaces across multiple messaging platforms.
• Multi-Platform Chatbot Development - Provides a unified interface for building a single bot backend that works across multiple messaging services.
• Platform Normalization Adapters - Translates platform-specific API payloads into a standardized internal format for cross-platform communication.
• Chatbot Frameworks - Provides a comprehensive framework for building conversational bots that work across multiple messaging platforms.
• Conversation State Management - Tracks user progress through multi-turn interactions using branching logic and transactional question flows.
• Dialog Flow Engines - Coordinates multi-turn interactions using scripted flows, branching logic, and transactional questions.
• Multi-Turn Flow Managers - Coordinates multi-turn conversations by tracking user progress through branching logic and transactional flows.
• Conversation State Persistence - Stores the state of a conversation across restarts to ensure continuity for the user.
• Keyword Action Triggers - Provides a system to monitor user messages for specific phrases and execute predefined automated responses.
• Message-Driven Dialog Triggers - Evaluates incoming messages against configured triggers to start corresponding conversation flows.
• Trigger-Based Event Routing - Matches incoming messages against defined patterns or keywords to execute specific automated conversation paths.
• Messaging Middleware - Employs a middleware pipeline to intercept, normalize, and enrich incoming and outgoing messages.
• Messaging Protocol Translation - Translates platform-specific API payloads into a unified internal format to enable cross-platform bot functionality.
• Platform Adapters - Implements a specialized adapter to translate messages between the bot core and the Facebook Messenger API.
• Message Interception - Includes middleware to intercept and modify both incoming and outgoing message streams.
• Messaging Adapters - Includes a specialized adapter to translate events and messages between Webex Teams and the bot core.
• Messaging API Integrations - Connects application logic to third party chat platforms via adapters to send and receive messages.
• Conversation Path Routing - Matches incoming messages against keywords or patterns to trigger specific automated conversation paths.
• Processing Pipelines - Ships a modular processing pipeline to normalize and enrich message data before it reaches bot handlers.
• Slack Integrations - Implements a specialized adapter for bidirectional messaging and file exchange on the Slack platform.
• SMS Messaging Gateways - Provides an adapter to integrate telephony APIs for sending and receiving SMS messages.
• Chat Platform Adapters - Provides a specialized adapter to abstract the Google Hangouts API for multi-platform bot connectivity.
• Bot Update Middleware - Provides a pipeline for intercepting, normalizing, and enriching messages before they reach bot handlers.
• Conversation Hook Bindings - Attaches custom code hooks to conversation flows to run specific logic during execution.
• Webhook Interaction Reception - Receives real-time notifications from external platforms via HTTP endpoints to trigger bot logic.
• Messaging Event Processing - Reacts to non-verbal triggers, such as file uploads or users joining a channel, to execute automated actions.
• Platform-Specific Card Generators - Constructs outgoing messages with card attachments and buttons based on platform specifications.
• Remote Conversation Flow Integrations - Loads and executes conversation flows from an external system to update interactions without redeploying code.
• Content Card Action Triggers - Processes button clicks on card attachments to send updates or trigger new bot responses.
• Slash Command Interfaces - Processes requests triggered by slash commands to send public or private responses.
• API Clients - Provides preconfigured clients for interacting with external messaging and telephony API endpoints.
• Message Threading - Creates and organizes messages into separate threads or conversations within a chat interface.
• Rich Embed Messages - Constructs outgoing messages using attachments and interactive elements for complex interfaces.
• Multi-Workspace Installation Managers - Handles OAuth flows and token retrieval to operate across multiple external workspaces and teams.
• Webhook Security - Implements cryptographic signature validation to verify the authenticity of incoming webhook payloads.
• API Wrappers - Provides a structured programmatic interface to execute platform-specific requests and call advanced messaging endpoints.
• Conversation Flow Testing - Provides a test client to run unit tests against conversation dialogs to ensure logic correctness.
• Conversational UI Patterns - Creates interactive chat experiences using rich media cards, buttons, and multi-turn dialog flows.
• Modal Dialogs - Presents multi-field pop-up forms to collect structured user input during interactions.
• UI Component Management - Manages complex interface elements such as buttons, quick replies, and task modules.

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