botserver/docs/src/chapter-01/README.md

Run and Talk

TALK "Welcome! How can I help you today?"
HEAR user_input

Start the server: cargo run --release

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/GeneralBots/BotServer.git
cd BotServer

# Build the project
cargo build --release

# Run the server
cargo run --release

First Conversation

TALK "Hello! I'm your GeneralBots assistant."
HEAR user_input
IF user_input CONTAINS "weather" THEN
    TALK "Sure, let me check the weather for you."
    CALL GET_WEATHER
ELSE
    TALK "I can help with many tasks, just ask!"
ENDIF

Understanding Sessions

Each conversation is represented by a BotSession. The session stores:

• User identifier
• Conversation history
• Current context (variables, knowledge base references, etc.)

Sessions are persisted in the SQLite database defined in src/shared/models.rs.