Content Comparison

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Implementation Tasks Overview

Tasks Focused on Confirming Recipe Choice

1. Implementing Recipe Confirmation Patterns

• Scenario: After showing a recipe, the agent asks the user to confirm their choice.

  • Example:

    • Agent: "Can you confirm that Chicken Alfredo is the recipe you would like to cook?"

    • User: "Yes." (Alternatively: "No.")

    • Agent: "Great!" (Alternatively: "That is unfortunate. Let's pick another recipe.")

• Steps:

  1. Add three variants of the a50recipeConfirm pattern in patterns.pl:

     • User Confirms: User says "yes" or expresses appreciation. The conversation moves to the farewell phase.

     • User Disconfirms: User says "no." The agent returns to the recipe selection phase (a50recipeSelect).

     • Fallback Handling: Handle unrecognized or ambiguous responses gracefully (optional).

  2. Handle appreciation as a confirmation:

     • In the a50recipeConfirm pattern, treat appreciation as equivalent to confirmation when it occurs in this context.

  3. Add logic for what happens after confirmation:

     • User Confirms: Transition to the c43 farewell pattern.

     • User Disconfirms: Transition back to the a50recipeSelect pattern to allow the user to choose another recipe.

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2. Agent Responses for Recipe Confirmation

• Add responses for the recipeCheck intent in responses.pl:

  • For Confirmation:

    • Example: "Great! I’m happy you like this recipe."

  • For Disconfirmation:

    • Example: "That’s unfortunate. Let’s pick another recipe."

• Dynamically insert the recipe name into the confirmation question:

  • Example: "Can you confirm that Chicken Alfredo is the recipe you would like to cook?"

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Tasks Focused on Saying Farewell

1. Implementing Farewell Patterns

• Scenario: The agent bids farewell to conclude the conversation.

  • Example:

    • Agent: "Goodbye!"

    • User: "Bye."

    • Agent: "Feel free to start again if you’d like to find more recipes."

• Steps:

  1. Add a c43 pattern in patterns.pl to model the farewell sequence:

     • Agent Goodbye: The agent says goodbye.

     • User Goodbye: The user responds with a farewell.

  2. Add a final topic check:

     • Before ending the conversation, the agent asks if the user wants to find another recipe.

     • Example:

       • Agent: "Is there anything else you’d like to do? Would you like to find another recipe?"

       • If the user confirms: Add [agent, restart] to the pattern to restart the conversation.

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2. Agent Responses for Saying Farewell

• Add responses for the farewell intent in responses.pl:

  • Examples:

    • "Goodbye! Have a great day."

    • "Thanks for chatting! See you next time."

• Add responses for the topic check if the user wants to restart:

  • Example: "Okay, let’s start fresh! What recipe are you looking for?"

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Tasks Focused on Visual Support

1. Create a Farewell Page

• Purpose: Match the top-level intent c43 to provide a closing webpage that thanks the user and invites them to return.

• Content:

  • A warm farewell message:

    • Example: "Thank you for using Recipe Assistant! We hope you found something delicious."

  • An encouragement to return:

    • Example: "Feel free to start again to explore more recipes."

• Design:

  • Simple, clean layout with visually appealing graphics (e.g., a smiling chef or a plate of food).

  • Prominently display a "Start Over" button (if applicable).

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Tasks Focused on Debugging and Testing

1. Test Recipe Confirmation Flow

• Add a50recipeConfirm to patterns.pl but do not add it to the agent’s agenda:

  • This pattern is inserted dynamically after a recipe is selected, so no need to include it in the agenda manually.

• Verify:

  • The agent transitions to the confirmation phase after a recipe is selected.

  • The agent handles "yes," "no," and appreciation responses correctly.

  • The conversation flows back to recipe selection after disconfirmation.

2. Test Farewell Flow

• Add c43 to the agent’s agenda in dialog_init.mod2g.

• Verify:

  • The agent says goodbye and asks if the user wants to restart.

  • If the user confirms restarting, the conversation resets to the initial agenda.

  • If the user declines, the conversation ends gracefully.

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Instructions

Confirmation and Closing

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