Build Chatbot Interactions

Create a Mini-skill to Check Installed Version

For this section, let’s assume that your Lita bot is managed by Git and that it has access to a local Git client through your shell. With your bot being part of a locally managed Git repository, you can quickly look up several useful bits of information about your bot:

• What is the git commit hash for the current commit?
• What is the origin URL of this local Git repository?
• What is the installed version of this Lita skill’s gem?

The following demo session asks a Lita bot named “Bookbot” which version of its codebase is running. Behind the scenes, Lita executes a few shell commands to find out which git commit is currently active and which version of a specific gem is installed. Lita then presents those ...