Allen's Assistant might be jealous, but realizes everything is fine when he discusses Action links - what this little known feature about the Assistant is and how powerful they can be for Marketing or many many other uses. Google's documentat

S1E13: How do Lists and Collections work in Actions Builder?

Aug 12th, 2020 5m 11s

Sometimes things do change for the better! Although how we handle Lists and Collections with Actions Builder is different, there are some advantages to this new approach. Allen answers your questions about why the new method is better, and how

S1E12: How do you provide training phrases for a Carousel or List in Dialogflow?

Aug 11th, 2020 3m 36s

Are you having problems with writing training phrases that handle when users select a List option? There's a reason they don't work, and Allen explains why!

S1E11 : What should I build a new Action with? Dialogflow or Actions Builder?

Jul 14th, 2020 4m 39s

The new Actions Builder sounds like it's good (it is!), but is it right for my needs? That answer may be more complicated, as Allen explores with the help of a chart from Denis Valášek. (You can see Denis' chart at https://bit.ly/3fsagg6)

S1E10 : Are Actions Builder Scenes just a repaint of Context-based Dialogflow Intents?

Jul 13th, 2020 5m 10s

Giorgio Robino asked a question about the differences between Scenes in Action Builder and Contexts in Dialogflow. Allen provides an answer!

S1E9 : In Dialogflow, how can we move from one Intent to another?

Jul 2nd, 2020 3m 38s

Your user has said something, and you'd like to move from the Intent you're currently in to a different one. How can you do this? Allen answers that question - but it may not be what you want to hear.

S1E8 : What can we use a card for?

Jun 24th, 2020 3m 36s

One of the rich response types is a card, but how can we use it effectively? Allen discusses a few ideas, and a couple of things to be careful about.

S1E7 : What kind of responses or prompts can we send?

Jun 23rd, 2020 7m 12s

From "simple" responses to a fully Interactive Canvas and everything in between, Allen takes a quick run-through of what our options are to respond and prompt the user in our Actions.

S1E6 : How does the Assistant know what to send to the user during a scene?

Jun 22nd, 2020 4m 11s

During a Scene in the Actions Builder, the Assistant takes several steps to come up with the message to send to the user. Allen explores how it builds the Prompt Queue and what it does.

S1E5 : What is a Scene?

Jun 19th, 2020 4m 32s

The basic building block of the Action Builder is a Scene. But what do we do with it? Allen gives an overview of how a Scene works.

S1E4 : What is the Actions Builder?

Jun 18th, 2020 4m 30s

A new tool to play with! A new tool to confuse us! Allen gives a quick overview of the Actions Builder and Actions SDK and how they differ from Dialogflow.