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Dorset is a framework for building intelligent assistants. With Dorset, you can build applications like Siri or Amazon Echo.

Agents

Agents provide the intelligence of the application. They answer questions or complete tasks.

Creating a Local Agent

Local agents are written in Java and implement the Agent interface. Most agents will extend the abstract class AbstractAgent which provides convenience functions for working the agent's name and description.

{% highlight java %} public class EchoAgent extends AbstractAgent { private static final String SUMMARY = "Echoes anything submitted"; private static final String EXAMPLE = "Hello world";

public EchoAgent() {
    setDescription(new Description("echo", SUMMARY, EXAMPLE));
}

@Override
public AgentResponse process(AgentRequest request) {
    return new AgentResponse(request.getText());
}

} {% endhighlight %}