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Building a chatbot

Learn building a chatbot hands on: keep a conversation, trim it, write a system prompt, stream answers into a web page and cite sources.

6 lessons370 min lessonSoftware engineering

The lessons

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  1. 1 · Container lab

    How a chatbot remembers a conversation

    I can keep a conversation between requests.

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  2. 2 · Container lab

    How to trim a chat history to fit

    I can keep a conversation inside the model's limit.

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  3. 3 · Container lab

    How to write a system prompt that holds

    I can write a system prompt and test whether it holds.

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  4. 4 · Container lab

    Streaming a chatbot answer into a web page

    I can show a streamed answer in a web page as it arrives.

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  5. 5 · Container lab

    How to make a chatbot cite its sources

    I can show which source an answer used.

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  6. 6 · Container lab

    How to build a working chatbot

    I can put state, trimming, a prompt, streaming and sources into one chatbot.

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