The document is about building chatbots for Twitch, highlighting their usefulness as a user interface in audience interaction. It discusses the architecture of chatbots, authentication processes, and provides best practices for creating effective bots. Additionally, it mentions the integration of chatbots with extensions to enhance the streaming experience.

1. Author of Designing Bots
@ashevat
Amir Shevat
VP of Developer Experience

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Bot why?

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What are
Chatbots?
A user interface (UI) that uses messaging
as a medium of interaction
Twitch chat is a great canvas for your UI
16 Billion
Chat Messages sent in 2017

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-Chat is the most common form of
audience interaction on Twitch
-Chatbots are simple to build and can
be very useful
-Chatbots can integrate with other
technologies, such as Extensions
-They solve simple and important
issues for streamers, like answering
“what is your gear?” or “what is the
game you are playing?”
Why Twitch Chatbots
are Awesome
BOT WHY?

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Bot Use
Case
STREAMER TOOL BOTS

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Bot Use
Case
STREAMER TOOL BOTS

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Bot Use
Case
STREAMER TOOL BOTS
Loyalty, stream-integrated

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Bot Use
Case
STREAMER TOOL BOTS
Loyalty, stream-integrated

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Building a Bot

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Client
Client
Your
Chatbot
Server
IRC over Websocket / TCP
Twitch
IRC
Servers
Client
Magic
Bot Anatomy
High-level Architecture
BUILDING A BOT

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Authentication
1. Streamers add your chatbot to
their channel through an OAuth
flow
2. You must request a token with the
chat_login scope
3. You get an OAuth token to connect
to the channel
4.Keep your OAuth in a safe place!

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1. Twitch is fast paced; do not spam
2. Do not expect a conversation; build shot and
stateless commands
3. Use ! or / prefix for commands
4.Great way to collect contextual inputs
Better Bots
BUILDING BOTS

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Coming Soon to a
Bot Near You

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Panel / Video
Extension
Twitch
Server
HTTP API Call
Chat
Message
Magic
The Future is Here
Connecting Extensions
to Chat
COMING SOON

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Panel / Video
Extension
(Javascript Event
Called)
Twitch
Server
HTTP API Call
Chat
Message
Magic
The Future is Here
Connecting Extensions
to Chat
COMING SOON

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Future of
Games
COMING SOON

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Future of
Games
COMING SOON

21. Steve Filby
Marketing Manager,
Motion Twin

24. - Build useful chatbots for streamers
- Connect chatbots to a full experience via Extensions
- Connect chatbots to your gameplay; humans are the best NPCs
- Remix my chatbot: https://glitch.com/edit/#!/twitch-bot-super-simple
We hope you’re all Bot in :)

25. Questions?

26. Learn More
Documentation:
https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/irc
Forums:
https://discuss.twitch.tv/
Twitter:
@TwitchDev,
@ashevat