botbuilding
Botbuilding is the practice of designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining software agents that perform tasks automatically on behalf of users or organizations. Bots can interact with people, systems, or data sources, and they operate in a range of environments from messaging platforms and websites to enterprise backends and robotic systems. The goal is to automate repetitive or complex tasks while enabling useful interactions or data processing.
Common bot types include chatbots that simulate conversation, web crawlers that index content, automation bots that
Development typically follows a cycle: define the problem and success criteria, design architecture and data flows,
Ethical and safety considerations cover user privacy, data handling, bias and fairness, security and abuse prevention,
Historical notes: early conversational agents such as ELIZA and ALICE laid groundwork for bot design, while