Chio | Devpost

Inspiration

We wanted to build something with lots of potential for growth. Even after where we are with it at the end of Hack the North, the possibilities for future features are endless. We also wanted to build something that everyone can make use out of.

What it does

greetings (Hello, !) answers questions with google searches (who is Kanye West?) reminders (remind me to brush my teeth at 10am) recommends restaurants (find restaurants near 25 Brant st. Toronto) gets you Uber rides (I need an uber to 25 Brant st. Toronto)

How we built it

created Facebook page
used Facebook API to send messages back
used wit.ai for the parsing, neuro-linguistic programming and machine learning of messages being sent to page
used Google API to answer questions with Google Searches
set scheduled events that trigger reminder messages for reminders
used Yelp API to recommend restaurants
used Uber API to order rides

Challenges we ran into

Uber API (authentication)
Facebook (had to create new page to message to because Facebook flagged us because of the amount of messages our page was receiving and we could no longer receive messages back)
integrating many APIs
training our bot (with wit.ai)
not having a front end for our application that we didn't have control over

What's next for Chio

We’re going to continue to use wit.ai to increase its number of intents (things it can do) and validating messages so that Chio can continue to learn!