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Tutorial: Create (typescript)

Run your assistant

After deployment, you can run and test your Virtual Assistant project using these steps:

  1. Open the generated assistant in your desired IDE (e.g Visual Studio Code).
  2. Run npm run start.
  3. Open the Bot Framework Emulator.
  4. Select Open Bot.

  5. Provide the messaging endpoint of your running bot (e.g: http://localhost:3979/api/messages).
  6. Provide the Microsoft App ID and Microsoft App Password values from your appsettings.json file.

  7. Congratulations, you’ve built and run your first Virtual Assistant!