1. First of all login to the IBM Cloud. After the login dashboard is launched. On dashboard all the

## Creating a Skill using Watson Assistant or Creating a Chatbot

1. First of all login to the IBM Cloud. After the login dashboard is launched. On dashboard all the created resources will be displayed. 
  
 
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2. To create a chatbot on IBM cloud we require Watson Assistant service. All the available resources on the cloud are found under the   catalog section. Open Catalog.Under categories select AI and in that Watson Assistant service is found.
 
 
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 3. Click open the Watson Assistant service. Select the region, pricing plan and give a name to the service and click on Create.
  
 
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 It's showing me a warning because i have already created a lite account service.
 
 
 4. On launch page click on Launch Watson Assistant
  
 
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 5. Assistant page is launched.On the left pane click on Skills.
 
 
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 6. On the launch page click on Create Skill. Select the skill type to be Dialog Skill and click on Next.
     
 
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 8. .Skill can be created in 3 different ways. Select Create Skill tab and give a name to your skill (also optionally description) of the skill and click on Create a Dialog Skill.
 
 
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 9. You can create Intents,Entities and Dialog. and Click on Try it on the right side of the screen and check try giving the greetings and check the response.
   
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 10. From the left pane click on Assistants. Click on Create Assistant. Give a name to the assistant and click on Create Assistant. On the launch page under Dialog click. Add dialog skill. Under Add existing skill click on the previously created skill. Under my case it's Restaurant Bot
  
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 12. Under saved integrations click Preview Link. Click on the link on the launch page, give a name to the integration and save the changes.
 
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 13. Test the bot with the preview given by IBM.
     
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   So, Your chatbot is created. You can integrate the bot with any other third party services or html pages.