Run Dexter, Inc. Blog So the website says to the bot, “Let’s play!”

Photo by Possessed Photography on UnsplashCreativity and fun always win. No one engages with boring content unless forced, and no one champions non-critical technology they don’t enjoy. At Dexter, we learned early and well that the only successful bot is one that delights and surprises its users. Our most successful in-house creations have always been infused with as much creativity as we can muster. From cocktail makers to adventure games to bad joke finders, fun always wins.We want you to flex your creativity with Dexter bots in any way possible. Today we’re launching a new tool to expand your horizons even further: the Dexter Interactive library. You can now bring your conversations out of their corner and into the whole of your websiteOne of the major limitations of bots is that they live in a safe little bubble that doesn’t have much to do with everything else around them. What if you could let a user browse your site from your bot? Or highlight something on the screen as you explain how it works? Maybe make that Space Quest reboot you’ve always wanted? Dexter Interactive is here to help.The library is open source and well documented. Getting started is as easy as replacing your existing bot snippet with:<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@rundexter/dexter-interactive/dist/dexter-interactive.min.js"></script><script>dexterInteractive.createInteractiveConfig({ handlers: [] , dexterSettings: { botId: '' // Example: AABBCC123123 , botTitle: '' // Example: My Best Botty , baseURL: 'https://bots.rundexter.com' , url: 'https://rundexter.com/webwidget-beta' }})</script>Fill in your bot ID and title, hook up a few ways you want to handle messages, and you’re done! You can react to either the actual text of a message or take advantage of the new ^metadata() tag to pass along specific cues:+ hi- ^metadata({"action": "hello"}) Hi there!You’d react to the above like so:handler: [ { metaPath: '0.action', meta: 'hello' , onMatch: () => console.log('User said hi') }]There’s some great examples for you to check out, with more to come. We can’t wait to see what you make!So the website says to the bot, “Let’s play!” was originally published in Run Dexter on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.