How can I get my bot to ignore conversation until it is addressed directly?

Question

I want to add my bot to a Slack channel. But I want it to ignore conversation until it is addressed directly, e.g.:

me: hi!
me: hi!
me: @bot hi!
bot: why hello t         


        

Answer 1

A quick solution could be the following:

bot.dialog('/', [
  function(session, params) {
    if(session.message.text.includes('@bot')) {
      // ... start the conversation's flow
    }
  }
]);

Hope it helps!