Not able to access skill which is an existing SDK v4 bot from the virtual assistant

[Basavarajsk]

I converted the existing SDK v4 bot to skill which is in node js. Connected this bot to virtual assistant using localManifest.
When i tried to contact this skill from the virtual assistant, skill is not getting any request from the VA. I could see in VA it triggered the skill dailog.

[darrenj]

Hi,

Can you provide some more information as to your scenario?

• Are you using a C# based Virtual Assistant or Typescript
• Skill is in nodeJS/Typescript?
• Did you add the Skill to your VA bot using the botskills tool?
• When using the emulator to talk to VA, when you try to trigger the Skill do you see any messages/warnings in the debug pane?
• Any exceptions in AppInsights you can see?

[Basavarajsk]

Hi,
Below are the information.

• My virtual assistant is Typescript

• Skill is in nodejs. Converted the existing SDK v4 bot as skill.

• Added skill to VA bot using localManifest, as I am getting an error 404 source not found with remotemanifest. Below is the command I am using for remote manifest connection
  botskills connect --botName "zbrvirtualassistantbot" --remoteManifest "https://testsdk4skill.azurewebsites.net/api/skill/manifest" --ts

• No I am not getting an warnings or errors but bot is posting typing activity only.

• Yes, I could see below exceptions in skill's appInsights

1. TypeError:
   at CustomSkillAdapter.processActivity (at CustomSkillAdapter.processActivity (D:\home\site\wwwroot\node_modules\botbuilder-skills\lib\http\skillHttpBotAdapter.js:55:30)at CustomSkillAdapter.processActivity (D:\home\site\wwwroot\node_modules\botbuilder-skills\lib\http\skillHttpBotAdapter.js:55:30): D:\home\site\wwwroot\node_modules\botbuilder-skills\lib\http\skillHttpBotAdapter.jsat CustomSkillAdapter.processActivity (D:\home\site\wwwroot\node_modules\botbuilder-skills\lib\http\skillHttpBotAdapter.js:55:30): 55)
   at SkillHttpAdapter.processActivity (at SkillHttpAdapter.processActivity (D:\home\site\wwwroot\node_modules\botbuilder-skills\lib\http\skillHttpAdapter.js:41:54)at SkillHttpAdapter.processActivity (D:\home\site\wwwroot\node_modules\botbuilder-skills\lib\http\skillHttpAdapter.js:41:54): D:\home\site\wwwroot\node_modules\botbuilder-skills\lib\http\skillHttpAdapter.jsat SkillHttpAdapter.processActivity (D:\home\site\wwwroot\node_modules\botbuilder-skills\lib\http\skillHttpAdapter.js:41:54): 41)
   at process._tickCallback (at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7): internal/process/next_tick.jsat process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7): 68)

2. Microsoft.Bot.Schema.BotException:
   at Microsoft.Bot.ChannelConnector.BotAPI+d__31.MoveNext (Microsoft.Bot.Base.ChannelConnector, Version=3.2.3.3, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)
   Inner exception System.Exception handled at Microsoft.Bot.ChannelConnector.BotAPI+d__31.MoveNext:
   at Microsoft.Bot.ChannelConnector.BotAPI.ThrowOnFailedStatusCode (Microsoft.Bot.Base.ChannelConnector, Version=3.2.3.3, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)
   at Microsoft.Bot.ChannelConnector.BotAPI+d__31.MoveNext (Microsoft.Bot.Base.ChannelConnector, Version=3.2.3.3, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)

[dfavretto]

Hi @Basavarajsk,

First of all, we would like to understand the reason of the error using botskills tool. The tool is getting an error 404 and that's because your remoteManifest doesn't exist or the tool can't reach to it.
• Are you using the latest version (v1.0.7) of the botskills tool?
• Can you execute again the connect command with --verbose argument and send us the output of the process?

About the connection of the Virtual Assistant and the Skill using localManifest:
• Can you check if the connection was successful? You can check this by seeing if the Virtual Assistant's Dispatch contains your skill information, like the path to your Skill's LU file.
• As @darrenj asked, when sending a message in the Bot Framework Emulator, do you see the following message in the lateral pane of the emulator?

--> Forwarding your utterance to the <YOUR_SKILL_NAME> skill.

[Basavarajsk]

Hi @dfavretto,

• PFA

• Yes, i can see the my skill utterances in dispatcher module of the VA.

• Yes I can see the message as "Handing off to the <SKILL_NAME> skill.

[Batta32]

Hi @Basavarajsk,

The manifest that you are providing to the botskills tool is a resource that the tool cannot find. Please, check that your remote manifest is available, valid and if the index file of your skill contains the endpoint of /api/skill/manifest like the ones that are generated using the generator-botbuilder-assistant or the sample-skill

Regarding to the connection of the skill to the assistant, can you try to connect the sample-skill of the repo, and test the connection between them? So we can narrow the possible issues to the Skill, discarding any other possibilities.

[darrenj]

@Basavarajsk Any update on this?

[darrenj]

PR for the JS StreamingExtensions library is here FYI: microsoft/botbuilder-js#1081

[darrenj]

Work is tracked here and targeting next release. Please keep an eye on the issue and we'll point at daily builds when available.