CHATBOT FEATURES ON WEBSITES USING DIALOGFLOW FRAMEWORK WITH RULE-BASED METHOD

A chatbot is an artificial intelligence (AI) technology that can mimic human conversation in the form of text or voice messages through a website, or mobile application. Chatbots are widely used to facilitate communication, such as finding information, or services. In this research, the difficulty of accessing information in obtaining answers to questions asked by the public, as well as taking too long for the admin to reply when providing information to people who ask questions related to information about the topic raised, is an initial problem that will be solved in this research. Chatbot is a solution that can overcome the above problems, chatbot itself is designed to help food license applicant services on the website of the Semarang City Health Office in the field of Pharmacy and Perbekes. By utilizing the Dialogflow framework, this chatbot will use the Rule-Based method because in this development, the Rule-Based method can adjust common questions and answers that are often asked by the public, and can also be changed and even expanded to manage conversations without experiencing much difficulty in changing them that follow questions that are often asked over time. The system consists of agents, intentions, and training phrases that will be trained to understand various questions and provide relevant responses. This chatbot development aims to improve the efficiency of food licensing services, reduce applicant waiting time, and provide accurate and easily accessible information. The test results in this development are on a chatbot system that can run well, and is able to understand various kinds of questions related to food licensing, and provide appropriate responses in accordance with the predetermined intent. In addition, an evaluation of the level of user satisfaction will be carried out to measure the success of this system. This chatbot can improve the quality of public services in the field of food licensing and provide convenience for the public in processing licenses.