The Bot Framework team has been working on consolidating the command line interface toolset for managing bots. The new tool, BF provides a one-stop tool that embeds the functionality of the old tools collection.
The new tool is designed based on JavaScript OClif Framework.
The principles guiding the tool include:
- Unified and consistent user interface across all command groups
- Common utilities library
- Instrumentation to collect anonymous usage statistics to help prioritize investment areas (Optional user Opt-in, disabled by default)
- High quality bar in all releases by embedded testing in nightly builds
- Extensible plug-in architecture for future tools
Commands invoked by BF [New Command] as follows:
| New Command | Old Tool(s) | Release Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| chatdown | Chatdown | 10/30/19 | GA |
| qnamaker | QnAMaker | 10/30/19 | GA |
| luis/qnamaker:convert, luis/qnamaker:translate | LuDown | 10/30/19 | GA |
| luis:generate | LuisGen | 10/30/19 | GA |
| luis:application, endpoints, train, version | LUIS (api) | 12/18/19 | GA |
| luis:build | N/A | 3/16/20 | GA |
| lg | MSLG | 5/19/20 | GA |
| dialog | N/A | 5/19/20 | GA |
| <In Design> | Dispatch | TBD | TBD |
Legacy tools shall be maintained for an extended period past the deprecation message in the tool, typically spanning 2 release cycles in order to support easy transition to the new bf cli.
See Tool Lifetime Support Policy for detailed timeline.
- BF CLI main page
- Tool Lifetime Support Policy