---
title: "End-to-End Bot Development Workflow Infographic"
author: Stephan Bisser
canonical: https://bisser.io/end-to-end-bot-development-workflow-infographic/
date: 2018-11-06
tags: [AI, Bot Framework]
description: "End-to-End Bot Development Workflow Infographic"
status: legacy
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link to the post.
---


Developing bots can be a lot of work for those of you, who may not know which tools Microsoft offers for the various bot development stages. Fortunately, Microsoft released an [article](https://github.com/Microsoft/botbuilder-tools/blob/master/tools-overview.md) which contains the various tools for the following phases in your end-to-end bot development workflow. The following phases need to be gone through combined with the correct toolset supporting your successful bot development project:

* **Plan**
  * Plan your bot's conversations and dialogs
  * Take a look at the [principles of bot design](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-design-principles?WT.mc_id=AI-MVP-5003073)
  * Use [Chatdown](https://github.com/Microsoft/botbuilder-tools/blob/master/tools-overview.md#create-mock-conversations-using-chatdown) to mock conversations before you actually start coding
* **Build**
  * Use [Ludown](https://github.com/Microsoft/botbuilder-tools/blob/master/tools-overview.md#bootstrap-language-understanding-with-ludown) to bootstrap Language Understanding
  * Use [MSBot](https://github.com/Microsoft/botbuilder-tools/blob/master/tools-overview.md#keep-track-of-service-references-using-bot-file) to keep track of service references
  * Use [LUIS CLI](https://github.com/Microsoft/botbuilder-tools/blob/master/tools-overview.md#create-and-manage-luis-applications-using-luis-cli) to create and manage LUIS applications
  * Use [QnA Maker CLI](https://github.com/Microsoft/botbuilder-tools/blob/master/tools-overview.md#create-qna-maker-kb-using-qna-maker-cli) to create QnA Maker knowledgebases
  * Use [Dispatch CLI](https://github.com/Microsoft/botbuilder-tools/blob/master/tools-overview.md#create-dipsatch-model-using-dispatch-cli) to create your own dipsatch models
* **Test**
  * Use the [Bot Framework Emulator V4](https://github.com/Microsoft/BotFramework-Emulator/releases) for testing your bot
* **Publish**
  * Use the [Azure CLI](https://github.com/Microsoft/botbuilder-tools/tree/master/AzureCli) to create, download and publish your locally built bots to the Azure Bot Service
* **Connect**
  * Use the [Azure CLI](https://github.com/Microsoft/botbuilder-tools/tree/master/AzureCli) to connect your bot to the various Azure Bot Service channels
* **Evaluate**
  * Use the [Azure Portal](https://portal.azure.com) to improve the bot's capabilities and performance
  * Use [Application Insights](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-manage-analytics?WT.mc_id=AI-MVP-5003073) to gain conversation-level reporting on user, message and channel data

{{< figure src="/images/Cloudguy_End-to-End_Bot_Development_Workflow.webp" >}}

The full image can be downloaded here: [End-to-End Bot Development Workflow](https://cloudguy.blob.core.windows.net/resources/infographics/Cloudguy_End-to-End_Bot_Development_Workflow.webp)

Feel free to use it for internal use in your presentations or documents. The only point I ask you to do is to credit me and link this article to your documents where you use it. Please do not sell this as your own 😉