How to implement Guard Rails
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I am very easily able to get the web voice ai agent to forget their role they are playing (interview agent) and start answer unrelated questions if i ask the agent to "forget the interview for a moment". How do i implement guard rails?
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@Suri To implement guard rails for your web voice AI agent to maintain its role during an interview, you can follow these steps: 1. **Context Management**: Ensure that your agent maintains a context of the current session. This context should include the role the agent is playing and the purpose of the interaction. 2. **Intent Recognition**: Improve the intent recognition system to distinguish between questions related to the interview and unrelated questions. The agent should recognize when a question is trying to divert it from its role. 3. **Response Rules**: Define response rules that guide the agent on how to handle off-topic questions. For example, the agent can acknowledge the question but gently steer the conversation back to the interview. 4. **Fallback Responses**: Create fallback responses for when the agent detects an attempt to divert the conversation. These responses can remind the user of the agent's current role and the goal of the interaction. 5. **Training**: Continuously train your AI model with scenarios where the agent's role is challenged, to improve its ability to stay on track. 6. **User Feedback**: Implement a feedback loop where users can report when the agent goes off-topic, allowing you to refine the guard rails further. 7. **Monitoring**: Regularly monitor interactions to identify patterns where the agent is led astray and adjust your guard rails accordingly. If you need assistance with specific implementation details or have further questions, please let me know!
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how do i actually do training? when you say continuously train your AI model with scenarios @Vapi
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@Suri Training your AI model involves several steps, which typically include: 1. **Data Collection**: Gather a diverse dataset that includes many examples of both on-topic and off-topic interactions. This dataset should reflect the various ways users might try to divert the conversation. 2. **Data Annotation**: Label your dataset with the correct intents and roles. For example, mark which parts of the conversation are related to the interview and which are not. 3. **Model Selection**: Choose an appropriate machine learning model for intent recognition. This could be a pre-trained model that you fine-tune or a model that you build from scratch. 4. **Model Training**: Use the labeled dataset to train your model. This involves feeding the data into the model so it can learn to recognize the patterns associated with different intents. 5. **Evaluation**: Test the model's performance on a separate validation dataset to ensure it accurately identifies when the conversation is going off-topic. 6. **Iteration**: Based on the evaluation, make adjustments to the model or the training data. This might involve adding more examples, tweaking the model architecture, or adjusting the training parameters. 7. **Deployment**: Once the model performs well on the validation dataset, deploy it to work with your voice AI agent. 8. **Monitoring and Updating**: After deployment, continue to monitor the agent's performance and collect new data. Use this data to retrain the model periodically to adapt to new user behaviors and improve its accuracy. If you're using a specific platform or tool for your voice AI, they may provide tools and documentation on how to train your model within their ecosystem. If you need more detailed guidance on the training process or tools, please let me know!
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you mentioned this: Context Management: Ensure that your agent maintains a context of the current session. This context should include the role the agent is playing and the purpose of the interaction. how do i do this specifically? @Vapi
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@Suri Usually, these guard rails are implemented through prompting
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@Suri checking if this is resolved for you?
Because of no response closing this ticket.
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