🤖 Simple Rule-Based Chatbot

📌 Project Overview

The Simple Rule-Based Chatbot is a Python-based conversational application that uses pattern matching and predefined rules to interact with users. It can respond to greetings, small talk, help requests, and AI-related questions through a keyword-based knowledge base. The chatbot runs in the console and stores conversation history for future reference.

✨ Features

• Interactive console-based chatbot
• Greeting and farewell responses
• Small talk support
• Pattern matching using keywords
• Answers to AI-related questions
• Conversation history logging
• Easy to customize and extend

🛠️ Technologies Used

• Python
• Random Module

📂 Project Structure

Simple_Rule_Based_Chatbot/
│── chatbot.py
│── README.md
│── .gitignore
│── screenshots/

🚀 How to Run

1. Clone the repository.
2. Open the project folder.
3. Run the following command:

python chatbot.py

💬 Sample Interaction

You: Hello
Bot: Hi! Nice to meet you.

You: Explain machine learning
Bot: Machine Learning is a branch of Artificial Intelligence that enables computers to learn from data without being explicitly programmed.

You: What is Python?
Bot: Python is a popular programming language used for AI, Machine Learning, Web Development, Data Science, and Automation.

You: Exit
Bot: Goodbye! Have a nice day.

📖 Learning Outcomes

• Understanding rule-based chatbot design
• Implementing pattern matching in Python
• Working with conditional statements and loops
• Creating an interactive console application
• Managing conversation logs

👩‍💻 Author

Poojitha Dharshanapu