amend update of default slot

rasa/cdu/command_generator/command_prompt_template.jinja2

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Based on this information generate a list of actions you want to take. Your job
 * Responding to a non-task-oriented user message, described by "ChitChat()".
 * Responding to a user message that requires additional knowledge from a knowledge database, described by "KnowledgeAnswer()"
 * Handing off to a human, in case the user seems frustrated or explicitly asks to speak to one, described by "HumanHandoff()".
-* Updating a user profile with information from the user message, described by "UpdateUserProfile()".
+* Updating a user profile with metadata about the user message, described by "UpdateUserProfile(metadata=metadata)". Metadata should be a dictionary of key-value pairs, e.g. {"sentiment": "frustrated", "time_of_day": "2021-07-03 16:21:12.357246"}.
 
 ===
 Write out the actions you want to take, one per line, in the order they should take place.

rasa/cdu/command_processor.py

@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ def execute_commands(
             )
         elif isinstance(command, UpdateUserProfileCommand):
             structlogger.debug("command_executor.update_user_profile", command=command)
+            events.append(SlotSet("metadata", command.metadata))
             flow_stack.push(
                 FlowStackFrame(
                     flow_id=FLOW_PATTERN_UPDATE_USER_PROFILE_ID,

rasa/cdu/commands.py

@@ -137,3 +137,4 @@ class UpdateUserProfileCommand(Command):
     """A command to indicate that the bot should update the user profile."""
 
     command: str = "update user profile"
+    metadata: Dict[str, Any] = None

rasa/core/actions/action.py

@@ -1437,6 +1437,10 @@ def run(
         if user_profile_slot is None:
             user_profile_slot = {}
 
-        # set user profile properties
+        metadata = tracker.get_slot("metadata")
 
-        return [SetSlot("user_profile", user_profile_slot)]
+        if metadata is not None:
+            for key, value in metadata.items():
+                user_profile_slot[key] = value
+
+        return [SlotSet("user_profile", user_profile_slot)]

rasa/shared/core/domain.py

@@ -953,6 +953,7 @@ def _add_default_slots(self) -> None:
         """Sets up the default slots and slot values for the domain."""
         self._add_requested_slot()
         self._add_flow_slots()
+        self._add_user_profile_slot()
         self._add_knowledge_base_slots()
         self._add_categorical_slot_default_value()
         self._add_session_metadata_slot()
@@ -993,12 +994,14 @@ def _add_flow_slots(self) -> None:
 
     def _add_user_profile_slot(self) -> None:
         """Add a slot called `user_profile_slot` to the list of slots."""
-        if "user_profile" not in [slot.name for slot in self.slots]:
-            self.slots.append(
-                AnySlot(
-                    "user_profile", mappings=[], influence_conversation=False
+        user_profile_slots = ["user_profile", "metadata"]
+        existing_domain_slots = [slot.name for slot in self.slots]
+
+        for slot in user_profile_slots:
+            if slot not in existing_domain_slots:
+                self.slots.append(
+                    AnySlot(slot, mappings=[], influence_conversation=False)
                 )
-            )
 
     def _add_requested_slot(self) -> None:
         """Add a slot called `requested_slot` to the list of slots.