Modbender Skill Library MCP Dialogflow Cx Nlu

name: dialogflow-cx-nlu description: Manage intents and entity types in Google Dialogflow CX via REST API. Use for creating, updating, and managing natural language understanding components. Supports v3beta1 API.

Dialogflow CX NLU

Manage intents and entity types in Google Dialogflow CX via REST API for natural language understanding.

Prerequisites

• Google Cloud project with Dialogflow CX API enabled
• Service account or OAuth credentials with Dialogflow API access
• gcloud CLI authenticated OR bearer token

Authentication

Option 1: gcloud CLI (recommended)

gcloud auth application-default login
TOKEN=$(gcloud auth print-access-token)

Option 2: Service Account

export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="/path/to/service-account.json"
TOKEN=$(gcloud auth application-default print-access-token)

API Base URL

https://dialogflow.googleapis.com/v3beta1

Regional endpoints available:

• https://{region}-dialogflow.googleapis.com (e.g., us-central1, europe-west1)

Common Operations

List Intents

curl -X GET \
  "https://dialogflow.googleapis.com/v3beta1/projects/${PROJECT_ID}/locations/${LOCATION}/agents/${AGENT_ID}/intents" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}"

Create Intent

curl -X POST \
  "https://dialogflow.googleapis.com/v3beta1/projects/${PROJECT_ID}/locations/${LOCATION}/agents/${AGENT_ID}/intents" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "displayName": "Book Flight",
    "trainingPhrases": [
      {
        "parts": [{"text": "I want to book a flight"}],
        "repeatCount": 1
      }
    ]
  }'

List Entity Types

curl -X GET \
  "https://dialogflow.googleapis.com/v3beta1/projects/${PROJECT_ID}/locations/${LOCATION}/agents/${AGENT_ID}/entityTypes" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}"

Create Entity Type

curl -X POST \
  "https://dialogflow.googleapis.com/v3beta1/projects/${PROJECT_ID}/locations/${LOCATION}/agents/${AGENT_ID}/entityTypes" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "displayName": "Cities",
    "kind": "KIND_LIST",
    "entities": [
      {"value": "New York"},
      {"value": "Los Angeles"}
    ]
  }'

Key Resources

Quick Reference

For detailed API reference:

• Intents: See references/intents.md
• Entity Types: See references/entities.md

Scripts

• scripts/nlu.py — CLI wrapper for intents and entity types operations

Usage

python scripts/nlu.py list-intents --agent AGENT_NAME
python scripts/nlu.py create-intent --agent AGENT_NAME --intent "Book Flight" --phrases "book a flight,I want to fly"
python scripts/nlu.py list-entities --agent AGENT_NAME
python scripts/nlu.py create-entity --agent AGENT_NAME --name "Cities" --values "New York,Los Angeles"

Tips

• Use training phrases that cover various ways users might express the intent
• Entity types can be system (built-in) or custom
• Use KIND_MAP for entities with synonyms, KIND_LIST for simple lists

Source: modbender/skill-library-mcp — distributed by TomeVault.