Techniques for messaging bot app interactions

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor circuit on a device;
• a user interface component operative on the processor circuit to receive a messaging bot invocation in a message thread display on a client device;
• invoke a messaging bot interaction user interface on the client device in combination with the message thread display in response to the messaging bot invocation;
• receive a messaging bot interaction command via the messaging bot interaction user interface;
• and display a messaging bot interaction response in the message thread display;
• and
• a client messaging component operative on the processor circuit to transmit the messaging bot interaction command from the client device to a messaging system;
• and
• receive the messaging bot interaction response from the messaging system at the client device.

At least one computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:

• receive a messaging bot invocation in a message thread display on a client device, the message thread display associated with a message thread with a messaging system, the message thread associated with two or more individual users of the messaging system;
• invoke a messaging bot interaction user interface on the client device in combination with the message thread display in response to the messaging bot invocation;
• receive a messaging bot interaction command via the messaging bot interaction user interface;
• transmit the messaging bot interaction command from the client device to the messaging system;
• receive a messaging bot interaction response from the messaging system at the client device;
• display the messaging bot interaction response in the message thread display.