Cognitive message response assistant

A computer program product for cognitive message response, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage devices and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage devices, the stored program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive an electronic message from a message initiator;
• program instructions to create a custom knowledge base associated with a recipient of the electronic message;
• program instructions to determine whether the recipient is available to respond to the received electronic message;
• responsive to determining the recipient is not available to respond to the received electronic message, program instructions to determine a status of the recipient based on the custom knowledge base associated with the recipient and one or more types of unstructured data;
• program instructions to determine a status of the message initiator;
• based, at least in part, on the received electronic message, program instructions to determine a content of the electronic message;
• based, at least in part, on the status of the recipient, the status of the initiator, and the content of the electronic message, program instructions to predict a response of the recipient to the received electronic message;
• program instructions to create a response to the received electronic message based on the predicted response;
• and
• program instructions to transmit the response to the message initiator.

A computer system for cognitive message response, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer readable storage devices;
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the stored program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive an electronic message from a message initiator;
• program instructions to create a custom knowledge base associated with a recipient of the electronic message;
• program instructions to determine whether the recipient is available to respond to the received electronic message;
• responsive to determining the recipient is not available to respond to the received electronic message, program instructions to determine a status of the recipient based on the custom knowledge base associated with the recipient and one or more types of unstructured data;
• program instructions to determine a status of the message initiator;
• based, at least in part, on the received electronic message, program instructions to determine a content of the electronic message;
• based, at least in part, on the status of the recipient, the status of the initiator, and the content of the electronic message, program instructions to predict a response of the recipient to the received electronic message;
• program instructions to create a response to the received electronic message based on the predicted response;
• and
• program instructions to transmit the response to the message initiator.