Generating Conversational Interfaces Based on Metadata

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• retrieving, from persistent storage, a particular query in an ordered set of queries, wherein the queries are respectively associated with textual prompts, visibility indicators, definitions of answer formats, and zero or more dependencies on other queries in the ordered set of queries;
• determining that the particular query has a particular dependency on a previous query;
• based on a previous answer provided for the previous query, modifying a textual prompt of the particular query, a visibility indicator of the particular query, or a definition of an answer format of the particular query;
• determining that the visibility indicator specifies that the particular query is visible;
• providing, by way of a conversational interface, the textual prompt;
• receiving, by way of the conversational interface, an input in response to the textual prompt;
• verifying that the input matches the definition of the answer format;
• and
• storing, in the persistent storage, the input.

An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

• retrieving, from persistent storage, a particular query in an ordered set of queries, wherein the queries are respectively associated with textual prompts, visibility indicators, definitions of answer formats, and zero or more dependencies on other queries in the ordered set of queries;
• determining that the particular query has a particular dependency on a previous query;
• based on a previous answer provided for the previous query, modifying a textual prompt of the particular query, a visibility indicator of the particular query, or a definition of an answer format of the particular query;
• determining that the visibility indicator specifies that the particular query is visible;
• providing, by way of a conversational interface, the textual prompt;
• receiving, by way of the conversational interface, an input in response to the textual prompt;
• verifying that the input matches the definition of the answer format;
• and
• storing, in the persistent storage, the input.