Hi everyone 👋
I'm Mani, a Product Manager based in Dubai. I'm working on an exciting AI project for our organization and looking for technical guidance or collaborators.
🤖 The Idea: An HR AI Bot on Microsoft Teams
Here's the concept:
- Employees open Microsoft Teams and chat with an AI-powered HR assistant
- The bot answers HR policy questions in natural language (leave policy, travel allowance, working hours, etc.)
- It also connects to our HRMS platform (ZingHR) to fetch live personal data like leave balance, payslips, and attendance
- Authentication happens through Azure Active Directory so the bot knows who is asking
🛠️ Planned Tech Stack:
- Microsoft Azure Bot Service (Teams integration)
- OpenAI GPT-4 or Claude API (the AI brain)
- RAG pipeline for HR policy PDFs (Azure AI Search or LlamaIndex)
- ZingHR API for live employee data
- Python for the backend logic
📌 Where I am right now:
- The concept and architecture are defined
- Phase 1 is policy-only (no live HRMS data), just to prove the concept
- Phase 2 adds ZingHR live data
🙋 What I need help with:
- Anyone who has built a Teams bot with Azure Bot Framework
- Experience with RAG pipelines on HR documents
- HRMS API integration (ZingHR or similar platforms)
- General advice on what pitfalls to avoid
I'm not a developer myself, but I understand the architecture well. I'm happy to collaborate, share learnings, or just get pointed in the right direction.
Has anyone built something similar? Would love to hear your experience. 🙏
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