Building Your First AI Chatbot with Guardrails A step-by-step tutorial for developers who want AI assistance WITHOUT the autonomous chaos. Build a customer support bot in 4 hours with full understanding of every line. What We're Building A customer support chatbot that can: Handle FAQ responses Create support tickets Check order status Escalate to humans when needed Tech Stack: Node.js + Express + AYW Platform Prerequisites Basic JavaScript knowledge Node.js installed AYW beta account (sign up at ayw.platform/signup ) Step 1: Project Setup (15 mins) Instead of letting AI "just build it," let's start with decisions: // AYW Generated + Human Approved // File: package.json // Why this stack: Express for REST API, AYW SDK for AI assistance // Security: helmet for headers, cors with whitelist // Approved by: [your-name] at 2026-04-29 { " name " : " ayw-support-bot " , " version " : " 1.0.0 " , " dependencies " : { " express " : " ^4.18.2 " , " helmet " : " ^7.0.0 " , " cors " : " ^2.8.5 " , " express-validator "…