From 87936094dd53188dc765df25f5d830c24f6d0000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacob Dubin <jacob.dubin@transcendentsoftware.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:26:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] try and get it to invoke the skillId properly

---
 .../Services/ResponsePlanToSocketMessagesMapper.cs             | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/OpenJibo/src/Jibo.Cloud/dotnet/src/Jibo.Cloud.Application/Services/ResponsePlanToSocketMessagesMapper.cs b/OpenJibo/src/Jibo.Cloud/dotnet/src/Jibo.Cloud.Application/Services/ResponsePlanToSocketMessagesMapper.cs
index d878e22..9f15821 100644
--- a/OpenJibo/src/Jibo.Cloud/dotnet/src/Jibo.Cloud.Application/Services/ResponsePlanToSocketMessagesMapper.cs
+++ b/OpenJibo/src/Jibo.Cloud/dotnet/src/Jibo.Cloud.Application/Services/ResponsePlanToSocketMessagesMapper.cs
@@ -305,7 +305,8 @@ public sealed class ResponsePlanToSocketMessagesMapper
         var isJoke = string.Equals(plan.IntentName, "joke", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
                      string.Equals(skill?.SkillName, "@be/joke", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
         var isDance = string.Equals(plan.IntentName, "dance", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-        var skillId = ReadPayloadString(skillPayload, "skillId") ?? (isJoke ? "@be/joke" : skill?.SkillName ?? "chitchat-skill");
+        var payloadSkill = ReadPayloadString(skillPayload, "skillId");
+        var skillId = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(payloadSkill) ? isJoke ? "@be/joke" : skill?.SkillName ?? "chitchat-skill" : payloadSkill;
         var esml = ReadPayloadString(skillPayload, "esml") ?? (isDance
             ? "<speak>Okay.<break size='0.2'/> Watch this.<anim cat='dance' filter='music, rom-upbeat' /></speak>"
             : isJoke