System and method for visually searching and debugging conversational agents of electronic devices

Embodiments of the inventive system and methods are directed to a computer program that employs a drag-and-drop user interface for debugging dialogue states, tracking dialogue context, understanding dialogue utterances, and managing dialogue sessions of a conversational agent. Each dialogue element is defined in a "node" that can be dragged and dropped into a canvas of the user interface. A debugging window allows a user to visually debug and/or search the code associated with each dialogue element as well as execute each dialogue element of the conversational agent in sequence at a pace that is suitable to the user.