From 8561174cb2ad241653f123a7c34bdd257e8e5381 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mikaela Suomalainen Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 21:39:31 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] pages: rewrite bot.markdown --- pages/bot.markdown | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/pages/bot.markdown b/pages/bot.markdown index 40266ba..ed30975 100644 --- a/pages/bot.markdown +++ b/pages/bot.markdown @@ -3,19 +3,41 @@ layout: page permalink: /bot.html --- -This page tells a little about my IRC bot. Please see also -[channel rules.](channel.html) +*Please read also [rules of my channels.](https://mikaela.info/channel.html)* * [Web interface](https://bot.mikaela.info) * [Plugin documentation](https://bot.mikaela.info/plugindoc/) -The bot might or might not reply to you as it can be configured to +The bot doesn't allow people to register by themselves and it might be -* reply only to identified users -* configured to not reply on the channel -* configured to reply only owner +configured to A) only reply to identified users B) not reply on certain +channel to anyone C) reply only to owner at certain channel. This might +change without notice. + +Currently only ops on the channels it's on are registered and should be +identified by their nickserv account. + +List of the channels where the bot is on can be seen with /whois. However +this list doesn't include secret/private channels (mode +sp). The bot can also be requested to join other channels, but I reserve the right to not join it anywhere or to not register specific channel ops -to the bot. It doesn't have open registration. The bot should also have -it's channel list visible in whois. +to the bot. It doesn't have open registration. + +Do you have an account, but you aren't identified? As you are ignored +unless you are identified, you can trigger message on the IRCd including +your NickServ account by using one of the following methods: + +* `/cycle` so extended-join sends your account name to the bot. +* `/kick` so the bot will automatically rejoin and send whox requests to + the channel receiving your NickServ account. + +## What does the bot do? + +Currently the bot is primarily spamming my channel with new items in some +RSS feeds. You can find list of the feeds added to the bot at +[the web documentation for RSS plugin](https://bot.mikaela.info/plugindoc/RSS/), +but listing the feeds automatically announced on the channel isn't +possible [yet](https://github.com/ProgVal/Limnoria/issues/1085). + +It's also protecting channels from spam using the [AttackProtector plugin.](https://github.com/ProgVal/Supybot-plugins/tree/master/AttackProtector)