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permalink: /bot.html
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excerpt: "A little about my IRC bot. Useful links, why it doesn't reply to me, how to make it recognize me, what does it actually do?"
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---
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*Please read also [rules of my channels.](https://mikaela.info/channel.html)*
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* [Web interface](https://bot.mikaela.info)
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* [Plugin documentation](https://bot.mikaela.info/plugindoc/)
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## Limnoria
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My bot is [Limnoria] which is currently the most popular [Supybot] fork
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that is still under active development and it has merged in features of
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another popular fork, [Gribble].
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My role with [Limnoria] was Finnish translator and IRC support and I also
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made minor changes to make some default configuration variables more sane.
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Most of documentation since [Supybot] and before my leaving are also
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written by me.
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* [Blog: Leaving Limnoria]({% post_url 2015-03-25-leaving-bots-life %})
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* [Blog: My background on Limnoria]({% post_url 2015-05-18-life-bot-background %})
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[Supybot]:https://github.com/Supybot/Supybot
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[Limnoria]:https://github.com/ProgVal/Limnoria
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[Gribble]:https://github.com/nanotube/supybot_fixes
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## Usage
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### Quick start
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Use `list` command to get list of plugins, `list <plugin>` to get list of
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commands in plugin, `help <plugin> <command>` to get usage instructions
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for \<command\> in \<plugin\>.`
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If the bot tells you `(X more messages)`, use the `more` command to see
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more output.
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There are also default plugins which means that when you use only
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`<command>` the command is automatically understood as `<plugin> <command>`
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for example `tell` is configured to be `later tell` which tells text
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to nick next time it's seen. If `command` exists only in one plugin,
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it's gets turned to `<plugin> <command>` automatically.
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In case command exists in multiple plugins, the bot will tell you that
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the command exists in multiple plugins and asks you to specify the plugin
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before it.
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## Users
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The bot doesn't allow anyone to register and I will register channel ops
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manually on the channels the bot is on. Users are primarily identified by
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NickServ account, but on networks where there are no services it's required
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to use hostmasks.
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Requirements for getting account:
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* being op on channel where the bot is on or similar good reason
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* having NickServ account
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* or on networks where there are no services hostmask that you can be
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identified with
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* static host
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* identd
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## Identifying
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The bot requires users to have password, but I always set the password
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as something from pwgen as I primarily identify users based on NickServ
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account or hostmask.
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* If you have a password, `/msg <bot> user identify username password`
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* Passwords can be asked for me if needed, after getting one, change
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it immediately with `/msg <bot> user set password OLDPASSWORD NEWPASSWORD`
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* If you use NickServ account:
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* Use the `auth` command.
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* `/cycle` so extended-join sends your account name to the bot.
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* `/kick <bot>` so the bot will automatically rejoin and send whox
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requests to the channel receiving your NickServ account.
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* [Other methods / Official documentation](https://limnoria-doc.readthedocs.org/en/latest/use/getting_started.html#making-supybot-recognize-you)
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## Channels
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List of the channels where the bot is on can be seen with /whois. However
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this list doesn't include secret/private channels (mode +sp).
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The bot can also be requested to join other channels, but I reserve the
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right to not join it anywhere or to not register specific channel ops
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to the bot.
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## What does the bot do?
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Currently the bot is primarily spamming my channels with new items in some
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RSS feeds. You can find list of the feeds added to the bot at
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[the web documentation for RSS plugin](https://bot.mikaela.info/plugindoc/RSS/),
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but listing the feeds automatically announced on the channel isn't
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possible [yet](https://github.com/ProgVal/Limnoria/issues/1085).
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It's also protecting channels from spam using the [AttackProtector plugin.](https://github.com/ProgVal/Supybot-plugins/tree/master/AttackProtector)
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The bot also has `ops` command for getting op attention, but it requires
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correct prefix to be used, check
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`/msg <bot> config channel <#channel> reply.whenaddressedby.chars`. The
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prefix can be different on different channels.
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