its-matrix-bot/README.md

IT-Syndikat matrix bot

Running in #lobby:it-syndik.at.

This bot was recently rewritten in Rust, the original python implementation can be found in the python-legacy branch.

Setup

For all these steps, either install the binary using cargo install and then run it as its-matrix-bot, or run the project directly from the repository using cargo run -- (e.g. cargo run -- setup).

1. Copy config.toml.example to ~/.config/its-matrix-bot/config.toml (or some other location later specified using -c, --config)
2. Run first-time setup using its-matrix-bot setup [-h HOMESERVER_URL] USERNAME and enter the bot user's password.
3. Start the bot using its-matrix-bot run.

Available commands

• !isitopen: check if the hackerspace is currently open
• !spaceping: play a chime in the hackerpace to attempt to get someone to read your matrix messages