The main purpose of this bot is to permit me to easily do various tasks, or to automate other things, etc. as a generic self bot would do. If I use text commands like /echo, --as-self/echo, @channel, etc. the bot will respond to them in various ways, including taking actions as me. Additionally, it assumes the identity of "Lavith AI," a chatbot with a personality somewhat resembling mine (not really that much though it should) that responds for fun in #lraj23-bot-testing, #lraj23s-lavish-abode, and #5-bots-in-a-trenchcoat.

In my bot, most commands are through text, where I send a message that includes a keyword, and then my bot deletes the original message (most of the time) and performs an action. Therefore, none of the below are commands, even if they appear to be, except for /lraj23-help. Additionally, whenever someone joins #lraj23-bot-testing, #lraj23s-lavish-abode, or my tier 2 personal channel (private), the bot greets them with a welcome message through my account then notifies me. It also asks the person who joined why they joined.

If any message I send in any channel includes the text "@channel" my bot will automatically delete my message and replace it with the same message but with an actual channel ping. If my message includes "\@channel" then my message does not get converted (this is so that I can say "@channel" without actually pinging, which could be disastrous). Also, including "\@here" in a message automatically escapes any pings in it, including an otherwise nonescaped @channel ping.

This works just the same as the above channel ping except with @here pings. Additionally, including "\@here" does in fact escape the ping. Also, including "\@channel" in a message automatically escapes any pings in it, including an otherwise nonescaped @here ping.

Including the text "/echo" in any message I send in any channel will result in the bot echoing my message. It will automatically delete my original message and respond with a message that says the same as I did but without "/echo". This can be escaped similarly to above with "\/echo" if I want to mention the command without using. Also, if the bot is not in the channel, and it is private or otherwise unaccessible with the scope chat.write:public then the bot will automatically add itself before responding.

If the message is already going to be echoed by the above method (so it must include "/echo"), but my message also includes "--as-self" then instead of my bot responding it will respond using my account, making it appear as though I simply deleted and resent the message edited. This can be useful for things like converting text to pings.

If a message includes "/winter" and is not escaped with "/winter" the bot will automatically delete my original message. It will then make an AI request to generate a version of my message that is winter-themed. It prompts me if I want to use that, and if I do, it automatically sends that as me. If I don't like it and want to regenerate, I can also do that with one click. Finally, I can also just cancel sending the message.

Any message sent in the above mentioned three channels (#lraj23-bot-testing, #lraj23s-lavish-abode, or #5-bots-in-a-trenchcoat) will be recorded and used as context for the Lavith AI. Every message will be read, and if the Lavith AI decides it wants to respond, it will. Its personality is supposed to be similar to mine, but it really isn't. It responds in the thread, and can read threads but not images. It's pretty interesting in my opinion, so shout out to @mahad for ai.hackclub.com.

This command gives some information about this bot, but isn't really useful.

The dedicated channel for testing this bot is #lraj23-bot-testing, though it can only be used by me as of now. The exception is for Lavith AI, who can be used in #lraj23-bot-testing, #lraj23s-lavish-abode, or #5-bots-in-a-trenchcoat by anyone. The GitHub repo is literally right here. My Hackatime project for this bot is called lraj23-self-bot.

Since this bot is only supposed to be usable by me, I have included a 4 minute demo video where I use all of the bot's features as of that point in time. The video consists of me using the /echo, --as-self/echo, @channel, @here, channel welcoming, and /winter features in that order (though I only @here ping and not @channel ping to reduce pings).

If you still have questions about the bot at all, just join #lraj23-bot-testing and ask me! I can demonstrate certain features live, take extra screen recordings, or just answer questions (as long as my local time is between 3PM and 11PM :skulk:)!