markov-bot/README.md

markov-bot

Markov chain discord bot, sends randomly generated sentences at configurable intervals and when mentioned.

Setup

Put some text into corpus.txt, and then run

git clone https://git.xeno.science/xenofem/markov-bot
cd markov-bot
python3 -m venv env
source env/bin/activate
pip install discord.py
python markov-prep.py
cp config.json.example config.json
vi config.json
python markov-bot.py

Configuration

• mode: can be reply, to reply to occasional messages, or timed, to send messages unprompted to random channels at a set interval
• reply_invfreq: in reply mode, will reply to one in N messages on average
• reply_delay_min: minimum amount of time to wait before sending a reply
• reply_delay_max: maximum amount of time to wait before sending a reply
• timed_interval_min: in timed mode, minimum time between successive messages in the same guild
• timed_interval_max: maximum time between successive messages in the same guild
• token: Discord bot API token