What is forkb0t?

forkb0t is a b0t. He is a fork of snackb0t, based off "snack v1" (Python snackb0t). Though he originated as a joke, his life was extended "temporarily" while snackb0t was recreated in Java. His existence continues while "snack v2" (Java snackb0t) is proprietaryware.

forkb0t has evolved a great deal since his creation. The main difference from "snack v1" is that forkb0t is now plugin-based. This was done to ensure that his features are more or less b0t independent. The goal is to make plugin interface as generic as possible, so that plugins can be loaded by another b0t (such as Java snackb0t) with ease.

Ask krushia if you have any questions.

User docs

Use "!forkhelp" to get a list of available commands on IRC. Extended docs are listed here.

calc

CTCP

Below is a list of CTCP request/reply commands that forkb0t supports.

ACTION CLIENTINFO PING TIME URL USERINFO VERSION

And these will be supported soon…

UTC http://irchelp.org/irchelp/ircii/commands/CTCP/CTCP

DCC

Bugs

Summary	Affects
Special stuff like &amp is not converted	Probably all plugins that load a web page
need to use google api instead of hax	gigblast, google, search
gigablast doesn't like ' or "	gigablast, search
should allow "=" in place of "is"	my, set, setprivate
plugin configs don't get merged unless newly enabled	forkdev
need to add more complete star catalog	astrobody
forkdev up creates too much spam	forkdev
keywords must start with ! (besides *)	forkdev
a corrupt plugin config can render whole b0t unusable	forkdev
possible to exploit via init.py	plugger, forkdev
getting "cannot connect" on first attempt	wikipedia
core doesn't handle dead sockets and reconnect	core
if keyword is * then plugin will silently fail checkHaxors()	plugger
first !forkdev up on new plugin doesn't show text from enable	forkdev
!calc in channel with no snackb0t causes fail when he speaks to you in pr0n	hackery
planetary satellite earth facing coordinate system is incorrect	astrobody

To Do List

Description	Status
Come up with proper web code repo
Proper bug tracker
online debugging IDE
online interface to user settings
automagically scrape location from snackb0t queries
automagically handle changed nicknames
forkcast plugin
.si forecasts
dynamic keyword mapping
dynamic network add/remove
reconnections
cia.vc
apropos plugin
!help <foo> like <foo> –help
gendevinfo plugin
speak4me plugin
vulnerability test plugin
scanme plugin
client feature test
dcc

Development

forkb0t is in the early stages of becoming a community project. Currently his plugins are developed in a collaborative source tree. See creating_plugins

Code for his core can be seen at core

See crap for old stuff and random fail.

forkb0t/forkb0t.txt · Last modified: 2010/04/21 13:32 by krushia

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