Alpha Bot

Open source python bot to chat with Slack and, eventually, other platforms.

Inspired by Hubot. Alphabot is written in Tornado combining the power of Python with the speed of coroutines.

Installation

Raw:

git clone https://github.com/Nextdoor/alphabot.git
cd alphabot
pip install -e .

Docker:

docker run nextdoor/alphabot

Running the bot

If you installed alphabot as a python package then simply run it:

alphabot -S alphabot/sample-scripts/  # or...
alphabot -S path/to/your/scripts/

export SLACK_TOKEN=xoxb-YourToken
alphabot --engine slack -S path/to your/scripts/