#+TITLE: Novatore the bot how-to

* Getting started
1. Register with novatore:
~/msg novatore register <your nick or any nick> <shittypassword>~

2. Identify with novatore when you log in:
~/msg novatore identify <nick you registered with> <shittypassword>~

* Adding RSS Feeds

You need to have a bot 'op' capability from novatore for the channel you want to auto announce a feed in. pm nn w/ the nick you used to register with novatore.

To add the feed: ~@rss add <feedname> <feed address>~
To fetch the latest entries: ~@feedname~
To auto-announce feed entries: ~@rss announce add <feedname>~

e.g., to add theanarchistlibrary rss feed to the #library, channel, inside of the #library channel type the following commands:
~@rss add library http://theanarchistlibrary.org/feed~
~@rss announce add library~

** Some useful commands to learn more about rss feeds:
To see all commands of the rss plugin: ~@list rss~
You can get more detailed instructions for subcommands like: ~@help rss add~

To learn more Novatore commands without spamming the channel, you can:
- create a private conversation with Novatore using ~/query novatore~
  - You don't need to prefix commands with @ in a private chat
- ~/join #anarchybots and use commands with @~


** Adding and Translating Feeds in Different Languages

Novatore has a comand @google translate <fromLanguage> <toLanguage>

  - configure

** Read more
The best Supybot guide (for those who love to RTFM*): https://hoxu.github.io/supybook/latest/

[1] RTFM = read the fine manual

* MessageParser

https://sourceforge.net/p/gribble/wiki/MessageParser_Plugin/