a Assistant that should help you on Slack
MIT License
A Assistant, but on Slack. It allows you to search Google, fetch the date, look up GIFs, and more. More features are in the works.
npm install
Create a new custom integration in your Slack workspace https://api.slack.com/apps?new_app=1
Under the Add Features and Functionality section add a new bot
Give the bot a Display name and Default User name and complete by adding the new bot user
Under the Settings section, select Install App and install your new add to your workspace
After installation, the OAuth Tokens for Your Team is displayed. Copy the bot user auth token (xoxb -)
Update the config.js file providing the bot user auth token
Start the Bot running locally via node
node bot.js
Console output for running bot
Initializing Botkit v0.6.3
info: ** No persistent storage method specified! Data may be lost when process shuts down.
info: ** API CALL: https://slack.com/api/rtm.connect
notice: ** BOT ID: botname ...attempting to connect to RTM!
notice: RTM websocket opened