IntrepidPursuits / KevinBot

kevinbot 2.0

This is kevinbot. He is the chatbot at Intrepid.

Start

ruby kevinbot.rb

Make a new command

Create a new class named the same as your command inheriting from BaseCommand. For example, if your command is /mycoolcommand:

commands/mycoolcommand.rb

class Mycoolcommand < BaseCommand
  #...
end

Craft your response to Slack in the perform method:

commands/mycoolcommand.rb

class Mycoolcommand < BaseCommand
  def perform
    text = 'Look how cool this is'
  end
end

Send it back to Slack with the respond method:

commands/mycoolcommand.rb

class Mycoolcommand < BaseCommand
  def perform
    text = 'Look how cool this is'

    respond(text)
  end
end

Make a new slash command on Slack with these settings:

Field	Value
Command	/rave
URL	https://kevinbot2.herokuapp.com/
Method	POST