SeeBorg is a random phrase bot based on Markov Chains.
It will sit on IRC channels you configure, will learn the words and their sequences, and will periodically reply with something that is generated from the talk it learned before.
Don't expect it to make much sense, but sometimes it can give very funny responses.
If you configure yourself as owner, you will gain access for IRC trigger commands (those that begin with '!').
It can learn in any language, not just English -- to handle case conversion properly please set the appropriate locale.
git clone https://github.com/hmage/seeborg
cd seeborg
make
You'll end up with two executables -- seeborg-irc and seeborg-linein. The line-in binary is useful for offline chat with the bot and to test the modifications done to the dictionary.
Without any parameters, seeborg-irc reads configuration settings from seeborg-irc.cfg file, located in current working directory. If it doesn't exist, it will create one and terminate, suggesting you to inspect the config file and modify it to suit your needs.
| Command | Default value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| server | IRC server to connect to | |
| serverport | 6667 | port of the IRC server to connect to |
| nickname | "SeeBorg" | IRC nickname |
| username | "SeeBorg" | IRC username |
| realname | "I am Seeborg" | IRC realname |
| quitmessage | "ByeBye..." | Message when disconnecting from IRC |
| learning | enabled | Enable/disable learning capability |
| stealth | enabled | Enable/disable masking as a regular mIRC user |
| replyrate | 1 | Bot's reply rate, in percent |
| replynick | 33 | Bot's reply rate to his nickname, in percent |
| replymagic | 33 | Bot's reply rate to magic words set in 'magicwords' |
| autosaveperiod | 600 | Autosave period, in seconds |
| channels | #test #seeborg | Space separated channel list to autojoin on connect |
| magicwords | Space separated list of words that bot replies to, useful if bot has alternative nicknames | |
| owners | Space separated bot owners' nickname list, the owner's hostname will be locked after each bot restart. |