IRC bot

An IRC bot named KOS-MOS has recently been created using the Eclipse Communication Framework project's Bot Framework. The bot sits in the Freenode IRC Eclipse channels and is intended to help make the lives of everyone in the channel a little easier by being able to access Bugzilla and provide helpful links that users often needs to go to such as the Eclipse platform's APIs.

For any questions, please contact rcjsuen on IRC.

Status

The bot is hosted on ecf.eclipse.org. KOS-MOS is currently ONLINE.

• Host: ecf1.osuosl.org
• Repository Path: /ecf
• User: anonymous
• Password not required
• Connection type: pserver
• Module: plugins/org.eclipse.ecf.presence.bot.kosmos
• CVS Path: :pserver:anonymous@ecf1.osuosl.org:/ecf

Channels

KOS-MOS is set to autojoin the following channels on Freenode (irc.freenode.net):

• #easyeclipse
• #eclipse
• #eclipse-de
• #eclipse-dev
• #eclipse-ecf
• #eclipse-linux
• #eclipse-soc

Source Code

The bot's source code is currently hosted at ECF's OSUOSL servers. Until we resolve bug 180585 and host it at eclipse.org, it will likely stay there.

Available Commands

At the moment, the regular expression contained within the plug-in's plugin.xml is:

((~bug|~bug[0-9]+|~bug[0-9]+c[0-9]+|~[0-9]+|~[0-9]+c[0-9]+|~manage|~log|~logs|~about|~paste|~pastebin|~tell .*|~snippet|~snippets|~javadoc|~api|~plugin|~bot|~wtp|~php|~svn|~news|~newsgroup|~cmd|~commands|~help|~g .*|~wiki .*|~eh *|~source)

To prepend a user's name to the message that the bot will output, use a syntax of ~tell name about item.

If a valid http connection can be made to Bugzilla, the bot will output the bug's summary into its message, otherwise, it will fall back to simply providing a link to the bug.

Below is a list of all possible commands at the moment. This page will be updated as often as possible.

# ~bug
EclipseBugzilla = Eclipse Bugzilla - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/
EclipseBugzilla_Reply = {0}: Eclipse Bugzilla - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/

# ~bug[0-9]+|~[0-9]+
Bug = See bug {0} - {1}
Bug_Reply = {0}: See bug {1} - {2}

# ~bug[0-9]+c[0-9]+|~[0-9]+c[0-9]+
BugContent = Bug {0} - {1} - {2}
BugContent_Reply = {0}: Bug {1} - {2} - {3}

# ~manage
Manage = Manage your Eclipse environment - http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ecl-manage/
Manage_Reply = {0}: Manage your Eclipse environment - http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ecl-manage/

# ~log|~logs
Logs = Eclipse logs - http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/FAQ_Where_can_I_find_that_elusive_.log_file%3F - http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/IRC_FAQ#Where_are_Eclipse.27s_log_files_located_at.3F
Logs_Reply = {0}: Eclipse logs - http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/FAQ_Where_can_I_find_that_elusive_.log_file%3F - http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/IRC_FAQ#Where_are_Eclipse.27s_log_files_located_at.3F

# ~about|~bot
About = I am an IRC bot written by rcjsuen using the ECF bot framework. See http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Bot_Framework
About_Reply = {0}: I am an IRC bot written by rcjsuen using the ECF bot framework. See http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Bot_Framework

# ~paste|~pastebin
Pastebin = Please paste the relevant information to a pastebin - http://rafb.net/paste/ - http://pastebin.com - http://pastebin.ca
Pastebin_Reply = {0}: Please paste the relevant information to a pastebin - http://rafb.net/paste/ - http://pastebin.com - http://pastebin.ca

# ~snippet|~snippets
Snippets = SWT Snippets - http://www.eclipse.org/swt/snippets/
Snippets_Reply = {0}: SWT Snippets - http://www.eclipse.org/swt/snippets/

# ~javadoc|~api
Javadoc = The Eclipse Platform APIs are at - http://help.eclipse.org/help32/nftopic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/index.html
Javadoc_Reply = {0}: The Eclipse Platform APIs are at - http://help.eclipse.org/help32/nftopic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/index.html

# ~plugin
Plugins = Look for plug-ins at the Eclipse Plug-in Central (http://www.eclipseplugincentral.com/) and EclipsePlugins (http://eclipse-plugins.info)
Plugins_Reply = {0}: Look for plug-ins at the Eclipse Plug-in Central (http://www.eclipseplugincentral.com/) and EclipsePlugins (http://eclipse-plugins.info)

# ~wtp
Webtools = Check out Eclipse's Web Tools Platform - http://www.eclipse.org/wtp/
Webtools_Reply = {0}: Check out Eclipse's Web Tools Platform - http://www.eclipse.org/wtp/

# ~php
PHP = Take a look at PDT (http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/) or PHPEclipse (http://www.phpeclipse.de)
PHP_Reply = {0}: Take a look at PDT (http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/) or PHPEclipse (http://www.phpeclipse.de)

# ~svn
Subversion = For Subversion support, try Subclipse (http://subclipse.tigris.org/) or Subversive (http://www.polarion.org/index.php?page=overview&project=subversive)
Subversion_Reply = {0}: For Subversion support, try Subclipse (http://subclipse.tigris.org/) or Subversive (http://www.polarion.org/index.php?page=overview&project=subversive)

# ~news|~newsgroup
Newsgroup = Try asking for help on the newsgroups - http://www.eclipse.org/newsgroups/
Newsgroup_Reply = {0}: Try asking for help on the newsgroups - http://www.eclipse.org/newsgroups/

# ~cmd|~commands|~help
Help = For a list of the available commands that I provide, see http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/IRC_bot
Help_Reply = {0}: For a list of the available commands that I provide, see http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/IRC_bot

# ~g .*
Google = Try googling - http://google.com/search?q={0}
Google_Reply = {0}: Try googling - http://google.com/search?q={1}

# ~wiki .*
Wiki = Check out this wiki article - http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/{0}
Wiki_Reply = {0}: Check out this wiki article - http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/{1}

# ~eh .*
EclipseHelp = Check out the fine manual - http://help.eclipse.org/help32/advanced/searchView.jsp?&searchWord={0}
EclipseHelp_Reply = {0}: Check out the fine manual - http://help.eclipse.org/help32/advanced/searchView.jsp?searchWord={1}

# ~source
Source = My source code can be found at :pserver:anonymous@ecf1.osuosl.org:/ecf under the plugins/org.eclipse.ecf.presence.bot.kosmos module.
Source_Reply = {0}: My source code can be found at :pserver:anonymous@ecf1.osuosl.org:/ecf under the plugins/org.eclipse.ecf.presence.bot.kosmos module.

Feature Requests

Please add all feature requests for the bot in this section under the appropriate heading. If you have a patch for the new functionality, please leave your name after the feature request so that we can contact you on IRC. It would look something like the example below.

• ~ecf command to let people know about ECF (rcjsuen)

Requests without patches

• Would like to see a set of commands supported for every project...e.g.
  • ~ecf javadocs
  • ~wtp home
  • ~dsdp wiki

• IRC session logging and control...e.g. ~startlogging, ~stoplogging, ~sendlog

• Execute commands only if sender user has permission to do so

• Commands for project build: start build, run tests. Restricted by channel and user.

• /msg KOS-MOS ~help (support private chat requests 182601)

• ~newsgroup eclipse.tools.emf genmodel generation (support querying newsgroup for relevant threads 182606)