🐾 MeowBot

A chaotic little Slack bot built for Stardance. Cats, reminders, random interactions, and just enough chaos. 😼

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✨ What is MeowBot?

MeowBot is a custom Slack bot built with Node.js and the Slack Bolt framework.

It was made for Stardance to add some personality to the workspace — whether that's sending random messages, reacting to people, handling reminders, or simply causing harmless chaos in #random.

Basically:

Useful when needed. Chaotic when not. 🐈

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🚀 Features

• 🐱 Cat-themed interactions
• 😼 Random & chaotic responses
• ⏰ Reminders & scheduled messages
• 💬 Slack event handling
• 🎲 Random interactions in #random
• ⚡ Built with Node.js
• 🔌 Easy to extend with new commands and events

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Technology	Purpose
🟢 Node.js	Runtime
⚡ Slack Bolt	Slack API & events
📦 npm	Dependency management
🐙 GitHub	Source control

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📁 Project Structure

MeowBot/
├── index.js
├── scheduled_morning.js
├── package.json
├── package-lock.json
└── README.md

index.js

The main entry point of MeowBot.

This is where the bot connects to Slack and handles its primary functionality.

scheduled_morning.js

Contains scheduled/morning-related functionality.

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⚙️ Setup

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Dxkshh-Codee/MeowBot.git
cd MeowBot

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Configure environment variables

Create a .env file:

SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=xoxb-your-token
SLACK_APP_TOKEN=xapp-your-token

⚠️ Never commit your .env file or Slack tokens to GitHub.

Add this to .gitignore:

.env
node_modules/

4. Start the bot

node index.js

If everything is configured correctly, MeowBot should connect to Slack.

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🐾 Adding New Features

MeowBot is designed to be easy to expand.

You can add:

• New Slack commands
• New automated responses
• More scheduled events
• Random interactions
• Custom reactions
• Games
• AI-powered responses
• More cat-related nonsense 🐈

A simple workflow:

New idea
   ↓
Add functionality
   ↓
Test locally
   ↓
Push to GitHub
   ↓
MeowBot gets smarter

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🔐 Security

Do not expose your Slack tokens.

If a token is accidentally pushed to GitHub:

1. Revoke/rotate the token immediately.
2. Generate a new token.
3. Update your environment variables.
4. Remove the leaked secret from the repository history if necessary.

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🧪 Development

Run the bot locally:

node index.js

For development, you can use:

node --watch index.js

This automatically restarts the bot when files change.

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🗺️ Roadmap

Potential future upgrades:

• 🤖 AI-powered conversations
• 🐱 More cat interactions
• 🎮 Mini-games
• 📊 User statistics
• 🎵 Music features
• 🧠 Smarter contextual responses
• ⚙️ Admin controls
• 🌐 Web dashboard
• 🗄️ Database integration

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🤝 Contributing

Got an idea?

Fork the repository, make your changes, and open a pull request.

Suggestions, improvements, and chaotic ideas are welcome.

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📜 License

This project is currently maintained for the Stardance workspace.

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🐈 MeowBot

Built with Node.js, Slack, and questionable amounts of cat energy.

meow.exe is running