hackbot.js

Getting Started With Hackbot

requirejs.config({
    baseUrl: 'lib',
    paths: {
        hackbot: '../hackbot',
        underscorish: 'underscorish',
        chatbuilder: 'http://chatbuilder.hackreactor.com/ChatBuilder'
    }
});

Define dependencies

requirejs(['hackbot/robot', 'chatbuilder'], function(){

Launch your Hackbot:
Create a Robot instance and give it a name; load scripts defined in script.js and start the robot adapter, thats it.

    robot = new Robot(Chat.username != 'anonymous' ? Chat.username : null);
    robot.load();
    robot.run();
});

Documentation Index:

Hackbot Core

• robot.js
• brain.js
• listener.js
• message.js
• response.js
• user.js

Hackbot Adapter

• adapter.js

Libraries

• underscorish.js

Scripts

• scripts.js
  • hackbot-help.js
  • hackbot-about.js
  • hackbot-ping.js
  • hackbot-hello.js
  • hackbot-thankyou.js
  • hackbot-log.js
  • hackbot-users.js
  • hackbot-ambush.js
  • hackbot-hackreactor.js
  • hackbot-hackreactorrocks.js

Hackbot is heavily inspired by Hubot and its architecture is “almost” identical. For other scripts to be ported to hackbot you can then check the hubot scripts cataloge