B Bot

The mascot of the RCA Robotics Club — a Slack bot built with Bolt, Socket Mode, and TypeScript.

Features

Scheduled Announcements

Sends a recurring message to a configured channel on a cron schedule (e.g. every Thursday at 6 PM). Fully configurable via environment variables.

Member Onboarding

Listens for users joining a configured channel and immediately sends them an ephemeral welcome message.

Slash Commands

Command	Description
/bbot ping	Check if the bot is alive — responds with pong and the current timestamp
/bbot help	Show all available commands

Project Structure

src/
├── app.ts                        # Entry point
├── commands/
│   ├── index.ts                  # Registers all commands
│   ├── help.ts                   # /bbot help
│   └── ping.ts                   # /bbot ping
├── listeners/
│   └── member_joined.ts          # Member onboarding
└── schedulers/
    └── reminders.ts              # Weekly announcements

Setup

1. Copy .env.example to .env and fill in all values.
2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Run in development:

   npm run dev