Hey everyone! I'm really happy to announce that r/artc now has it's own reddit bot.

With help from a couple other posters here at artc we've built a bot to hopefully make things a little more convenient for everyone in the subreddit.

What does it do?

artcbot responds to commands with a user defined response. For example, some current commands are !help and !rules.

How does it get commands?

From the community here on artc. Any user that is an approved submitter to the subreddit can add, delete, and edit commands.

So if I wanted to create the command !run and have the bot respond with command_text whenever someone typed !run, I would type !add run command_text as a comment in this sub.

The same format follows for the !edit and !delete options for commands, !edit run command_text if you want to edit the !run command and !delete run if you want to delete the run command.

I'll post some examples in the comments below.

Why did you guys make this?

We think this bot will be great for mobile users or for users who need a quick link to a thread or external resource. Less searching around for threads and easier access to things like pages within the wiki.

Can I help with future versions of the bot?

Of course! Don't judge my coding skills too harshly but here's the github page for the bot: https://github.com/herumph/artcbot

And if you have an suggestions for commands or other features you think the bot should have don't hesitate to tag me or send me a PM.

If you add a command, please update the !help command to list what you added and what it does.

If you have any questions ask away.

edit: Forgot to add. Some of you may have noticed that artcbot is a mod and might be worried about me having access to a mod account. The permissions on the account are set so the bot can only see the approved submitters list and the banned users list. It doesn't have any power outside of that.