derp/docs/USAGE.md

Usage Guide

Running

# From project directory
derp

# With options
derp --config /path/to/derp.toml --verbose

CLI Flags

Flag	Description
-c, --config PATH	Config file path
-v, --verbose	Debug logging
--cprofile [PATH]	Enable cProfile, dump to PATH [derp.prof]
--tracemalloc [N]	Enable tracemalloc, capture N frames deep [10]
-V, --version	Print version
-h, --help	Show help

Configuration

All settings in config/derp.toml:

[server]
host = "irc.libera.chat"    # IRC server hostname
port = 6697                   # Port (6697 = TLS, 6667 = plain)
tls = true                    # Enable TLS encryption
nick = "derp"                 # Bot nickname
user = "derp"                 # Username (ident)
realname = "derp IRC bot"     # Real name field
password = ""                 # Server password (optional)
sasl_user = ""                # SASL PLAIN username (optional)
sasl_pass = ""                # SASL PLAIN password (optional)
ircv3_caps = [                # IRCv3 capabilities to request
    "multi-prefix",
    "away-notify",
    "server-time",
    "cap-notify",
    "account-notify",
]

[bot]
prefix = "!"                  # Command prefix character
channels = ["#test"]          # Channels to join on connect
plugins_dir = "plugins"       # Plugin directory path
rate_limit = 2.0              # Max messages per second (default: 2.0)
rate_burst = 5                # Burst capacity (default: 5)
paste_threshold = 4           # Max lines before overflow to FlaskPaste (default: 4)
admins = []                   # Hostmask patterns (fnmatch), IRCOPs auto-detected
timezone = "UTC"              # Timezone for calendar reminders (IANA tz name)

[logging]
level = "info"                # Logging level: debug, info, warning, error
format = "text"               # Log format: "text" (default) or "json"

Built-in Commands

Command	Description
!ping	Bot responds with "pong"
!help	List all available commands
!help <cmd>	Show help for a specific command
!help <plugin>	Show plugin description and its commands
!version	Show bot version
!uptime	Show how long the bot has been running
!echo <text>	Echo back text (example plugin)
!cert <domain> [...]	Lookup CT logs for up to 5 domains
!whoami	Show your hostmask and admin status
!load <plugin>	Hot-load a plugin (admin)
!reload <plugin>	Reload a plugin (admin)
!unload <plugin>	Unload a plugin (admin)
!admins	Show admin patterns and detected opers (admin)
!plugins	List loaded plugins with handler counts
!state <action> <plugin> [key]	Inspect plugin state store (admin)
!kick <nick> [reason]	Kick user from channel (admin)
!ban <mask>	Ban a hostmask in channel (admin)
!unban <mask>	Remove a ban from channel (admin)
!topic [text]	Set or query channel topic (admin)
!mode <mode> [args]	Set channel mode (admin)
!dns <target> [type]	DNS lookup (A, AAAA, MX, NS, TXT, CNAME, PTR, SOA)
!tdns <target> [type] [@server]	TCP DNS lookup via SOCKS5 proxy
!encode <fmt> <text>	Encode text (b64, hex, url, rot13)
!decode <fmt> <text>	Decode text (b64, hex, url, rot13)
!hash [algo] <text>	Generate hash digests (md5, sha1, sha256, sha512)
!hashid <hash>	Identify hash type by format
!defang <ioc>	Defang URLs/IPs/domains for safe sharing
!refang <text>	Restore defanged IOCs
!revshell <type> <ip> <port>	Generate reverse shell one-liner
!cidr <network>	Subnet info (range, hosts, mask)
!cidr contains <net> <ip>	Check if IP belongs to network
!whois <domain|ip>	WHOIS lookup via raw TCP (port 43)
!portcheck <host> [ports]	Async TCP port scan (max 20 ports)
!httpcheck <url>	HTTP status, redirects, response time
!tlscheck <host> [port]	TLS version, cipher, cert details
!blacklist <ip>	Check IP against 10 DNSBLs
!rand <mode> [args]	Random: password, hex, uuid, bytes, int, coin, dice
!timer <duration> [label]	Set countdown timer with notification
!timer list	Show active timers
!timer cancel <label>	Cancel a running timer
!remind <duration> <text>	One-shot reminder after duration
!remind every <duration> <text>	Repeating reminder at interval
!remind at <YYYY-MM-DD> [HH:MM] <text>	Calendar reminder at specific date/time
!remind yearly <MM-DD> [HH:MM] <text>	Yearly recurring reminder
!remind list	Show all active reminders
!remind cancel <id>	Cancel a reminder by ID
!geoip <ip>	GeoIP lookup (city, country, coords, timezone)
!asn <ip>	ASN lookup (AS number, organization)
!tor <ip|update>	Check IP against Tor exit nodes
!iprep <ip|update>	Check IP against Firehol/ET blocklists
!cve <id|search>	CVE lookup from local NVD mirror
!opslog <add|list|search|del|clear>	Timestamped operational log
!note <set|get|del|list|clear>	Per-channel key-value notes
!subdomain <domain> [brute]	Subdomain enumeration (crt.sh + DNS)
!headers <url>	HTTP header fingerprinting
!exploitdb <search|id|cve|update>	Search local Exploit-DB mirror
!payload <type> [variant]	Web vuln payload templates
!dork <category|list> [target]	Google dork query builder
!wayback <url> [YYYYMMDD]	Wayback Machine snapshot lookup
!username <user>	Check username across ~25 services
!username <user> <service>	Check single service
!username list	Show available services by category
!alert <add|del|list|check|info|history>	Keyword alert subscriptions across platforms
!searx <query>	Search SearXNG and show top results
!jwt <token>	Decode JWT header, claims, and flag issues
!mac <address|random|update>	MAC OUI vendor lookup / random MAC
!abuse <ip> [ip2 ...]	AbuseIPDB reputation check
!abuse <ip> report <cats> <comment>	Report IP to AbuseIPDB (admin)
!vt <hash|ip|domain|url>	VirusTotal lookup
!emailcheck <email> [email2 ...]	SMTP email verification (admin)
!shorten <url>	Shorten a URL via FlaskPaste
!pastemoni <add|del|list|check>	Paste site keyword monitoring

Command Shorthand

Commands can be abbreviated to any unambiguous prefix:

!h           -> !help (unique match)
!pi          -> !ping (unique match)
!p           -> error: ambiguous (ping, plugins)

Exact matches always take priority over prefix matches.

!cert -- Certificate Transparency Lookup

Query crt.sh CT logs to enumerate SSL certificates for domains. Reports totals (expired/valid) and flags domains still serving expired certs.

!cert example.com
!cert example.com badsite.com another.org

Output format:

example.com -- 127 certs (23 expired, 104 valid)
badsite.com -- 45 certs (8 expired, 37 valid) | live cert EXPIRED
broken.test -- error: timeout

• Max 5 domains per invocation
• crt.sh can be slow; the bot confirms receipt before querying
• Live cert check runs only when expired CT entries exist

Per-Channel Plugin Control

Restrict which plugins are active in specific channels. Channels without a [channels."<name>"] section run all plugins. Channels with a plugins list only run those plugins. The core plugin is always active (exempt from filtering). Private messages are always unrestricted.

[channels."#public"]
plugins = ["core", "dns", "cidr", "encode"]

[channels."#ops"]
plugins = ["core", "revshell", "payload", "exploitdb", "opslog"]

# #unrestricted -- no section, runs everything

When a command is denied by channel config, it is silently ignored (no error message). Event handlers from denied plugins are also skipped.

Structured Logging (JSON)

Set format = "json" in [logging] to emit one JSON object per log line (JSONL), suitable for log aggregation tools.

[logging]
level = "info"
format = "json"

Each line contains:

Field	Description
ts	Timestamp (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS)
level	Log level (debug, info, warning, error)
logger	Logger name (derp.bot, derp.plugin, etc.)
msg	Log message text
exc	Exception traceback (only present on errors)

Default format is "text" (human-readable, same as before).

Admin System

Commands marked as admin require elevated permissions. Admin access is granted via:

1. IRC operator status -- detected automatically via WHO
2. Hostmask patterns -- configured in [bot] admins, fnmatch-style

[bot]
admins = [
    "*!~user@trusted.host",
    "ops!*@*.ops.net",
]

Empty by default -- only IRC operators get admin access unless patterns are configured.

Oper Detection

IRC operators are detected via the * flag in WHO replies. Detection happens at two points:

• On connect -- WHO #channel for each configured channel
• On user JOIN -- debounced WHO #channel (2-second window)

The debounce prevents flooding the server during netsplit recovery: many rapid JOINs produce a single WHO per channel. Note that the first command after joining may not yet have oper status -- the debounced WHO fires after a 2-second delay. Users who QUIT are removed from the oper set automatically.

Command	Description
!whoami	Show your hostmask and admin status
!admins	Show configured patterns and detected opers (admin)

Admin-restricted commands: !load, !reload, !unload, !admins, !state, !kick, !ban, !unban, !topic, !mode.

Writing Admin Commands

@command("dangerous", help="Admin-only action", admin=True)
async def cmd_dangerous(bot, message):
    ...

IRCv3 Capability Negotiation

The bot negotiates IRCv3 capabilities using CAP LS 302 during registration. This enables richer features on servers that support them.

Default Capabilities

[server]
ircv3_caps = ["multi-prefix", "away-notify", "server-time",
              "cap-notify", "account-notify"]

Capability	Purpose
multi-prefix	Better IRCOP/voice detection
away-notify	Receive AWAY status changes
server-time	Accurate message timestamps
cap-notify	Dynamic capability updates
account-notify	Account login/logout notices
sasl	Auto-added when SASL credentials configured

The bot only requests caps the server advertises. SASL is automatically included when sasl_user and sasl_pass are configured.

Message Tags

IRCv3 message tags (@key=value;...) are parsed automatically and available on the message object as message.tags (a dict[str, str]). Values are unescaped per the IRCv3 spec.

Channel Management

Channel management commands require admin privileges and must be used in a channel (not DM).

!kick <nick> [reason]     Kick a user from the channel
!ban <mask>               Set +b on a hostmask (e.g. *!*@bad.host)
!unban <mask>             Remove +b from a hostmask
!topic [text]             Set topic (empty = query current topic)
!mode <mode> [args]       Set raw MODE on the channel

The bot must have channel operator status for these commands to take effect.

Invite Auto-Join

When an admin or IRC operator sends an INVITE, the bot automatically joins the target channel and persists it for auto-rejoin on reconnect. Non-admin invites are silently ignored. If the bot is kicked from a persisted channel, it is removed from the auto-rejoin list. Channels already in the config [bot] channels are skipped (they rejoin via the normal path).

Plugin State Persistence

Plugins can persist key-value data across restarts via bot.state:

bot.state.set("myplugin", "last_run", "2026-02-15")
value = bot.state.get("myplugin", "last_run")
bot.state.delete("myplugin", "last_run")
keys = bot.state.keys("myplugin")
bot.state.clear("myplugin")

Data is stored in data/state.db (SQLite). Each plugin gets its own namespace so keys never collide.

Inspection Commands (admin)

!state list <plugin>      List keys for a plugin
!state get <plugin> <key> Get a value
!state del <plugin> <key> Delete a key
!state clear <plugin>     Clear all state for a plugin

Local Databases (Wave 3)

Several plugins rely on local data files in the data/ directory. Use the update script or in-bot commands to populate them.

Data Update Script

./scripts/update-data.sh                        # Update all feeds
MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY=xxx ./scripts/update-data.sh # Include GeoLite2

The script is cron-friendly (exit 0/1, quiet unless NO_COLOR is unset).

In-Bot Updates

!tor update          # Download Tor exit node list
!iprep update        # Download Firehol/ET blocklist feeds
!cve update          # Download NVD CVE feed (slow, paginated)

Data Directory Layout

data/
  GeoLite2-City.mmdb    # MaxMind GeoIP (requires license key)
  GeoLite2-ASN.mmdb     # MaxMind ASN (requires license key)
  tor-exit-nodes.txt    # Tor exit node IPs
  iprep/                # Firehol/ET blocklist feeds
    firehol_level1.netset
    firehol_level2.netset
    et_compromised.ipset
    ...
  nvd/                  # NVD CVE JSON files
    nvd_0000.json
    ...

GeoLite2 databases require a free MaxMind license key. Set MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY when running the update script.

Plugin Management

Plugins can be loaded, unloaded, and reloaded at runtime without restarting the bot.

!load crtsh          # Hot-load a new plugin from plugins/
!reload crtsh        # Reload a changed plugin
!unload crtsh        # Remove a plugin and all its handlers
!plugins             # List loaded plugins with handler counts

The core plugin cannot be unloaded (prevents losing !load/!reload), but it can be reloaded.

Writing Plugins

Create a .py file in the plugins/ directory:

from derp.plugin import command, event

@command("hello", help="Greet the user")
async def cmd_hello(bot, message):
    """Handler receives bot instance and parsed Message."""
    await bot.reply(message, f"Hello, {message.nick}!")

@event("JOIN")
async def on_join(bot, message):
    """Event handlers fire on IRC events (JOIN, PART, QUIT, etc.)."""
    if message.nick != bot.nick:
        await bot.send(message.target, f"Welcome, {message.nick}")

Plugin API

The bot object provides:

Method	Description
bot.send(target, text)	Send message to channel or nick
bot.reply(msg, text)	Reply to source (channel or PM)
bot.action(target, text)	Send /me action
bot.join(channel)	Join a channel
bot.part(channel [, reason])	Leave a channel
bot.quit([reason])	Disconnect from server
bot.kick(channel, nick [, reason])	Kick a user
bot.mode(target, mode_str, *args)	Set a mode
bot.set_topic(channel, topic)	Set channel topic
bot.state	Plugin state store (get/set/delete/keys/clear)

The message object provides:

Attribute	Description
message.nick	Sender's nickname
message.prefix	Full nick!user@host prefix
message.command	IRC command (PRIVMSG, JOIN, etc.)
message.target	First param (channel or nick)
message.text	Trailing text content
message.is_channel	Whether target is a channel
message.params	All message parameters
message.tags	IRCv3 message tags (dict)

Message Truncation

Messages are automatically split at UTF-8 safe boundaries to comply with the IRC 512-byte line limit (RFC 2812). The overhead of PRIVMSG <target> : and \r\n is accounted for, so plugins can send arbitrarily long text without worrying about protocol limits.

!remind -- Reminders

Set one-shot, repeating, or calendar-based reminders. Duration-based reminders are in-memory and lost on restart. Calendar reminders (at, yearly) are persisted via bot.state and restored on reconnect.

!remind 5m check the oven               One-shot after 5 minutes
!remind 2d12h renew cert                 One-shot after 2 days 12 hours
!remind every 1h drink water             Repeat every hour
!remind at 2027-06-15 deploy release     Fire at specific date (noon default)
!remind at 2027-06-15 14:30 deploy       Fire at specific date + time
!remind yearly 02-14 valentines          Every year on Feb 14 at noon
!remind yearly 12-25 09:00 merry xmas    Every year on Dec 25 at 09:00
!remind list                             Show all active reminders
!remind cancel abc123                    Cancel by ID

• Default time when omitted: 12:00 (noon) in configured timezone
• Timezone: bot.timezone in config, default UTC
• Leap day (02-29): fires on Feb 28 in non-leap years
• Past dates for at are rejected
• Calendar reminders survive restarts; duration-based do not

Reconnect Backoff

On connection loss, the bot reconnects with exponential backoff and jitter:

• Initial delay: 5 seconds
• Growth: doubles each attempt (5s, 10s, 20s, 40s, ...)
• Cap: 300 seconds (5 minutes)
• Jitter: +/- 25% to avoid thundering herd
• Resets to 5s after a successful connection

!dork -- Google Dork Query Builder

Generate Google dork queries for a target domain. Template-based, no HTTP requests -- just outputs the query string for manual use.

!dork list                    List all dork categories
!dork admin example.com       Admin/login panel dorks
!dork files example.com       Exposed document dorks

Categories: admin, backup, cloud, config, creds, dirs, errors, exposed, files, login.

!wayback -- Wayback Machine Lookup

Check the Wayback Machine for archived snapshots of a URL.

!wayback example.com                Check latest snapshot
!wayback example.com/page 20240101  Check snapshot near a date

Auto-prepends https:// if no scheme is provided. Uses the Wayback Machine availability API.

!username -- Username Enumeration

Check username availability across ~25 services using HTTP probes and public JSON APIs. Supports GitHub, GitLab, Reddit, Docker Hub, Keybase, Dev.to, Twitch, Steam, and more.

!username list                     List services by category
!username john                     Full scan (~25 services)
!username john github              Check single service

Output format:

Full scan:
  Checking "john" across 25 services...
  john -- 8 found, 14 not found, 3 errors
  Found: GitHub, GitLab, Reddit, Twitch, Steam, PyPI, Docker Hub, Medium

Single service:
  GitHub: john -> found | https://github.com/john
  GitHub: john -> not found

List:
  Dev: GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, ...
  Social: Reddit, Twitter/X, ...
  Media: Twitch, Spotify, ...
  Other: Steam, Pastebin, ...

• Username must match [a-zA-Z0-9._-]{1,39}
• Full scan sends acknowledgment before probing
• 8 parallel workers, 20s overall timeout
• Three check methods: HTTP status, JSON API, body search

!rss -- RSS/Atom Feed Subscriptions

Subscribe RSS or Atom feeds to IRC channels with automatic polling and new-item announcements.

!rss add <url> [name]       Subscribe a feed to this channel (admin)
!rss del <name>             Unsubscribe a feed (admin)
!rss list                   List feeds in this channel
!rss check <name>           Force-poll a feed now

• add and del require admin privileges
• All subcommands must be used in a channel (not PM)
• If name is omitted on add, it is derived from the URL hostname
• Names must be lowercase alphanumeric + hyphens, 1-20 characters
• Maximum 20 feeds per channel

Polling and announcements:

• Feeds are polled every 10 minutes by default
• On add, existing items are recorded without announcing (prevents flood)
• New items are announced as [name] title | YYYY-MM-DD -- link
• Published date is included when available (RSS pubDate, Atom published)
• Maximum 5 items announced per poll; excess shown as ... and N more
• Titles are truncated to 80 characters
• Supports HTTP conditional requests (ETag, If-Modified-Since)
• 5 consecutive errors doubles the poll interval (max 1 hour)
• Feed subscriptions persist across bot restarts via bot.state

!yt -- YouTube Channel Subscriptions

Follow YouTube channels and announce new videos in IRC channels. Accepts any YouTube URL (video, channel, handle, shorts, embed) and resolves it to the channel's Atom feed.

!yt follow <url> [name]    Follow a YouTube channel (admin)
!yt unfollow <name>        Unfollow a channel (admin)
!yt list                   List followed channels
!yt check <name>           Force-poll a channel now

• follow and unfollow require admin privileges
• All subcommands must be used in a channel (not PM)
• If name is omitted on follow, it is derived from the channel title
• Names must be lowercase alphanumeric + hyphens, 1-20 characters
• Maximum 20 channels per IRC channel

URL resolution:

• /channel/UCXXX URLs extract the channel ID directly
• All other YouTube URLs (handles, videos, shorts) fetch the page to resolve
• Constructs the YouTube Atom feed URL from the resolved channel ID

Polling and announcements:

• Channels are polled every 10 minutes by default
• On follow, existing videos are recorded without announcing (prevents flood)
• New videos are announced as [name] Video Title | 18:25 1.5Mv 45klk 2026-01-15 -- URL
• Metadata suffix includes duration, views, likes, and published date when available
• Duration fetched via InnerTube API per new video (only at announcement time)
• Maximum 5 videos announced per poll; excess shown as ... and N more
• Titles are truncated to 80 characters
• Supports HTTP conditional requests (ETag, If-Modified-Since)
• 5 consecutive errors doubles the poll interval (max 1 hour)
• Subscriptions persist across bot restarts via bot.state

!twitch -- Twitch Livestream Notifications

Follow Twitch streamers and get notified when they go live. Uses Twitch's public GQL endpoint (no API credentials required).

!twitch follow <username> [name]   Follow a streamer (admin)
!twitch unfollow <name>            Unfollow a streamer (admin)
!twitch list                       List followed streamers
!twitch check <name>               Check status now

• follow and unfollow require admin privileges
• All subcommands must be used in a channel (not PM)
• If name is omitted on follow, it defaults to the Twitch login (lowercase)
• Names must be lowercase alphanumeric + hyphens, 1-20 characters
• Twitch usernames must match [a-zA-Z0-9_]{1,25}
• Maximum 20 streamers per IRC channel

Polling and announcements:

• Streamers are polled every 2 minutes by default
• On follow, the current stream state is recorded without announcing
• Announcements fire on state transitions: offline to live, or new stream ID
• Format: [name] is live: Stream Title (Game) | 50k viewers -- https://twitch.tv/login
• Game is omitted if not set; viewer count shown when available
• Titles are truncated to 80 characters
• 5 consecutive errors doubles the poll interval (max 1 hour)
• Subscriptions persist across bot restarts via bot.state
• list shows live/error status with viewer count: name (live, 50k)
• check forces an immediate poll and reports current status

!searx -- SearXNG Web Search

Search the local SearXNG instance and display top results.

!searx <query...>     Search SearXNG and show top results

• Open to all users, channel only (no PM)
• Query is everything after !searx
• Shows top 3 results as Title -- URL
• Titles truncated to 80 characters
• Query limited to 200 characters

Output format:

Title One -- https://example.com/page1
Title Two -- https://example.com/page2
Title Three -- https://example.com/page3

!alert -- Keyword Alert Subscriptions

Search keywords across 27 platforms and announce new results. Unlike !rss/!yt/!twitch which follow specific channels/feeds, !alert searches keywords across all supported platforms simultaneously.

!alert add <name> <keyword...>   Add keyword alert (admin)
!alert del <name>                Remove alert (admin)
!alert list                      List alerts
!alert check <name>              Force-poll now
!alert info <id>                 Show full details for a result
!alert history <name> [n]        Show recent results (default 5, max 20)

• add and del require admin privileges
• All subcommands must be used in a channel (not PM)
• Name is required as the first argument after add; everything after is the keyword
• Names must be lowercase alphanumeric + hyphens, 1-20 characters
• Keywords: 1-100 characters, free-form text
• Maximum 20 alerts per IRC channel

Platforms searched:

• YouTube (yt) -- InnerTube search API (no auth required)
• Twitch (tw) -- Public GQL endpoint: live streams and VODs (no auth required)
• SearXNG (sx) -- Local SearXNG instance, searches general/news/videos/social media categories filtered to last 24h (no auth required)
• Reddit (rd) -- JSON search API, sorted by new, past week (no auth required)
• Mastodon (ft) -- Public hashtag timeline across 4 instances (no auth required)
• DuckDuckGo (dg) -- HTML lite search endpoint via SOCKS5 proxy (no auth required)
• Google News (gn) -- Public RSS feed via SOCKS5 proxy (no auth required)
• Kick (kk) -- Public search API: channels and livestreams (no auth required)
• Dailymotion (dm) -- Public video API, sorted by recent (no auth required)
• PeerTube (pt) -- Federated video search across 4 instances (no auth required)
• Bluesky (bs) -- Public post search API via SOCKS5 proxy (no auth required)
• Lemmy (ly) -- Federated post search across 4 instances (no auth required)
• Odysee (od) -- LBRY JSON-RPC claim search: video, audio, documents (no auth required)
• Archive.org (ia) -- Internet Archive advanced search, sorted by date (no auth required)
• Hacker News (hn) -- Algolia search API, sorted by date (no auth required)
• GitHub (gh) -- Repository search API, sorted by recently updated (no auth required)
• Wikipedia (wp) -- MediaWiki search API, English Wikipedia (no auth required)
• Stack Exchange (se) -- Stack Overflow search API, sorted by activity (no auth required)
• GitLab (gl) -- Public project search API, sorted by last activity (no auth required)
• npm (nm) -- npm registry search API (no auth required)
• PyPI (pp) -- Recent package updates RSS feed, keyword-filtered (no auth required)
• Docker Hub (dh) -- Public repository search API (no auth required)
• arXiv (ax) -- Atom search API for academic papers (no auth required)
• Lobsters (lb) -- Community link aggregator search (no auth required)
• DEV.to (dv) -- Forem articles API, tag-based search (no auth required)
• Medium (md) -- Tag-based RSS feed (no auth required)
• Hugging Face (hf) -- Model search API, sorted by downloads (no auth required)

Backend metadata (shown as | extra suffix on titles):

Tag	Metrics	Example
tw	viewers / views	500 viewers, 1k views
rd	score, comments	+127 42c
ft	reblogs, favourites	3rb 12fav
bs	likes, reposts	5lk 2rp
ly	score, comments	+15 3c
kk	viewers	500 viewers
dm	views	1.2k views
pt	views, likes	120v 5lk
hn	points, comments	127pt 42c
gh	stars, forks	42* 5fk
gl	stars, forks	42* 5fk
se	score, answers, views	+5 3a 1.2kv
dh	stars, pulls	42* 1.2M pulls
hf	downloads, likes	500dl 12lk
dv	reactions, comments	+15 3c

Polling and announcements:

• Alerts are polled every 5 minutes by default
• On add, the bot replies immediately; existing results are seeded in the background to avoid flooding
• New results announced as two lines:
  • ACTION: * derp [name/<tag>/<id>] date - URL
  • PRIVMSG: title | extra (title with compact engagement metrics when available)
• Tags: yt, tw, sx, rd, ft, dg, gn, kk, dm, pt, bs, ly, od, ia, hn, gh, wp, se, gl, nm, pp, dh, ax, lb, dv, md, hf -- <id> is a short deterministic ID for use with !alert info
• Each platform maintains its own seen list (capped at 200 per platform)
• Per-backend error tracking with exponential backoff (5+ errors skips that backend with increasing cooldown; other backends unaffected)
• Multi-instance backends (PeerTube, Mastodon, Lemmy, SearXNG) fetch concurrently for faster polling
• Subscriptions persist across bot restarts via bot.state
• Matched results are stored in data/alert_history.db (SQLite)
• list shows per-backend error counts next to each alert
• check forces an immediate poll across all platforms
• history queries stored results (titles truncated), most recent first

!jwt -- JWT Decoder

Decode JSON Web Token header and payload, flag common issues.

!jwt eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1c2VyMTIzIn0.sig

Output format:

Header: alg=RS256 typ=JWT | sig=43 bytes
sub=user123
WARN: expired (2026-03-01 12:00 UTC)

Issues detected:

• alg=none (unsigned token)
• Expired tokens (exp in the past)
• Not-yet-valid tokens (nbf in the future)

No external dependencies -- pure base64/JSON decoding.

!mac -- MAC Address Lookup

OUI vendor lookup from IEEE database, random MAC generation.

!mac AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF    Vendor lookup
!mac AABB.CCDD.EEFF       Cisco-style format also accepted
!mac random                Generate random locally-administered MAC
!mac update                Download IEEE OUI database

Output format:

AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF -- Cisco Systems, Inc (OUI: AA:BB:CC)
Random MAC: 02:4A:F7:3C:91:E2 (locally administered)

• Accepts any common MAC format (colon, dash, dot, no separator)
• Random MACs have the locally-administered bit set and multicast bit cleared
• OUI database stored at data/oui.txt, also downloadable via scripts/update-data.sh

!abuse -- AbuseIPDB

Check IP reputation or report abuse via the AbuseIPDB API.

!abuse 8.8.8.8                              Check single IP
!abuse 8.8.8.8 1.1.1.1                      Check multiple (max 5)
!abuse 8.8.8.8 report 14,22 Brute force     Report IP (admin)

Output format:

8.8.8.8 -- Abuse: 0% (0 reports) | ISP: Google LLC | Usage: Data Center | Country: US

• API key: set ABUSEIPDB_API_KEY env var or api_key under [abuseipdb] in config
• Private/loopback IPs are rejected
• Reporting requires admin privileges
• Categories are comma-separated numbers per AbuseIPDB docs

!vt -- VirusTotal

Query VirusTotal API v3 for file hashes, IPs, domains, or URLs.

!vt 44d88612fea8a8f36de82e12...    File hash (MD5/SHA1/SHA256)
!vt 8.8.8.8                        IP address
!vt example.com                    Domain
!vt https://example.com/page       URL

Output format:

44d88612fea8a8... -- 62/72 detected | trojan, malware | first seen: 2024-01-15
8.8.8.8 -- 0/94 | AS15169 GOOGLE | Country: US | Reputation: 0
example.com -- 0/94 | Registrar: Example Inc | Reputation: 0

• API key: set VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY env var or api_key under [virustotal] in config
• Auto-detects input type from format (hash length, URL scheme, IP, domain)
• Rate limited to 4 requests per minute (VT free tier)
• URL IDs are base64url-encoded per VT API spec

!emailcheck -- SMTP Email Verification (admin)

Verify email deliverability via MX resolution and raw SMTP RCPT TO conversation through the SOCKS5 proxy.

!emailcheck user@example.com                    Single check
!emailcheck user@example.com user2@test.org     Batch (max 5)

Output format:

user@example.com -- SMTP 250 OK (mx: mail.example.com)
bad@example.com -- SMTP 550 User unknown (mx: mail.example.com)

• Admin only (prevents enumeration abuse)
• Resolves MX records via Tor DNS, falls back to A record
• Raw SMTP via SOCKS5 proxy: EHLO, MAIL FROM:<>, RCPT TO, QUIT
• 15-second timeout per connection
• Max 5 emails per invocation

!shorten -- Shorten URL

Shorten a URL via FlaskPaste's URL shortener.

!shorten https://very-long-url.example.com/path/to/resource

Output format:

https://paste.mymx.me/s/AbCdEfGh

• URL must start with http:// or https://
• mTLS client cert skips PoW; falls back to PoW challenge if no cert
• Also used internally by !alert to shorten announcement URLs

!pastemoni -- Paste Site Keyword Monitor

Monitor public paste sites for keywords (data leaks, credential dumps, brand mentions). Polls Pastebin's archive and GitHub's public Gists API on a schedule, checks new pastes for keyword matches, and announces hits to the subscribed IRC channel.

!pastemoni add <name> <keyword>     Add monitor (admin)
!pastemoni del <name>               Remove monitor (admin)
!pastemoni list                     List monitors
!pastemoni check <name>             Force-poll now

• add and del require admin privileges
• All subcommands must be used in a channel (not PM)
• Names must be lowercase alphanumeric + hyphens, 1-20 characters
• Maximum 20 monitors per channel

Backends:

• Pastebin (pb) -- Scrapes pastebin.com/archive for recent pastes, fetches raw content, case-insensitive keyword match against title + content
• GitHub Gists (gh) -- Queries api.github.com/gists/public, matches keyword against description and filenames

Polling and announcements:

• Monitors are polled every 5 minutes by default
• On add, existing items are seeded in the background (no flood)
• New matches announced as [tag] Title -- snippet -- URL
• Maximum 5 items announced per backend per poll; excess shown as ... and N more
• Titles truncated to 60 characters, snippets to 80 characters
• 5 consecutive all-backend failures doubles the poll interval (max 1 hour)
• Subscriptions persist across bot restarts via bot.state
• list shows keyword and per-backend error counts
• check forces an immediate poll across all backends

FlaskPaste Configuration

[flaskpaste]
url = "https://paste.mymx.me"    # or set FLASKPASTE_URL env var

Auth: place client cert/key at secrets/flaskpaste/derp.crt and derp.key for mTLS (bypasses PoW). Without them, PoW challenges are solved per request.

URL Title Preview (urltitle)

Automatic URL title preview for channel messages. When a user posts a URL, the bot fetches the page title and description and displays a one-line preview. No commands -- event-driven only.

<alice> check out https://example.com/article
<derp> ↳ Article Title -- Description of the article...

Behavior:

• Automatically previews HTTP(S) URLs posted in channel messages
• Skips private messages, bot's own messages, and command messages (!prefix)
• URLs prefixed with ! are suppressed: !https://example.com produces no preview
• HEAD-then-GET fetch strategy (checks Content-Type before downloading body)
• Skips non-HTML content types (images, PDFs, JSON, etc.)
• Skips binary file extensions (.png, .jpg, .pdf, .zip, etc.)
• Skips FlaskPaste URLs and configured ignore hosts
• Dedup: same URL only previewed once per cooldown window (5 min default)
• Max 3 URLs previewed per message (configurable)
• Title from og:title takes priority over <title> tag
• Description from og:description takes priority over <meta name="description">
• Title truncated at 200 chars, description at 150 chars

Output format:

↳ Page Title -- Description truncated to 150 chars...
↳ Page Title

Configuration (optional):

[urltitle]
cooldown = 300        # seconds before same URL previewed again
timeout = 10          # HTTP fetch timeout
max_urls = 3          # max URLs to preview per message
ignore_hosts = []     # additional hostnames to skip