DictatorBot is used by the DevRelCollective to manage which moderator (Benevolent Dictator) is on-call at any given time.
It is built in GOLANG, using Camunda Platform BPM as an orchestration platform.
It was written by David G. Simmons.
Before attempting to run the Dictator bot you should make sure that you have created a Slack Application, that it has the proper permissions to write to channels and Direct Messages, etc.
App your APP_ID, TOKEN, Verification Secret, and Channel ID to the dictator.yaml file.
You will need to edit dictator.yaml for your installation and make sure that the dictators, etc. are all correct.
% go get
% go build dictator.go
% ./dictator
From that point on, you can use DictatorBot in your Slack Group.
You will need an instance of Camunda Platform BPM running somewhere. It must be running on a secure (TLS/HTTPS) server, as must the dictator process described above.
Deploy the DictatorBot.bpmn file to your Camunda Platform instance.
Make sure that you have edited the proper server names in the dictator.yaml file to point to your servers.
Available commands are:
helpor?rotateorrotationto get the full rotation schedulewhoto see who the current on-call person isnextto see who the next on-call person will be@usernameto place someone on-callauthorauthorizedto see who is authorized to use the DictatorBotupdateto place the next person in the rotation on-call
The DictatorBot can only be called in channels where it has been invited, or in Direct Messages, and can only be called by those listed in the dictator.yaml file.