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title = "Three simple bots for the Matrix network"
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date = 2023-07-28
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[Matrix](https://matrix.org/) is an open source, decentralized, end-to-end encrypted communication network. It's sort of a combination of Discord and Mastodon. I created a few bots for this network to perform various small tasks.
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The benefit of having a bot on a network like this is that you only need to run it once and then it is immediately available on all your devices, with a shared, searchable history. A Matrix channel can be viewed as a synchronized terminal, with clients available for virtually any device. A bot is analogous to a bash script in that terminal.
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## Matrix-GPTZoo
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Code is [here](https://forgejo.ewintr.nl/ewintr/matrix-gptzoo).
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A ChatGPT interface with multiple configurable prompts.
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Each prompt will have the bot log in with a different user, enabling the creation of a chat room full of AI assistants to answer your questions.
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Bots will only answer questions specifically addressed to them, but it is also possible to configure one to answer questions that are not addressed to a specific bot. Continuing a conversation can be done by replying to an answer.
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## Matrix-FeedReader
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Code is [here](https://forgejo.ewintr.nl/ewintr/matrix-feedreader).
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This is a bot simply posts new entries from a [Miniflux RSS reader](https://miniflux.app/) to a Matrix room.
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Miniflux already has a Matrix integration and can post the entries itself, but this bot adds two things:
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- After posting it marks the entry as read in Miniflux.
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- Each entry is posted as a separate message, which makes it easier to create other bots that can interact with them.
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## Matrix-KagiSum
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Code is {here](https://forgejo.ewintr.nl/ewintr/matrix-kagisum).
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A quick and dirty bot that summarizes web content from a link. It uses the [Kagi Universal Summarizer](https://blog.kagi.com/universal-summarizer).
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To use it, just react to a message with a 🗒️ emoji and the bot will reply with a summary of the linked content.
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