A specialized IRC bot that monitors RSS feeds from tech websites and announces updates to relevant IRC channels. Currently tracking blogs from Next.js, React, Remix, TypeScript, and Primate.js communities.

• Monitors multiple RSS feeds with configurable refresh intervals
• Posts updates to IRC channels based on configuration
• Supports mapping specific feeds to specific channels
• Can handle multiple authors in feed items
• Optional IP address hexadecimal encoding for IRC identification

# Clone the repository
git clone <repository-url>
cd skillnews

# Install dependencies
npm install
# or
yarn

Configuration is managed in src/config.ts:

export default {
  channels: {
    "#nextjs": ["nextjs", "react", "remix"],
    "#reactjs": ["react", "remix", "nextjs"],
    "#typescript": ["typescript"],
    // ...
  },
  server: "irc.libera.chat",
  user: {
    nick: "YOUR_NICKNAME", // Change this to your own IRC nickname, don't use "skillnews"
    name: "YOUR_NAME", // Change this to your own IRC username
    password: "",
  },
  feeds: {
    nextjs: { url: "https://nextjs.org/feed.xml", refresh: 600000 },
    react: { url: "https://react.dev/rss.xml", refresh: 600000 },
    // ...
  },
  hexip: false,
};

• channels: Map of IRC channels to feed subscriptions. Use "*" to subscribe to all feeds.
• server: IRC server address
• user: Bot credentials (�?️ Important: Please use your own nickname and not "skillnews")
• feeds: RSS feed sources with refresh intervals in milliseconds
• hexip: Enable IP address hexadecimal encoding for IRC identification

# Build and start the bot
npm run start
# or
yarn start

# Build the TypeScript code
npm run build
# or
yarn build

# Lint the code
npm run lint
# or
yarn lint

MIT