Application Bot v4

Hopefully v5 will be stateless...

Requirements

• Docker
• Docker compose
• Existing Docker network infra on the VPS with:
  • Postgres available as postgres:5432
  • Redis available as redis:6379

Bot setup

1. Copy .env.example to .env and fill all required values.

BOT_TOKEN=*****
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://appbot:*****@postgres:5432/appbot
POSTGRES_USER=appbot
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=*****
POSTGRES_DB=appbot
PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata
OWNER=YOUR_DISCORD_ID
REDIS_HOST=redis
OPENAI_API_KEY=*****
CHROMA_URL=http://chroma:8000

2. Create a config file named config.json in the main directory, all values are required.

{
    "channels": {
        "pending": "",
        "denied": "",
        "accepted": "",
        "report": "",
        "staff": "",
        "support": "",
        "international_support": "",
        "tips": "",
        "variable_guides": "",
        "limiter_guides": "",
        "faq": "",
        "bot_commands_1": "",
        "bot_commands_2": "",
        "wiki": "",
        "share_your_bot": ""
    },
    "roles": {
        "mod": "",
        "trial_support": "",
        "required_role": "",
        "staff": ""
    },
    "support_tags": {
        "resolved": "",
        "complex": "",
        "question": "",
        "code_error": "",
        "wiki_error": ""
    },
    "international_support_tags": {
        "resolved": "",
        "turkish": "",
        "russian": "",
        "french": "",
        "spanish": "",
        "portuguese": "",
        "arabic": "",
        "german": "",
        "dutch": "",
        "hindi": "",
        "polish": "",
        "italian": "",
        "czech": "",
        "greek": "",
        "hungarian": "",
        "other": ""
    },
    "categories": {
        "tickets": ""
    },
    "guild": "THE_INITIAL_GUILD"
}

Startup

Local (includes Postgres + Redis)

docker compose -f docker-compose.yml up --build

VPS / shared infra (uses existing Postgres + Redis)

1. Ensure the shared infra stack is running on the VPS (postgres and redis reachable on network infra).
2. Start with: docker compose -f docker-compose.infra.yml up --build

Legal

• Privacy Policy (markdown)
• Terms of Service (markdown)

Discord rejects github.com/.../blob/... links (“URL is not allowed”). Host the HTML pages with GitHub Pages:

1. Push these files to the default branch.
2. Repo Settings → Pages → Build and deployment: Source Deploy from a branch, Branch main (or your default), Folder /docs.
3. Wait a minute, then use:
   • Home: https://oriel-beck.github.io/application-bot/
   • Privacy: https://oriel-beck.github.io/application-bot/legal/privacy-policy.html
   • Terms: https://oriel-beck.github.io/application-bot/legal/terms-of-service.html
   • Legal index: https://oriel-beck.github.io/application-bot/legal/

Also paste those same URLs into the app’s General Information Privacy Policy / Terms of Service fields if present.