WonderlandAlice

A simple markov chain bot

Installation

Requires JSON, POE, and POE::Component::IRC, all of which are of course available from CPAN.

Configuration

Copy config.pm.example to config.pm and edit to match your setup. WonderlandAlice does not support passwords, nickservs, SSL, or other advanced authentication mechanisms. PRs welcome.

Creating your own markov chain

markov.pl transforms an input file into a JSON structure defining the relationships between the words. Use it like so:

$ perl markov.pl text > chain.json

The bot loads the markov chain from chain.json when it starts up, so you will have to restart the bot to load new data. markov.pl also accepts a --js flag that makes it output a JS snippet that loads the data into a chain variable. It's intended for use when embedding the chain into a JS program.