Tulip Chatbot for Matrix

An "AI" (neural net text synth) matrix chatbot - 'cause i got no meat buddies

Installation

To install this thing, just run ./setup.sh, which will

• create keys.json
• pip3 install python dependencies

You need a tor proxy (for security+fucking with api).

On debian/ubuntu based systems, run sudo apt install tor In the end you can run these commands:

systemctl <start/stop/status> tor

You may need to adjust line 22 of main.py according to what you end up doing.

Running

Preparation

Stuff to do in browser (Bot account and Textsynth API)

You will need to firstly create a matrix account. You can use Element from a browser to quickly do that and then to setup pfp/display name

Once you got that, you'll need to create a textsynth account (throaway emails are NOT filtered, feel free to use one). I know their model is not fully open source, but is somehow better than, say, BLOOM, especially with a short prompt. We're gonna abuse their API anyway, so you're morally safe. Then gon in the settings tab and copy your API key.

Configuration

Edit the file keys.json and fill in the details. Note that homeserver should include https://

That's it!

Running the script

Run the script with python3.8+ python3 main.py (Run the bot in its own folder, as it'll create some files that may get in the way elsewhere. )

Connecting to the bot

Give it some time and it'll display session id and other stuff.
Now invite the bot to a room (use DMs for testing!) and verify its session.

Start Chatting!

Use !help to see the Help Page In short, use !toggle_chatbot to start chatting