insights-bot

README

insights-bot

A bot works with OpenAI GPT models to provide insights for your info flows.

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Supported IMs

• Telegram
• Slack
• Discord

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Usage

Commands

Insights Bot ships with a set of commands, you can use /help to get a list of available commands when talking to the bot in Telegram. You can also use /cancel to cancel any ongoing actions with the bot.

Summarize webpages

Command: /smr

Arguments: URL, Replied message with only URL

Usage:

/smr https://www.example.com

/smr [Reply to a message with only URL]

By sending /smr command with a URL or replying to a message that only contains a URL, the bot will try to summarize the webpage and return the result.

Configure chat history recapturing

Warning This command is not available in Slack/Discord integration currently.

Command: /configure_recap

Arguments: None

/configure_recap

By sending /configure_recap command, the bot will send you a message with options you can interact with. Click the buttons to choose the group you want to configure.

Summarize chat histories or Recap

Warning This command is not available in Slack/Discord integration currently.

Command: /recap

Arguments: None

/recap

By sending /recap command, the bot will try to summarize the chat histories and return the result you choose later.

Subscribe to chat histories recap for a group

Warning This command is not available in Slack/Discord integration currently.

Command: /subscribe_recap

Arguments: None

/subscribe_recap

By sending /subscribe_recap command, the bot will start to capture the messages from the group you subscribed and then send a copy of the recap message to you through private chat when it is available.

Unsubscribe to chat histories recap for a group

Warning This command is not available in Slack/Discord integration currently.

Command: /unsubscribe_recap

Arguments: None

/unsubscribe_recap

By sending /unsubscribe_recap command, the bot will no longer send the copy of the recap message for the group you subscribe. Such as:

Summarize forwarded messages in private chat

Warning This command is not available in Slack/Discord integration currently.

Commands: /recap_forwarded_start, /recap_forwarded

Arguments: None

/recap_forwarded_start

[Forward a message]

/recap_forwarded

By sending /recap_forwarded_start command, the bot will start to capture the forwarded messages you send later in private chat and try to summarize them when you send /recap_forwarded command afterwards.

Deployment

Run with binary

You will have to clone this repository and then build the binary by yourself.

git clone https://github.com/nekomeowww/insights-bot

go build -a -o "build/insights-bot" "github.com/nekomeowww/insights-bot/cmd/insights-bot"

Then copy the .env.example file to build directory and rename it to .env, and then fill in the environment variables.

cd build
cp ../.env.example .env
vim .env

# assign executable permission to the binary
$ chmod +x ./insights-bot
# run the binary
$ ./insights-bot

Run with docker

docker run -it --rm -e TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=<Telegram Bot API Token> -e OPENAI_API_SECRET=<OpenAI API Secret Key> -e DB_CONNECTION_STR="<PostgresSQL connection URL>" insights-bot ghcr.io/nekomeowww/insights-bot:latest

Run with docker-compose

Create your .env by making a copy of the contents from .env.example file. The .env file should be placed at the root of the project directory next to your docker-compose.yml file.

Replace your OpenAI token and other environment variables in .env, and then run:

docker-compose --profile hub up -d

If you prefer run docker image from local codes, then run:

docker-compose --profile local up -d --build

Build on your own

Build with go

go build -a -o "release/insights-bot" "github.com/nekomeowww/insights-bot/cmd/insights-bot"

Build with Docker

docker buildx build --platform linux/arm64,linux/amd64 -t <tag> -f Dockerfile .

Ports we use

Port	Description
6060	pprof Debug server
7069	Health check server
7070	Slack App/Bot webhook server
7071	Telegram Bot webhook server
7072	Discord Bot webhook server

Configurations

Environment variables

Name	Required	Default	Description
TIMEZONE_SHIFT_SECONDS	false	0	Timezone shift in seconds used for auto generating recap messages for groups, default is 0.
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN	true		Telegram Bot API token, you can create one and obtain the token through @BotFather
TELEGRAM_BOT_WEBHOOK_URL	false		Telegram Bot webhook URL and port, you can use https://ngrok.com/ or Cloudflare tunnel to expose your local server to the internet.
TELEGRAM_BOT_WEBHOOK_PORT	false	7071	Telegram Bot Webhook server port, default is 7071
OPENAI_API_SECRET	true		OpenAI API Secret Key that looks like sk-************************************************, you can obtain one by signing in to OpenAI platform and create one at http://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys.
OPENAI_API_HOST	false	https://api.openai.com	OpenAI API Host, you can specify one if you have a relay or reversed proxy configured. Such as https://openai.example.workers.dev
DB_CONNECTION_STR	true		PostgreSQL database URL. Such as postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres. You could also suffix with ?search_path=<schema name> if you want to specify a schema
SLACK_CLIENT_ID	false		Slack app client id, you can create a slack app and get it, see: tutorial
SLACK_CLIENT_SECRET	false		Slack app client secret, you can create a slack app and get it, see: tutorial
SLACK_WEBHOOK_PORT	false	7070	Port for Slack Bot/App Webhook server, default is 7070
DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN	false		Discord bot token, you can create a discord app and get it, see: Get started document
DISCORD_BOT_PUBLIC_KEY	false		Discord bot public key, you can create a discord app and get it, see: Get started document, required if DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN provided.
DISCORD_BOT_WEBHOOK_PORT	false	7072	Port for Discord Bot Webhook server, default is 7702
REDIS_HOST	true	localhost	Redis host connects to, default is localhost
REDIS_PORT	true	6379	Redis port, default is 6379
REDIS_TLS_ENABLED	false	false	Redis TLS enabled, default is false
REDIS_USERNAME	false		Redis username.
REDIS_PASSWORD	false		Redis password.
REDIS_DB	false	0	Redis database, default is 0
REDIS_CLIENT_CACHE_ENABLED	false	false	Redis client cache enabled, default is false, read more about client cache at https://redis.io/docs/manual/client-side-caching/ and https://github.com/redis/rueidis#client-side-caching for more details.
LOG_FILE_PATH	false	<insights-bot_executable>/logs/insights-bot.log	Log file path, you can specify one if you want to specify a path to store logs when executed and ran with binary. The default path is /var/log/insights-bot/insights-bot.log in Docker volume, you can override the defaults -e LOG_FILE_PATH=<path> when executing docker run command or modify and prepend a new LOG_FILE_PATH the docker-compose.yml file.
LOG_LEVEL	false	info	Log level, available values are debug, info, warn, error, error
CLOVER_DB_PATH	false	insights_bot_clover_data.db	Deprecated. Path to Clover database file, you can specify one if you want to specify a path to store data when executed and ran with binary. The default path is /var/lib/insights-bot/insights_bot_clover_data.db in Docker volume, you can override the defaults -e CLOVER_DB_PATH=<path> when executing docker run command or modify and prepend a new CLOVER_DB_PATH the docker-compose.yml file.

Acknowledgements

• Project logo was generated by Midjourney
• OpenAI for providing the GPT series models