Stacy, the Slack PM

How to run on a brand-new Mac

#1 Open Terminal

#2 Install Homebrew
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

#3 Install git & node
brew install git node

#4 clone this repo and enter the directory
cd ~/
git clone git://github.com/gswalden/stacy.git
cd ~/stacy

#5 Install node dependencies
npm install

#6 Set environment variable SLACK_TOKEN with a Slack Bot token generated at 
#  https://makerbot.slack.com/services/new/bot (replace makerbot with your Slack group), 
#  and start Stacy
SLACK_TOKEN=xoxo-abc12345679 npm start

How I run Stacy

Instead of step #6 above, copy the token and create a new file:

{
  "script": "index.js",
  "ext": "js",
  "env": {
    "BOTMASTER": "gregbot",
    "SLACK_TOKEN": "xoxo-abc12345679"
  }
}

Save as nodemon.json in the repo's root. The BOTMASTER field is optional and should be your Slack username.

Now, return to Terminal and simply type gulp to boot up the server. An added bonus of this method: any changes to any .js files will be detected and automatically restart the script with your new code.

Deploying to Heroku

A Procfile already exists, all you need to do is set SLACK_TOKEN as an environment variable in Heroku's config, then deploy.

To Do

• Restructure to be used as an npm module