bing-chat-telegram/README.md

# Bing Chat Telegram Bot

A Telegram bot that lets you interact with the Bing AI from chats that you allow in the config.

**> To start using this project,**
- Git clone and cd into cloned dir
- Run `yarn install` to install the dependencies.
- Create a `.env` file or set environment variables according to the reference file `.env.example`
- Run `yarn dev` or `yarn build && yarn start` to start the bot.

**> To start using this project using Docker,**
- Git clone and cd into cloned dir
- Run `docker compose -f .build/docker-compose.yml build` to build the container.
- Create a `.env` file or set environment variables according to the reference file `.env.example`
- Run `docker compose up -d` to start the bot.
- Run `docker compose -f .build/docker-compose.yml push` to push container to registry.

**> To start using this project using Docker in prod,**
- Create `docker-compose.yml` with the content from `docker-compose.yml` in repo.
- Create `.env` with the required variables. (see .env.example in repo)
- Run `docker compose up -d` to start the bot.

**> To enable Telegram command autocompletion,**

- Press the `Edit Commands` button in your bot's menu on BotFather, and paste the following:

```
ai - send a prompt to the AI
variant - get or set the variant of the chat
help - get help on how to use the bot
```