# 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](https://github.com/uditkarode/bing-chat-telegram/blob/master/.env.example)
- Run `yarn dev` or `yarn build && yarn start` to start the bot.

**> To start using this project using Docker,**
  - Obtain `docker-compose.yml` from this repository.
  - Create `.env` with the required variables (see [.env.example](https://github.com/uditkarode/bing-chat-telegram/blob/master/.env.example)).
  - 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 message to Bing AI
variant - get or set the chat variant of the chat
help - get help on how to use the bot
newchat - clear the current conversation and start a new one
```