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Welcome to the tf2_bot_detector wiki!
TF2 Bot Detector calls a votekick against bots (and select human cheaters) on your team. If they are on the other team, sends a chat message telling the other team to kick their cheater.
No. It does not modify the game or OS memory in any way. It is only using built-in functionality in the engine, exactly the way it was intended. Anecdotally, many users have been using this tool for a few months now without issue.
It monitors the console output (saved to a log file) to get information about the game state. Invoking commands in the game is done via passing rcon commands to your client. Getting players in the current game is done via the tf_lobby_debug and status commands. Cheaters are identified by some rules but primarily by comparing players steamIDs against a list of known cheaters.
The official list that is included with the program is maintained by Pazer exclusively. No user submissions are accepted at this time and it is unlikely that they will be in the future. While this approach this may seem limiting, it is to avoid false positives and to maintain the integrity of the project as a whole. There are some community player lists that can be added to your own detector. These are not maintained by Pazer. For more information on installing community lists go here.
You can turn off chat warnings by unchecking the checkbox labeled "Enable Chat Warnings." By default if there are multiple tool users in the same server a "Bot Leader" is chosen and only their tool will send messages. There is no other way to customize chat messages outside of editing the code yourself.
You likely downloaded the source code instead of the actual tool. Make sure you are downloading one of the .ZIPs that is not labeled "Source Code." There are two of them, one labeled with an x86 and one with an x64. If you don't know which one you want, you almost certainly want the one with the x64. For further instructions go here.
Right now the base player list and rule set is very very limited due to an abundance of caution. There are third party community lists and rules that are run by people who are not Pazer. While the general community trusts them, it is important to remember that these are not official resources and not under direct control of this project. For more information on installing community lists go here.
Make sure you have Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015, 2017 and 2019 installed. If you just installed it make to to restart your computer after to finish the installation. For further assistance either open an issue on github or join our discord for faster, community based support.
This project does not advocate for the use of cheating in any fashion. Putting aside the obvious moral issues with using cheats, that would introduce the possibility of a VAC ban. This project is committed to maintaining the safety of its users.
Take a look at the [wiki][wiki-link]. There is not a ton there right now but that will be the location of all future documentation. If you can't find your answer there, stop by the discord.