Setup:

1. Create a new discord application on https://discord.com/developers/applications with the permissions:

• Send Messages

• Send Messages in Threads

• Manage Messages

• Read Message History

• Add Reactions

  and invite the bot to your discord server. Under Settings/Bot you can Reset the Token to get the 'BOT_TOKEN'.

2. Create the text channels "meetings", "paper-suggesting" and "paper-voting". In "paper-voting" remove the permission to send messages for everyone except the bot.

3. Copy 'Dockerfile', 'requirements.txt' and 'docker-compose.yml' to your machine (No need to clone the repository. The container will do this for you.) Change the relative path 'context' in 'docker-compose.yml' if you put it into a different locations than the other two.

4. Create a file '.env' in the same folder where you put 'docker-compose.yml' to define the environment variables. It should be of the pattern:

    BOT_TOKEN=<your personal bot token>
    ADMIN_ID=<discord user id of you>
    MEETING_CHANNEL_ID=<id of the textchannel called 'meetings'>
    PAPER_SUGGESTING_CHANNEL_ID=<id of the textchannel called 'paper-suggesting'>
    PAPER_VOTING_CHANNEL_ID=<id of the textchannel called 'paper-voting'>
   

5. Navigate into the folder that contains the 'docker-compose.yml' file.

6. Start the bot with:

     sudo docker-compose up --build -d
   

7. Interact with the bot by sending it the message "!help" or "!admin_help" in the discord channel "paper-suggesting" or as a private message.

8. Stop the bot with:

     sudo docker-compose down