Getting started

Interactive Method

Using the interactive /setup command is the fastest and easiest way to get started with nMarkov.

When you run this command, nMarkov will start a series of prompts to guide you through the setup process and easily configure the bot for your server.

Manual Method

Setting the channel

The first thing you'll need to do is set the channel that nMarkov will use to learn from. If you don't tell him what channel to read, he won't listen to anyone!

To do that, you can use the /channels add <channel> command.

You should also double check your server's permissions, as well as the permissions of the channel you're setting him to, to make sure that he can read and send messages in the channel you choose.

Changing the probability

By default, nMarkov has a 5% probability in each server it joins.

This means that, when nMarkov figures it has enough messages in its log to start generating messages, each incoming message sent by a member of your server in the channel you set has a 5% chance of triggering nMarkov to generate and send a message of his own.

Some people think this is too high, and some people think it's too low. You can change this probability to whatever you like with the following command:

To change the probability, use the /setprobability <probability> command.

You can use numbers with up to two decimal places, too - so you can really fine-tune nMarkov to work for your server.