irc-skill/SKILL-TEST-TEMPLATE.md

Skill Testing Template

The purpose of this template is to help a Mycroft Community Skill Developer outline how a Community Member can install, configure, and test the Skill. This template is aimed at making Skills easier to test, and thereby increasing the quality of Skills deployed.

IRC skill

• Platform
• Device version
• Who
• Datestamp
• Language and dialect of tester

How to install Skill

To install just say Hey Mycroft, install irc skill

Steps to test the Skill

Note that sometimes mycroft might not understand you correct. Please check that before you open an issue

Note that the default server is irc.freenode.net which connects to the freenode network. The default channel is #mycroft

1. Connect to a server:

   • Say connect to irc
   • If this is the first time you run this skill, the skill will ask you for username. Choose a short, if possible one word, user name.
   • The skill response with Connecting and with Connected as soon as a connection is established.

2. Join a channel:

   • Say join irc channel
   • The skill responses with Joining and with Joined as soon as the join was successfull where <channel> should be mycroftright now.

3. Sending and reciving messages:

   • Connect with a different irc client to the network or use this link to open one in your browser.
   • Say send irc message (For me, mycroft has problems to understand the send word correctly)
   • The skill will ask you for a message. You can simply say Hi to the people in the channel.
   • In your client/browser, check if the message appears.
   • Write an aswer in your client/browser.
   • The skill should response with <user> has writtent in mycroft: <your text> where <user> is the username in your client and <your text> is what you've typed in your client.

4. Disconnect:

   • Say Disconnect from irc
   • The skill should response with Disconnecting and Disconnected.

You know now the basics of how to use this skill. Play with it a bit around (settings can't be changed by voice yet) or just have fun chatting with your mycroft mates in #mycroft on freenode.

If you encounter any issue please try to reproduce with debug mode enabled.
Debug mode can be turned on by saying enable irc debug.

Note This will make the skill almost unuseable via voice (the client will spam you with information). Please use the console instead.

To exit debug mode say disable irc debug