TIM3BOT

The manager you didn't know you wanted :)

TIM3BOT is lightweight, conversational tool for tracking goals and time estimation across various teams here at Flux.io. It asks you to make ~3 large commitments to your team per week, plus how many days of effort you believe each commitment represents. TIM3BOT then checks in with you regularly and provides you a score so you can see your estimation efficiency week-to-week.

Installation

1. Install and start Redis

• On OSX, we recommend using Homebrew and automatically starting the server on login:

$ brew update
$ brew install redis
$ brew services start redis

1. Install and start Postgres

• On OSX, we recommend using Homebrew and automatically starting the server on login:

$ brew update
$ brew install postgres
$ brew services start postgresql

1. Create a Postgres database and, if necessary, superuser, e.g.:

$ createuser -s postgres
$ createdb tim3bot

1. Clone the repo and install the Node dependencies: npm install
2. Create a new bot on Slack (we call ours "tim3bot").
3. Set up your environment
4. Start the server: npm run start:watch
5. Navigate to http://localhost:4000

Environment

• SLACK_CLIENT_ID: The Slack app's client ID
• SLACK_CLIENT_SECRET: The Slack app's client secret
• SLACK_API_TOKEN: The api token you get for your newly-created bot on Slack.
• DB_NAME: The postgres database name, e.g., tim3bot
• DB_USER (optional, default: postgres): The postgres database user
• DB_PASSWORD (optional): The postgres database password
• NODE_ENV *(optional, default: development): The current environment, e.g., development or production
• PROXY_PORT *(optional, default: 4000): The port for the server that you will access in the browser
• API_PORT *(optional, default: 4001, alias: PORT): The port for the main server
• STATIC_PORT *(optional, default: 4002): The port for the Webpack server