Wiki & Knowledge Commands

Access community knowledge bases and information resources.

Tip: Use !ask <question> for a unified search across wiki, outline docs, RSS links, Q&A history, Wikipedia, and more. The commands below search individual sources directly.

Wiki Commands (IrregularPedia)

!wiki

Display wiki links and information.

!wiki

Response: Shows links to IrregularPedia and how to contribute.

!wikisearch / !ws

Search the wiki for content.

!wikisearch <query>
!ws <query>

Example:

!ws operational security

Response: Returns matching wiki articles with summaries and links.

!wikiask / !wa

AI-powered Q&A from wiki content.

!wikiask <question>
!wa <question>

Example:

!wa What are the best practices for secure communications?

Features:

Searches wiki for relevant articles
Uses AI to synthesize an answer
Provides source links

!wikiindex

Show wiki index or categories.

!wikiindex

!wikistats

Display wiki statistics.

!wikistats

!wikiadd / !wa (Wiki Content Addition)

AI-powered content extraction from chat messages to IrregularPedia.

!wikiadd              # Reply to a message — analyze it for wiki-worthy content
!wikiadd -n 10        # Analyze last 10 messages for facts and resources
!wa -n 20             # Analyze last 20 messages

How it works:

Bot extracts messages (from reply or last N messages)
AI analyzes messages for factual, educational, or reference-worthy content
AI searches existing wiki pages for related content (reads page snippets)
AI decides whether to append to an existing page or create a new page
Bot clones/updates the wiki repo, applies changes, commits, and pushes to GitLab
Changes go live on irregularpedia.org after the Astro site rebuilds

Examples:

# Reply to a message containing useful information
!wikiadd

# Analyze last 50 messages for resources and facts
!wikiadd -n 50

# Short alias
!wa -n 30

What gets added:

Factual information and technical explanations
Links to resources, tools, and references
Definitions and overviews of topics
News and updates about relevant subjects

What gets skipped:

Casual conversation and chit-chat
Personal opinions without factual basis
Bot commands and responses
Duplicate content already on the wiki

Content placement:

The AI strongly prefers appending to existing related pages over creating new ones
It searches wiki titles AND reads page content to find the best match
New pages are only created when no existing page is a reasonable fit
Content is formatted with proper Markdown headings, links, and structure

Requirements:

GitLab wiki integration must be configured (see Integrations)
OpenAI API key for content analysis
Bot user needs Maintainer access on the wiki GitLab project

Information Resources

!forum

Show forum links and information.

!forum

Response: Links to community Discourse forum.

!links

Display important community links.

!links

Response: Curated list of community resources, tools, and references.

!faq

Show frequently asked questions.

!faq

Response: Common questions and answers about the community.

!docs

Display documentation links.

!docs

Response: Links to technical documentation and guides.

!events

Show upcoming community events.

!events
!events search <term>

Response: Calendar of upcoming events with RSVP counts and poll status.

See: Events for full documentation including !event quick, !event parse, !event plan, !vote, and !rsvp commands.

Forum Commands (Discourse)

!fpost

Create a new forum post from Signal.

!fpost <title> | <content>
!fpost                        # Reply to message to use as content

Example:

!fpost Security Discussion | Let's talk about recent developments...

!flatest

Show latest forum posts.

!flatest

Response: Recent posts from Discourse with titles and links.

!fsearch

Search forum posts.

!fsearch <query>

Example:

!fsearch vpn recommendations

!categories

List forum categories.

!categories

Response: Available Discourse categories for posting.

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
`DISCOURSE_URL`	For forum	Discourse instance URL
`DISCOURSE_API_KEY`	For forum	Discourse API key
`DISCOURSE_USERNAME`	For forum	Bot’s Discourse username
`DISCOURSE_QA_CATEGORY`	No	Category ID for Q&A posts (default: 5)