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Charlie - 18F's Plastic Pal That's Fun to Be With

A Slack app bot used within 18F for fun and work.

What all it can do

Interactive bots

Coffeemate

Schedule virtual coffees with random teammates! Not sure who you should talk to? Charlie can help! Say coffee me to get put into the virtual coffee queue. As soon as someone else signs up, Charlie will connect you.

Dad jokes

Charlie can fetch a joke from Fatherhood.gov to brighten up your day. Just say @Charlie dad joke to increase your daily joy.

Employee resource group invite requests

To see a list of TTS employee resource and affinity groups that accept automated invitation requests, just ask Charlie! Say @Charlie ergs and the bot will send you a direct message listing the groups along with a button for each one. Clicking the button will send a message to the group letting them know you'd like an invitation!

Some employee resource and affinity groups are not available by automated invitation request. To see the complete list of ERGs and contact information, you can send yourself a direct message that just says ergs and Slackbot will respond with that information!

Evermarch

Ever wondered what day of March 2020, we're currently on? Charlie can tell you. Just say evermarch in any channel where Charlie is, and it'll let you know.

Facts

Charlie knows so many facts. Dog facts, cat facts, giraffe facts, dolphin facts. There are just so many facts. You can just say dog fact (or giraffe fact, etc.) to get Charlie to share its knowledge with you.

Key word What it does
alan fact Shares a fact about people named Alan
alumni dog fact Shares a fact about a dog belonging to a TTS alum
ask ally fact Shares a fact about accessible web development
bird fact Shares a fact about a TTS person's bird
cat fact Shares a fact about a TTS person's cat
dino fact Shares a fact about dinosaurs
dog fact Shares a fact about a TTS person's dog
dolphin fact Shares a fact about dolphins
ed simulator Shares a quote from 18F alumni Ed Mullen
giraffe fact Shares a fact of dubious truth about giraffes
minnesota facts Shares a fact about the state of Minnesota
park fact Shares a fact about the US National Parks
randy fact Shares a fact about 18F staff member Randy
screambot Joyfully screams along with you
wisconsin facts Shares a fact about the state of Wisconsin
Fancy font

Feeling fancy, and want your message to reflect that? Charlie is here! Just say fancy font <your message> and Charlie will respond with a very fancy version of your message. So fancy!

Federal holidays

Itching for a day off and want to know when the next holiday is? Charlie knows all the (standard, recurring) holidays! Just say @charlie when is the next holiday and Charlie will let you know.

Three-paycheck months

Do you look forward to 3-paycheck months to treat yourself to something nice? Maybe blue crabs? You deserve nice things, and Charlie can help! Just say @charlie when's the next 3-paycheck month? (or something similar; Charlie is not too picky) and it'll let you know the next one up!

Handbook search

Wondering if the TTS Handbook has useful information for a particular topic but don't want to open your browser? Charlie can help! Just say @handbook terms and Charlie will search the Handbook for terms for you (replace terms with whatever you want). If it finds anything, it'll post links in a threaded response to your request.

HugMe

Need to see a little hug in your life? Friends from TTS past have left us a gift and Charlie will deliver it whenever you need. Just say @charlie hug me or @charlie hug bomb <number> to get a little happiness dropped right on your screen.

OPM's DC offices status

Working in DC and want to know if the office is closed due to snow or, perhaps, raven attack? Charlie knows all! Say @charlie opm status and it will ask OPM for the latest information and then pass that along to you. No more having to open a web browser all by yourself!

Procurement glossary

Not sure what a procurement term means? Charlie might be able to help! Say @charlie define <term> and it will attempt to look the term up in the 18F Procurement Glossary and report what it finds.

Pug bot

Do you like pugs? Do you want pictures of pugs? Charlie can help! Just say @Charlie pug me to get a picture of a cute pug, or @Charlie pug bomb [count] to get a bunch of pug pictures! (You can leave the count out; Charlie will send 3 pictures if you don't ask for a specific number.)

Q-Expander bot

Ever wonder what the Q* initialisms are after everyone's names? Each letter describes where a person fits in the organization. Say qex [q-initialism] and get a detailed tree response back.

For example: qex queaad

Response:

QUEAAD
|||||└──QUEAAD: Chumanjalaal Cohort
||||└──QUEAA: Engineering
|||└──QUEA: 18F Chapters
||└──QUE: 18F
|└──QU: Office of Clients & Markets
└──Q: FAS (TTS)
Tock line

What Tock line do I bill this project to? Ugh, who can remember? Charlie can! In a channel, you can say @charlie set tock <number> and Charlie will remember the Tock line for that room. In the future, if you need to know what to bill to, say @charlie tock and it will let you know. Handy!

US Code Bot

The law sure is fun, and Charlie can help you look it up! If you drop a citation to the US Code, Charlie will attempt to look it up on the Cornell LII website and post the text in a thread. Handy for you legal eagles!

Zen bot

Say @charlie zen to get Charlie to fetch a product-, techy-, or code-focused message of zen. Read it, and breathe.

Non-interactive bots

Helpful tau bot

If Charlie sees something it recognizes as a time posted into chat, it will send a message that only you can see, letting you know what that time is in your timezone. Charlie tries really hard.

Holiday reminders

On the business day before a federal holiday, Charlie will post a reminder in #general-talk. Take the day off, don't do work for the government, and observe it in the way that is most suitable for you!

Inclusion bot

Charlie passively listens for language with racist, ableist, sexist, or other exclusionary histories (content warning: the linked document includes words and phrases that the bot listens for, and these words and phrases may be offensive). When it hears such words or phrases, it quietly lets the speaker know and offers some suggestions. What a great bot, helping nudge us all to thoughtful, inclusive language! We also maintain a history of the evolution of Inclusion Bot.

Optimistic / Angry Tock

At the end of the work week, Charlie will send a private message to any Tockable people who haven't submitted their Tock yet to remind them to do it. At the start of the next work week, Charlie will send a message to people who still haven't submitted their Tock. Finally, at the end of the first day of the work week, Charlie will send a message to 18F supervisors letting them know about anyone whose Tock report is late.

Travel team

Did you know that the TTS Travel team takes weekends and holidays too? It's true, they do! And Charlie knows it too. If you drop a question or comment in the travel channel on a closed day, Charlie will remind you that the office is closed and offer some helpful tips to get you through. It will also let you know when the Travel team will be back in the office!

Development

See the wiki for developer documentation and our contributing docs for contribution guidelines

Public domain

This project is in the worldwide public domain. As stated in CONTRIBUTING:

This project is in the public domain within the United States, and copyright and related rights in the work worldwide are waived through the CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication.

All contributions to this project will be released under the CC0 dedication. By submitting a pull request, you are agreeing to comply with this waiver of copyright interest.