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Re: Show HN: Botlist – An App Store for Bots

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Post by bentossell »

arcameron wrote: post #22

Improvement: If I navigate to https://botlist.co/bots/filter?platform=5 , then I should be able to see what each bot claims to do, without needing to click in to the #show page

yeh we are currently trying to figure out if taglines can be included in a way that doesnt make the site look too busy/messy. possibly a 'quick-view'

Re: Show HN: Botlist – An App Store for Bots

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Post by bentossell »

ajpgrealish wrote: post #7
an4rchy wrote: post #6

This is a pretty neat idea. I know it's probably an MVP but a description of what the bot does instead of forcing the user to click through to the bot website.

There are some very short descriptions of what each bot does but it's not enough to help me decide if it is what I need. I searched for a JIRA bot to connect to slack but clicking the bot link took me to the install page rather than more info.

yeah we want to add more info on each bot detail page, then give the option for direct 'install' or landing page.

Re: Show HN: Botlist – An App Store for Bots

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Post by bentossell »

asimuvPR wrote: post #5

Visited the site on mobile and could not find a little explanation about what the goal of the site is. Maybe a short introduction might work. This seems interesting but it's not fully clear what it aims to do now and in the future. :)

Gotcha! Will look into adding that :)

Re: Show HN: Botlist – An App Store for Bots

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Post by sailfast »

bentossell wrote: post #8

Hey! I'm one of the makers here Appreciate any thoughts anyone else. WE are all ears :) Mobile responsive isnt in place yet so apologies for that. Trying to get bots/AI from different platforms in one central, 3rd party place - not owned by Facebook/Slack/Kik etc. We are looking to update more information - probably giving the bot makers the ability to take control of their page, add more info and images so hopefully…

I'd be interested in an aggregation that indicates support for other platforms such as Mattermost, or plugins that adapt existing bots to other similar ecosystems (including IRC, XMPP, etc)

Re: Show HN: Botlist – An App Store for Bots

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Post by tyrust »

spinlock wrote: post #18
chillydawg wrote: post #4

Are these bots just for slack? What do you consider to be a "bot"?

I was thinking the same thing. I'll admit that I'm out of the loop when it comes to slack but I've heard they don't support IRC. Seems too bad to me as IRC would make a great platform for all bots rather than just for one platform.

Slack has an IRC gateway - https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/201727913-Connectin...
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