Chanop cheat sheet#

For channel operators (+o). You have partyline access, so partyline (.command) forms lead; the in-channel IRC equivalents are shown alongside. (See Joining the partyline if you’re not connected yet.)

<chan> is #motorcycles unless you’re acting on another channel the bot sits on.

Getting opped#

Ask the bot to op you:

/msg <bot> op <password>

On the partyline, .op <yournick> #motorcycles does the same thing.

If nothing happens — the bot doesn’t reply and you stay deopped — it’s almost always one of:

• The bot doesn’t recognize you. A changed hostmask (dynamic IP, VPN, a different nick) means the bot can’t match you to your record. Ident first with /msg <bot> ident <password> (see the user cheat sheet), then retry op.
• No password set, or it’s wrong. Set one with /msg <bot> pass <newpass> (or .pass <newpass> on the partyline).

Kick#

.kick <chan> <nick> [reason]        (partyline — goes through the bot)

Ban#

Use the bot’s .+ban for any ban you want the bot to remember (with expiry, logging, and sticky/dynamic behavior — see ban maintenance):

.+ban <hostmask> [chan] [%Xh] [reason]   (partyline — bot-managed)
.-ban <hostmask|number>                  (remove a bot ban)
.bans [all]                              (list the bot's bans)

For a one-off you don’t need the bot to track, a raw server ban works too:

/mode <chan> +b <hostmask>          (IRC — not remembered by the bot)

If a ban isn’t sticking — it keeps disappearing, or comes back — read ban maintenance. It’s the dynamic vs sticky distinction: dynamic bans expire (default 5 hours on this fleet!) and get cleaned up; sticky bans persist. You almost always want .+ban + .stick for a troll, not /mode +b.

Op / deop / voice#

In channel (IRC):

/mode <chan> +o <nick>     op someone
/mode <chan> -o <nick>     deop
/mode <chan> +v <nick>     voice

Via the bot (partyline):

.op <nick> <chan>
.deop <nick> <chan>
.voice <nick> <chan> 
.devoice <nick> <chan>

Finding a user’s record#

To see if someone has a bot record, their flags, and their hostmasks:

.whois <nick>              (partyline — looks up the nick's record)
.match <handle>            (partyline — find a record by handle)

.whois is the quick check; .match finds records by handle or pattern.

Finding a botmaster#

You can’t add or fix a user record yourself (that’s a botmaster job), but you can find one:

.match +m                  lists all users with +m (master) flag

.match +m lists everyone with a master flag on their user record; ask them (via partyline or in channel) to add or fix a member’s record.

Quick reference#