memory — quotebot

Durable memory for this project. Read at session start, update before session end. Date format: YYYY-MM-DD.

Decisions & rationale

Python stdlib only, raw-socket IRC. User asked for a simple bot; no third-party libs means it runs anywhere with python3 bot.py, no venv/pip. TLS via stdlib ssl on Libera's port 6697.
SQLite for quotes (quotes.db), managed entirely with in-channel ! commands (!addquote/!quote/!delquote/!search/!quotecount). Chosen over a JSON file for safe concurrent-ish access and easy querying.
Config via env vars with Libera + #r.trees defaults, so the common case needs zero config. Secrets (NickServ pass) live in gitignored config.env.
Resilience: auto-reconnect with exponential backoff, PING/PONG, nick-in-use fallback (append _). Outbound send delay to dodge flood limits.

Exercise the ! commands live in-channel (connect + join verified; command round-trip not yet tested with a second client).
Decide whether !delquote should be restricted to ops/admins (currently anyone can delete). Fine for a trusted channel; revisit if abused.

#r.trees is +r (registered-nicks-only). Nick treesquotes is registered & NickServ-verified under megaproxy@gmail.com. Password lives in gitignored config.env (IRC_NICKSERV_PASS). Bot identifies and joins successfully.

Created project scaffold from template.
Wrote bot.py: stdlib IRC client (TLS, PING/PONG, reconnect, nick fallback), QuoteStore SQLite wrapper, and ! command handlers.
Added README.md, config.example.env; gitignored quotes.db/config.env.
Syntax-checked with py_compile (Python 3.12.3).
Live-tested against Libera: discovered #r.trees is +r. Registered/verified the treesquotes nick. Fixed a join race — bot was sending JOIN before the NickServ login landed and getting bounced (477); now defers JOIN until the 900/"now identified" confirmation. Verified join succeeds (got 353/366).

Added !grabquote [user] (alias !grab): stores the last line a user said, formatted <nick> message. Backed by an in-memory last_lines buffer (per-session, resets on reconnect); bot commands are excluded from it. No-arg form grabs the last real speaker. Offline-tested.