The new Streamer.bot release is here, and we know you want all the custom commands for your chat. So let’s start with some basics and lay out some different ways you can customise chat commands.
Create An Action
Things may look a little different but all of our docks are still here in the “Actions” tab down the side of your Streamer.bot application. Here you will find three “docks”: Action, Triggers and Sub-Actions.
Streamer.bot v1.0 now has a search command to make it easier to find all the triggers and sub-actions you will need, but we will be taking you through the menus for the purposes of this tutorial.
Right-click in the “actions” dock and click “Add” to bring up the new action pop-up menu. Here you can set everything you need for the new action including the name, group and queue you want it to be in.
It’s worth taking note of these settings for later as it can be helpful to set your commands into different queues to stop them blocking or running over each other.
Add Triggers
Trigger are the things that control when your actions are triggered by Streamer.bot.
These can be messages in chat, channel point redemptions or even other actions.
We’re just making a simple chat command today so the trigger we want is “Command Triggered”.
Right-click in the triggers dock to open up the menu and navigate your way to the Command Triggered sub-action.
Add > Core > Commands > Command Triggered
This will give you a pop-up which gives you the option to either link a command or create a new one.
Create A Command
You can find your commands in the command tab on the right-hand menu of Streamer.bot. These commands are linked to your Triggers so that if a command is issued in chat, the correct trigger begins your action queue.
Either right-click in the commands dock or use the short-cut when linking your triggers as above. This will bring up your actions menu where you can set all the parameters you require.
Commands can also be grouped to make them easier to manage and be limited to different user groups such as moderators.
You can set up your commands to be linked to specific words, a range of words, or even users.
There’s plenty of room to customise each command, so take some time to have a look around.
For our later example we will be using the command “!mead” and !tyg which were created here.
Streamer.bot Sub-Actions
Sub-Actions are were the bulk of the heavy lifting is done. Once your command triggers an action, the sub-actions take over and do what you want them to do.
Since we’re starting with a simple Twitch chat command today. you’ll want to navigate your way to “Send Message To Channel”.
Add > Twitch > Chat > Send Message To Channel
You will then get a pop-up to add the sub-action to your action. This is where you can write what you want to have in chat so that it sends this message to chat automatically when triggered.
Simple Chat Message Examples
You can add a lot of different things to these chats, including links and information from chat messages. But let’s keep things simple for now.
Silly Commands
This a silly command where a chatter simply says !mead in chat and Streamer.bot responds.
You can customise the command and text in any way you want. So get creative and find more fun ways for your chat to start interacting.
Add Links
Adding links and custom commands is a great way to show people you care and all you have to do is paste the link into the chat message to create a hyperlink.
More Streamer.bot Tutorials
Most of the steps in our previous Streamer.bot tutorials can be transferred between version. But be sure to check back in as we begin to tackle more useful tips and tricks to integrate into your streams.
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