NtR-soudcloud-fetcher/chat-summaries/2026-03-12_03-20-summary.md

IRC Bot Plugins — Sopel + Limnoria

Date: 2026-03-12 Task: Design and implement two functionally-identical IRC bot plugins (Sopel and Limnoria) that query the NtR SoundCloud Fetcher API.

Changes Made

New files

• plugins/sopel/ntr_playlist.py — Single-file Sopel plugin
• plugins/limnoria/NtrPlaylist/__init__.py — Limnoria plugin package init
• plugins/limnoria/NtrPlaylist/config.py — Limnoria registry config
• plugins/limnoria/NtrPlaylist/plugin.py — Limnoria command handlers
• plugins/limnoria/NtrPlaylist/test.py — Limnoria test stub
• tests/test_plugin_helpers.py — 13 tests for formatting and API helpers
• docs/plans/2026-03-12-irc-plugins-design.md — Design document
• docs/plans/2026-03-12-irc-plugins-implementation.md — Implementation plan

Commands implemented (identical in both)

• !1, !2, etc. — Track by position (regex catch-all)
• !song <episode> <position> — Track from specific episode
• !playlist [episode] — Full playlist (comma-separated, truncated for IRC)
• !status — API health info
• !refresh — Admin-only manual refresh

Design decisions

• Fully independent plugins (no shared code) for easy deployment
• stdlib urllib.request only — zero external dependencies
• Admin check via plugin-config nickname list (case-insensitive)
• No caching — always fetch fresh from API
• Playlist output truncated at 430 chars for IRC line limits

Commits

• 2a00cc2 feat(sopel): add NtR playlist IRC plugin
• 6dd7aee feat(limnoria): add NtrPlaylist IRC plugin
• 5c22776 test: add tests for IRC plugin formatting and API helpers
• b63c851 docs: add IRC bot plugins design and implementation plan
• 05bcf18 fix: playlist truncation overflow and align logging across plugins

Follow-up items

• Limnoria test.py is a stub — could add real PluginTestCase tests if Limnoria is a test dependency
• Both plugins log API errors; Sopel uses LOGGER (defined but previously unused)
• The !N regex command uses ! explicitly; named commands use the bot's configured prefix (Sopel default is ., so configure core.command_prefix = "!" for consistency)