Bot should have configuration to turn on/off features. (an if statement would pretty much do).

Related to https://github.com/EddieJaoudeCommunity/EddieBot/pull/247 and #134

This actually came from another discord server who looked at https://github.com/kentcdodds/kcd-discord-bot but the issue is you get all the features if you want to fork this bot but only need one piece of it’s functionality?

If bot had an enabledFeatures key, even better environment variables where you can simply enable features or even something as simple as an YAML/INI file if you really wish.

e.g. the .env.example would make you need to implicitly state you wish to enable functionality.

ENABLE_THIS_FEATURE=0
ENABLE_THIS_FEATURE=0

This makes forks of the bot for usage outside of the community server possible e.g. someone may only want the high value role feature.

[BOLT04]

@stemount this is a great idea 👍. Having feature flags could be very beneficial for the exact reason you said: someone may only want the high value role or reminders. I agree this should be configurated in env variables, and then exposed as fields in the config.ts. Then each command/file that is responsible for a feature checks if that feature is enabled before continuing.

I hope this can also make it easier for people that don’t want a DB setup (even if with docker this is easier). Maybe storing data on the DB can also be enabled/disabled like a feature flag, but what does everyone else think?

[stemount]

@BOLT04 @eddiejaoude this issue needs the feedback from the community, maybe another video on eddiebot would be cool?