It does not appear to be possible to use the API to set accounts to hide their social graph. users should be able to use your bot without other people necessarily knowing, but the bot needs to follow them in order to work. Therefore you should manually select `Hide your network` in `https://example.com/settings/preferences/other`.
## setup
You can use the example systemd file at `mastodon-clippy.service.example` tweaked to suit your setup. This will keep the bot running and set your environment variables as above.
# running
Start the bot with the traditional `node index.js`.
## interacting with the bot
To "sign up" for notification from your bot, users have two options:
1. follow the bot account
2. send a toot to the bot with the word `START` in capital letters. e.g. `@auspol_clippy START`
To "unsubscribe" from the bot, users can send a toot with the word `STOP` in capital letters. e.g. `@auspol_clippy STOP`