Scripture Bot

A Telegram bot to make the Bible more accessible, providing passages, search, and Q&A.

Features

• Bible Passage: Get any Bible passage (e.g., "John 3:16").
• Bible Search: Search for words (/search grace).
• Bible Ask: AI-powered Q&A (/ask Who is Moses?) [Admin Only].
• Devotionals: Daily reading material (/devo).
• TMS: Topical Memory System verses (/tms).

Project Status

Current Phase: Transition & Migration

• Moving from legacy web scraping to a modern Bible AI API.
• Migrating infrastructure to Google Cloud asia-southeast1.

Local Development

Prerequisites

• Go 1.24+
• Docker (optional)

Setup

1. Clone the repository.
2. Create a .env file in the root directory:

   TELEGRAM_ID=your_bot_token
   TELEGRAM_ADMIN_ID=your_user_id
   BIBLE_API_URL=https://api.example.com (Required for Q&A and Search)
   BIBLE_API_KEY=your_key (Required for Q&A and Search)

3. Run the bot:

   go run main.go

Testing

• To receive Telegram updates locally, use a tool like ngrok to expose port 8080 and set your bot's webhook.
• Or send a mock HTTP POST request to http://localhost:8080/<TELEGRAM_ID>.

Contributing

See AGENTS.md for architecture details and development guidelines.

License

See LICENSE