# ByteDiceAssistant \ An automation tool primarily made for myself (Byte Dice) but publicly available for anyone to use. It's both a Discord and Reddit bot in one program. > [!CAUTION] > This tool is not intended for public use outside of the official *Byte Dice Assistant* bots. Expect issues if you host this yourself.\ > [!NOTE] > This bot never modifies any Reddit content. All it does and will ever do is read/scrape. > The data will never be sold and will only be shared with permission from subreddit moderators. ## Open-source - Copyright **ByteDiceAssistant © 2025 by Byte Dice is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.**\ **You can learn more about copyright by reading the full [license](/LICENSE.txt).** ## Environment variables: (Any Reddit stuff can be disabled.) | **Name** | **Description** | | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `ASSISTANT_TOKEN` | The Discord bot token. (Create a Discord bot [here](https://discord.com/developers/docs/intro)!) | | `ASSISTANT_TOKEN_TEST` | (Optional) A testing Discord bot token. This is only needed when the program is run with `-t` or `--test`. | | `ASSISTANT_R_ID` | The id for the Reddit bot/account. (Create a Reddit bot [here](https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps)!) | | `ASSISTANT_R_TOKEN` | The token for the Reddit bot/account. | | `ASSISTANT_R_NAME` | The username of the Reddit bot/account. | | `ASSISTANT_R_PASS` | The password for the Reddit bot/account. | | `ASSISTANT_OWNERS` | (OPTIONAL) A list of Discord user IDs that "own" the bot. Separate each ID with a single comma and **no** spaces. This will allow the specified user IDs to run root commands such as `/stop`, it will also DM these users when *certain* errors occur. | | `ASSISTANT_BK_MODS` | (OPTIONAL) Same format as `ASSISTANT_OWNERS` but for people who are allowed to use the `/re_*` commands. |