This guide installs Hubot with the official generator workflow and creates a new bot instance.
sudo npm install -g yo generator-hubot
mkdir -p ~/hubot
cd ~/hubot
yo hubot
Choose adapter and project metadata during the prompt flow.
Set the required adapter variables (for example Slack token or IRC connection values) in your service environment.
Common variables:
HUBOT_ADAPTERHUBOT_NAME./bin/hubot
Run a test command in chat and confirm command responses and logs.
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