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+## Useage
+
+To get started, clone this repo move to the `nodejs` folder and run `npm install`
+
+`npm install` will install the reuired packaged need to use this codebase.
+
+Once you have the needed packages, you need to set up a local(setrets.js) conf file. For reference,
+a sample one can be found at `./ops/conf.js` Use this to file as a templet and place one with your
+configuration in `./nodejs/conf/secrets.js`
+
+To execute the app, move to the `./nodejs` directory and run `node index.js`
+
+## Service
+
+A sample systemD service file can be found at `./ops/mc-bot.service`
+
+To use this file, copy it to `/etc/systemd/system`, change `/opt/theta42/mc-cj-bot/index.js`
+one the line `ExecStart=/usr/bin/env node /opt/theta42/mc-cj-bot/index.js` file to match where
+you have cloned the project.
+
+Once you have the service file in place, run
+
+```bash
+systemctl start mc-bot.service
+```
+
+Make sure this starts with out errors. Check the status of the service with:
+
+```bash
+systemctl status mc-bot.service
+```
+
+Once you have a running service, run this command to activate it to start on boot
+
+```bash
+systemctl enable mc-bot.service
+```
+
+## File structure
+
+```bash
+.
+├── nodejs      // Where the code for the project lives
+│   ├── index.js // Entry point for the project
+│   ├── package.json // Holds information about the project and what packages are required
+│   ├── package-lock.json // Hold what auto install packages(at version) are currently installed
+│   ├── conf // Configuration for the project
+│   │   ├── base.js // conf file to always be applied
+│   │   ├── index.js // code to build and return the conf object
+│   │   └── secrets.js // local settings file. This override all other conf files
+│   ├── controller // Logic to tie functionality together
+│   │   ├── mc-bot.js // Executes and manages the bot(s)
+│   │   └── player_list.js // Builds file for daily player list
+│   │   ├── commands // Commands players can run on the bot
+│   │   │   ├── default.js
+│   │   │   ├── fun.js
+│   │   │   ├── index.js
+│   │   │   ├── invite.js
+│   │   │   └── trade.js
+│   ├── model // Data interaction classed
+│   │   ├── minecraft.js // Abstraction of the Mineflayer class.
+│   │   ├── mcaction.js // Class to abstract bot actions and movement, currently unused left for reference 
+│   │   ├── matrix_quotes.js // Holds list of quotes
+│   │   └── pink_quotes.js
+│   └── utils // Holds common JS helper functions used in the project
+│       └── index.js
+└── ops         // Operational concerns, like deploy scripts and services
+    ├── conf.js        // Sample secret.js file
+    └── mc-bot.service
+```
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