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Boden 8c7ae90f3f feat(scrape): warn on bot-token preflight and document cron install

Bootstrap surfaces forbidden-channel guidance; operator checklist
documents the installed monthly cron job.

2026-05-29 14:03:01 -05:00

Recurring scrape operator checklist

Use this after cloning or opening the source repo (DiscordChatExporter, not the GUI zip alone).

One-time setup

cp scrape.env.example scrape.env and set DISCORD_TOKEN (user token recommended for guild history).
./scripts/bootstrap-recurring-scrape.sh --dry-run — confirm every enabled target has seeded JSON under output_dir.
./scripts/bootstrap-recurring-scrape.sh — verify archives, build image, preflight Discord.
./scripts/run-documents-scrape.sh — first incremental append-only scrape.
./scripts/prove-incremental-append.sh --target <name> — optional grow-only proof.

./scripts/setup-cron.sh --dry-run
./scripts/setup-cron.sh --skip-preflight   # after bootstrap preflight already succeeded

Defaults: first day of month at 04:00. Override with --interval weekly, --at HH:MM, or --cron '0 4 1 * *'.

Installed jobs are marked # BEGIN discord-scrape in crontab -l. Logs append to logs/discord-scrape.log.

./scripts/run-documents-scrape.sh --target KotOR_discord_msgs
./scripts/setup-cron.sh --target KotOR_discord_msgs --channel CHANNEL_ID

See ../DiscordChatExporter.linux-x64/RECURRING-SCRAPE.md or run ../DiscordChatExporter.linux-x64/bootstrap-recurring-scrape.sh.