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Built-in chat commands for your Twitch bot

Built-in chat commands help you boost viewer engagement, increase the productivity of your Twitch mods, and you can enable them with the click of a button!

Each of your Moobot's built-in chat commands have their own set of unique responses and settings, which you can fully adjust to fit the needs of you and your community on Twitch.

Unlike your custom chat commands, your built-in chat commands serve a unique purpose, with their own particular use case.

Setting up a built-in chat command

Just follow these steps to activate a built-in chat command:

  1. Open up the «Commands» menu from the main menu, then open the «Built-in commands» menu from there. The commands menu
  2. While in the «Built-in commands» menu activate the toggle button on the right side of the built-in chat command you want to activate. Deactivated toggle button Activated toggle button
  3. You may have to give Moobot additional permissions to activate the chat command. If so, just go through that process. Otherwise, you're all set! You can now adjust the settings of the chat command to fit your needs. The requirements pop-up

!Game chat command - Update the game on Twitch

With the «!Game» chat command, you and your Twitch mods can update your current Twitch game/category directly from Twitch chat.

Just set the game with «!Game name...», where «name...» is the game's name on Twitch.

To enable your Twitch mods to use the chat command you must activate the «Can be used by Twitch chat moderators» checkbox. Keep in mind that when activating this option, permissions from the user's permission group will not apply when using the chat command.

The !Game chat command in Twitch chat

!Title chat command - Update the title on Twitch

With the «!Title» chat command, you and your Twitch mods can update your stream's title directly from Twitch chat.

You can set the title by using the chat command like «!Title New title...», where «New title...» is the full title you want to set on Twitch.

To enable your Twitch mods to use the chat command you must activate the «Can be used by Twitch chat moderators» checkbox. Keep in mind that when activating this option, permissions from the user's permission group will not apply when using the chat command.

The !Title chat command in Twitch chat

!Commercial chat command - Run an ad on stream

With the «!Commercial» chat command, you and your Twitch mods can run ads on your stream directly from Twitch chat.

Use the «!Commercial» chat command to run an ad with the default ad-duration, or provide an ad-duration with «!Commercial duration», where «duration» being «30», «60», «90», «120», «150», or «180» seconds.

To enable your Twitch mods to use the chat command you must activate the «Can be used by Twitch chat moderators» checkbox. Keep in mind that when activating this option, permissions from the user's permission group will not apply when using the chat command.

The !Commercial chat command in Twitch chat

!Shoutout chat command - Shout-out a Twitch streamer

With the «!Shoutout» chat command you can shout-out a Twitch streamer directly from Twitch chat.

You can use the chat command like «!Shoutout streamer», where «streamer» is the Twitch username of the Twitch streamer you want to shout-out.

The responses of the chat command will vary depending on whether the Twitch streamer is offline, online, or if they have a game set or not.

The !Shoutout chat command in Twitch chat

By activating the «repeat» checkbox, Moobot will send the shout-out multiple times to Twitch chat to increase visibility.

Sending the shout-out multiple times to Twitch chat to increase visibility

You can also adjust who can use the chat command, and who can set the Twitch streamer in the shout-out.

Permissions for the !Shoutout chat command

!WatchTime chat command - Viewer watch time

The «!WatchTime» chat command lets your viewers see how long they've been watching your stream on Twitch.

You can also allow your viewers to look up the watch time of other viewers, by activating the «Allow looking up the watch time of other viewers» checkbox. Anyone will then be able to use the command like «!WatchTime username» in chat to look up the watch time of the username, where «username» is the Twitch username you want to look up.

The !WatchTime chat command in Twitch chat

!LastSeen chat command - Last seen

The «!LastSeen» chat command lets your viewers and Twitch mods look up how long ago someone was last seen in your chat.

You can use the chat command in Twitch chat like «!LastSeen username», where «username» is the Twitch username you want to look up.

The !LastSeen chat command in Twitch chat

!Games chat command - Games played

The «!Games» chat command lets your viewers see which games (categories) you've streamed in your current or previous stream.

You can use the chat command while the stream is online to see which games have been just streamed, or when offline to see which games were streamed in the last stream.

The !Games chat command in Twitch chat

!AddCommand chat command - Add chat commands from Twitch chat

The «!AddCommand» chat command lets you and your Twitch mods create new custom chat commands directly from Twitch chat.

You can use the chat command like «!AddCommand name Text...» where «name» is the name of the new chat command, and «Text...» is the response of the command.

Moobot will create the chat command with a «Text set from chat» response tag, and with the «Allow Twitch chat moderators to update the chat text, counter, time etc. from chat» option activated.

This enables you and your Twitch mods to edit the command from Twitch chat by using the chat command like «!Command Text...», where «Command» is the name of the command, and «Text...» its new response text.

To enable your Twitch mods to use the «!AddCommand» chat command you must activate the «Can be used by Twitch chat moderators from chat» checkbox. Keep in mind that when activating this option, permissions from the user's permission group will not apply when using the chat command.

The !AddCommand chat command in Twitch chat

!EditCommand chat command - Edit commands from chat

The «!EditCommand» chat command lets you and your Twitch mods edit your custom chat commands directly from Twitch chat.

This chat command lets you edit any custom chat command, not just ones with a «Text set from chat» response tag.

The !EditCommand chat command in Twitch chat

If you want the command to update the text of a chat command which already has response tags defined, activate the «Can still be edited when the current text of the command contains special tags» checkbox.

The !EditCommand chat command in Twitch chat, failing to edit a command containing special tags Editing commands containing special tags The !EditCommand chat command in Twitch chat, successfully editing a command containing special tags

To enable your Twitch mods to use the «!EditCommand» chat command you must activate the «Can be used by Twitch chat moderators from chat» checkbox. Keep in mind that when activating this option, permissions from the user's permission group will not apply when using the chat command.

!Commands chat command - View the chat command list

The «!Commands» chat command will link your viewers to a public list of all your available chat commands. This is an excellent resource for them to learn what is available to them.

Moobot will automatically omit any of your disabled or unavailable chat commands from the list.

The !Commands chat command in Twitch chat

!Nuke chat command - Nuke phrase in chat

The «!Nuke» chat command lets you and your Twitch mods quickly remove all chat messages containing a specific phrase.

By using the chat command like «!Nuke phrase...», where Moobot will check all chat messages for an occurrence of «phrase...», the given phrase will be added as a temporary blacklisted phrase, removing any near past and future chat messages containing that phrase.

This can be extremely helpful if you get a large amount of users spamming your chat with a specific message, or even different ones where the messages all contain a unique phrase.

To enable your Twitch mods to use the chat command you must activate the «Can be used by Twitch chat moderators» checkbox. Keep in mind that when activating this option, permissions from the user's permission group will not apply when using the chat command.

Before the !Nuke chat command in Twitch chat After the !Nuke chat command in Twitch chat

!Love chat command - Love meter mini-game

The «!Love» chat command is a fun little Twitch chat mini-game that returns a match percentage between the user calling the command and their target.

You can use the chat command like «!Love target», where «target» is the target, e.g. «!Love @moobot», «!Love Twitch», «!Love hamburgers», etc.

Moobot can also automatically change the match percentage «yearly», «monthly», «weekly», «daily» or «never». That way it doesn't have to keep being the same forever.

You can also set the cooldown for the chat command, and whether you want to only allow your viewers to use it while the Twitch stream is offline.

The !Love chat command in Twitch chat

!8ball chat command - Magic 8-ball mini-game

The «!8ball» chat command is a Twitch chat mini-game that returns a response to a user's question.

You can use the chat command like «!8ball Is today going to be a wonderful day?», «!8ball Does Moobot love me?», «!8ball Are they going to win this match?», etc.

You can also set the cooldown for the chat command, and whether you want to only allow your viewers to use it while the Twitch stream is offline.

The !8ball chat command in Twitch chat

!Roulette chat command - Russian roulette mini-game

The «!Roulette» chat command is a Twitch chat mini-game that has a chance to time out the user who uses the command.

You can use the chat command like «!Roulette» in Twitch chat.

You can also set the timeout duration, the cooldown for the command, and whether you want to only allow your viewers to use it while the Twitch stream is offline.

The !Roulette chat command in Twitch chat when the user survives The !Roulette chat command in Twitch chat when the user dies

!Seppuku chat command - Twitch chat seppuku mini-game

The «!Seppuku» chat command is another Twitch chat mini-game, where it will time out anyone who uses the command in Twitch chat.

The !Seppuku chat command in Twitch chat