diff --git a/packages/roleypoly-bot/Bot.js b/packages/roleypoly-bot/Bot.js
index e69de29..ce76cbf 100644
--- a/packages/roleypoly-bot/Bot.js
+++ b/packages/roleypoly-bot/Bot.js
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+// @flow
+import Eris, { type Message, type TextChannel } from 'eris'
+import logger from './logger.js'
+import RPCClient from '@roleypoly/rpc-client'
+import randomEmoji from './random-emoji'
+import DMCommands from './commands/dm'
+import TextCommands from './commands/text'
+import RootCommands from './commands/root'
+import type { Command } from './commands/_types'
+import retry from 'async-retry'
+const log = logger(__filename)
+
+export type BotConfig = $Shape<{
+  sharedSecret: string,
+  botToken: string,
+  rootUsers: Set<string>,
+  appUrl: string,
+  logChannel: string
+}>
+
+export default class Bot {
+  config: BotConfig = {
+    sharedSecret: process.env.SHARED_SECRET || '',
+    botToken: process.env.DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN || '',
+    rootUsers: new Set((process.env.ROOT_USERS || '').split(',')),
+    appUrl: process.env.APP_URL || '',
+    logChannel: process.env.LOG_CHANNEL || ''
+  }
+
+  client: Eris
+
+  $RPC: RPCClient
+
+  rpc: *
+
+  commandCheck: RegExp
+
+  constructor (config: BotConfig = {}) {
+    if (config != null) {
+      this.config = {
+        ...this.config,
+        ...config
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.client = new Eris(this.config.botToken, {
+      disableEveryone: true,
+      maxShards: 'auto',
+      messageLimit: 10,
+      disableEvents: {
+        CHANNEL_PINS_UPDATE: true,
+        USER_SETTINGS_UPDATE: true,
+        USER_NOTE_UPDATE: true,
+        RELATIONSHIP_ADD: true,
+        RELATIONSHIP_REMOVE: true,
+        GUILD_BAN_ADD: true,
+        GUILD_BAN_REMOVE: true,
+        TYPING_START: true,
+        MESSAGE_UPDATE: true,
+        MESSAGE_DELETE: true,
+        MESSAGE_DELETE_BULK: true,
+        VOICE_STATE_UPDATE: true
+      }
+    })
+
+    this.$RPC = new RPCClient({ forceDev: false, retry: true })
+    this.rpc = this.$RPC.withBotAuth(this.config.sharedSecret)
+    this.botPing()
+
+    if (this.config.sharedSecret === '') {
+      log.fatal('configuration incomplete: SHARED_SECRET missing')
+    }
+
+    if (this.config.botToken === '') {
+      log.fatal('configuration incomplete: DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN missing')
+    }
+
+    // <@botid> AND <@!botid> both are valid mentions.
+    retry(() => { this.commandCheck = new RegExp(`^<@!?${this.client.user.id}>`) })
+  }
+
+  isRoot (u: string) {
+    return this.config.rootUsers.has(u)
+  }
+
+  sendErrorLog (msg: Message, err: Error) {
+    if (this.config.logChannel === '') return
+
+    this.client.createMessage(
+      this.config.logChannel,
+      `❌ **Command errored:**\nUser > <@${msg.author.id}> (${msg.author.username}#${msg.author.discriminator}) \nChannel > <#${msg.channel.id}> in ${(msg.channel: any)?.guild?.name || 'DM'}\nInput > \`${msg.content}\`\nTrace > \`\`\`${err.stack}\`\`\``
+    )
+  }
+
+  botPing = async () => {
+    try {
+      await this.rpc.botPing()
+    } catch (e) {
+      log.fatal('bot failed to connect to RPC server.', e)
+    }
+  }
+
+  buildLogMsg (msg: Message, startTime: number) {
+    const endTime = Date.now()
+    return `${msg.channel.id} [${msg.channel.type === 0 ? 'TEXT' : 'DM'}] | ${msg.author.username}#${msg.author.discriminator} (${msg.author.id}) {${endTime - startTime}ms}: ${msg.cleanContent}`
+  }
+
+  gatherMsgInfo (msg: Message) {
+    const { id, author, channel, type } = msg
+    const o = {
+      id,
+      type: channel.type,
+      author: {
+        id: author.id,
+        name: `${author.username}#${author.discriminator}`
+      },
+      channel: {
+        id: channel.id,
+        name: channel.name || ''
+      },
+      guild: {}
+    }
+
+    try {
+      if (type === 0) {
+        const { id, name } = ((msg.channel: any): TextChannel).guild
+        o.guild = {
+          id,
+          name
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      log.warn('type was 0 but no guild info')
+    }
+
+    return o
+  }
+
+  // this is a very silly O(n) matcher. i bet we can do better later.
+  findCmdIn (text: string, set: Set<Command>): ?{cmd: Command, matches: string[]} {
+    for (const cmd of set) {
+      const matches = text.match(cmd.regex)
+      if (matches != null) {
+        return { cmd, matches }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  async tryCommand (msg: Message, text: string, startTime: number, ...sets: Array<Set<Command> | null>): Promise<boolean> {
+    for (const set of sets) {
+      if (set == null) {
+        continue
+      }
+
+      for (const cmd of set) {
+        const matches = text.match(cmd.regex)
+        if (matches != null) {
+          // handle!
+          try {
+            const result = await cmd.handler(this, msg, matches.slice(1))
+            if (result != null) {
+              await msg.channel.createMessage(result)
+            }
+          } catch (e) {
+            log.error('command failed.', msg, e)
+            this.sendErrorLog(msg, e)
+            msg.channel.createMessage(`:x: Something went terribly wrong!`)
+          }
+
+          log.bot(this.buildLogMsg(msg, startTime))
+          return true
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false
+  }
+
+  async handleChannelMessage (msg: Message) {
+    const startTime = Date.now()
+
+    // only react if there's a mention of myself.
+    const check = msg.mentions.find(v => v.id === this.client.user.id)
+    if (check == null) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    // if root, we'll mixin some new commands
+    const isRoot = this.isRoot(msg.author.id)
+
+    const text = msg.content
+
+    // check what consititutes a command prefix, <@botid> AND <@!botid> both are valid mentions.
+    // this is reflected in the regex.
+    if (this.commandCheck.test(text)) {
+      const cmd = text.replace(this.commandCheck, '').trim()
+      if (cmd !== '') { // empty? probably not good.
+        const success = await this.tryCommand(msg, cmd, startTime, TextCommands, isRoot ? RootCommands : null)
+
+        if (success === true) {
+          log.debug('reached success', msg.content)
+        } else {
+          log.debug('no success.')
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    const channel: TextChannel = (msg.channel: any)
+    channel.createMessage(`${randomEmoji()} Assign your roles here! ${this.config.appUrl}/s/${channel.guild.id}`)
+  }
+
+  async handleDMMessage (msg: Message) {
+    const startTime = Date.now()
+    const isRoot = this.isRoot(msg.author.id)
+    await this.tryCommand(msg, msg.content, startTime, DMCommands, isRoot ? RootCommands : null)
+  }
+
+  handleMessage = (msg: Message) => {
+    if (msg.author.bot) { // no bots
+      return
+    }
+
+    switch (msg.channel.type) {
+      case 0: // text channel
+        return this.handleChannelMessage(msg)
+      case 1: // dm channel
+        return this.handleDMMessage(msg)
+    }
+  }
+
+  async start () {
+    this.client.on('messageCreate', this.handleMessage)
+    await this.client.connect()
+    log.info('started bot')
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/roleypoly-bot/commands/_types.js.flow b/packages/roleypoly-bot/commands/_types.js.flow
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d80a1d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/roleypoly-bot/commands/_types.js.flow
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// @flow
+import type { Message } from 'eris'
+import type Bot from '../Bot'
+
+export type Command = {
+  regex: RegExp,
+  usage: string,
+  description: string,
+  handler: (bot: Bot, message: Message, matches: string[]) => Promise<string | void> | string | void
+}
+
+export type CommandSet = Set<Command>
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diff --git a/packages/roleypoly-bot/commands/dm.js b/packages/roleypoly-bot/commands/dm.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5251f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/roleypoly-bot/commands/dm.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// @flow
+import type { Command } from './_types'
+import { withTyping } from '../utils'
+import type Bot from '../Bot'
+import type { Message } from 'eris'
+
+const cmds: Command[] = [
+  {
+    regex: /^\blog ?in|auth\b/,
+    usage: 'login',
+    description: 'responds with a login token and link',
+
+    handler: withTyping(async (bot: Bot, msg: Message) => {
+      const chall = await bot.rpc.issueAuthChallenge(msg.author.id)
+      return chall
+    })
+  },
+  {
+    regex: /^\blog ?out\b/,
+    usage: 'logout',
+    description: 'removes all sessions',
+
+    handler: withTyping(async (bot: Bot, msg: Message) => {
+      await bot.rpc.removeUserSessions(msg.author.id)
+      return `I've logged you out!`
+    })
+  }
+]
+
+export default new Set<Command>(cmds)
diff --git a/packages/roleypoly-bot/commands/root.js b/packages/roleypoly-bot/commands/root.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce19faa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/roleypoly-bot/commands/root.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// @flow
+import type { Command } from './_types'
+import type Bot from '../Bot'
+import type { Message } from 'eris'
+import { withTyping } from '../utils'
+
+const cmds: Command[] = [
+  {
+    regex: /^remove sessions for/,
+    usage: 'remove sessions for <mention>',
+    description: 'removes all sessions for a given user.',
+
+    handler: withTyping(async (bot: Bot, msg: Message) => {
+      const u = msg.mentions[0]
+      await bot.rpc.removeUserSessions(u.id)
+      return `${u.mention} should no longer be logged in on any device.`
+    })
+  },
+  {
+    regex: /^always error/,
+    usage: 'always error',
+    description: 'creates an error',
+
+    handler: () => {
+      throw new Error('not an error, this is actually a success.')
+    }
+  }
+]
+
+export default new Set<Command>(cmds)
diff --git a/packages/roleypoly-bot/commands/text.js b/packages/roleypoly-bot/commands/text.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f080b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/roleypoly-bot/commands/text.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// @flow
+import type { Command } from './_types'
+import type Bot from '../Bot'
+import type { Message } from 'eris'
+
+const cmds: Command[] = [
+  {
+    regex: /^hi/,
+    usage: 'hi',
+    description: 'says hello',
+
+    handler: (bot: Bot, msg: Message) => {
+      msg.channel.createMessage('Hi there!')
+    }
+  }
+]
+
+export default new Set<Command>(cmds)
diff --git a/packages/roleypoly-bot/index.js b/packages/roleypoly-bot/index.js
index 15fb82c..a63d9b3 100644
--- a/packages/roleypoly-bot/index.js
+++ b/packages/roleypoly-bot/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // @flow
+import 'dotenv/config'
 import Bot from './Bot'
 
 const B = new Bot()
diff --git a/packages/roleypoly-bot/random-emoji.js b/packages/roleypoly-bot/random-emoji.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a14ce77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/roleypoly-bot/random-emoji.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// @flow
+export const emojis = [
+  ':beginner:',
+  ':beginner:',
+  ':beginner:',
+  ':beginner:',
+  ':beginner:',
+  ':beginner:',
+  ':sunglasses:',
+  ':gay_pride_flag:',
+  ':gift_heart:',
+  // ':lobster:',
+  ':squid:'
+]
+
+export default () => { return emojis[Math.floor(Math.random() * emojis.length)] }
diff --git a/packages/roleypoly-bot/utils.js b/packages/roleypoly-bot/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cfca2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/roleypoly-bot/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// @flow
+import type Bot from './Bot'
+import type { Message } from 'eris'
+
+export const withTyping = (fn: Function) => async (bot: Bot, msg: Message, ...args: any[]) => {
+  msg.channel.sendTyping()
+  return fn(bot, msg, ...args)
+}