Merge branch 'edge'

* Only return logs for "default viewed" subreddit/bot when fetching instance status, when specified from QS
  * Greatly reduces amount of data fetched and response time
* Return logs with formatted property for non-streaming response
* Implement server live stats endpoint to return subreddit/all stats based on QS
* Use client websocket connection to return stats for currently viewed subreddit

.github/FUNDING.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+github: [FoxxMD]
+custom: ["bitcoincash:qqmpsh365r8n9jhp4p8ks7f7qdr7203cws4kmkmr8q"]

.gitignore

@@ -383,3 +383,12 @@ dist
 **/src/**/*.js
 !src/Web/assets/public/yaml/*
 **/src/**/*.map
+/**/*.sqlite
+/**/*.bak
+*.yaml
+*.json5
+
+!src/Schema/*.json
+!docs/**/*.json5
+!docs/**/*.yaml
+!docs/**/*.json

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-[![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/foxxmd/context-mod)](https://github.com/FoxxMD/context-mod/releases)
-[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
-[![Docker Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/foxxmd/context-mod)](https://hub.docker.com/r/foxxmd/context-mod)
+# ContextMod [![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/foxxmd/context-mod)](https://github.com/FoxxMD/context-mod/releases) [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) [![Docker Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/foxxmd/context-mod)](https://hub.docker.com/r/foxxmd/context-mod)
+
+<img src="/docs/logo.png" align="right"
+alt="ContextMod logo" width="180" height="176">
 
 **Context Mod** (CM) is an event-based, [reddit](https://reddit.com) moderation bot built on top of [snoowrap](https://github.com/not-an-aardvark/snoowrap) and written in [typescript](https://www.typescriptlang.org/).
 
@@ -19,8 +20,8 @@ Some feature highlights:
   * Default/no configuration runs "All In One" behavior
   * Additional configuration allows web interface to connect to multiple servers
   * Each server instance can run multiple reddit accounts as bots
-* **Per-subreddit configuration** is handled by JSON stored in the subreddit wiki
-* Any text-based actions (comment, submission, message, usernotes, ban, etc...) can be configured via a wiki page or raw text in JSON and support [mustache](https://mustache.github.io) [templating](/docs/actionTemplating.md)
+* **Per-subreddit configuration** is handled by YAML (**like automoderator!**) or JSON stored in the subreddit wiki
+* Any text-based actions (comment, submission, message, usernotes, ban, etc...) can be configured via a wiki page or raw text and supports [mustache](https://mustache.github.io) [templating](/docs/actionTemplating.md)
 * History-based rules support multiple "valid window" types -- [ISO 8601 Durations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Durations), [Day.js Durations](https://day.js.org/docs/en/durations/creating), and submission/comment count limits.
 * Support Activity skipping based on:
   * Author criteria (name, css flair/text, age, karma, moderator status, and [Toolbox User Notes](https://www.reddit.com/r/toolbox/wiki/docs/usernotes))
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ See the [Moderator's Getting Started Guide](/docs/gettingStartedMod.md)
 
 ## Configuration and Documentation
 
-Context Bot's configuration can be written in JSON, [JSON5](https://json5.org/) or YAML. Its schema conforms to [JSON Schema Draft 7](https://json-schema.org/). Additionally, many **operator** settings can be passed via command line or environmental variables.
+Context Bot's configuration can be written in YAML (like automoderator) or [JSON5](https://json5.org/). Its schema conforms to [JSON Schema Draft 7](https://json-schema.org/). Additionally, many **operator** settings can be passed via command line or environmental variables.
 
 * For **operators** (running the bot instance) see the [Operator Configuration](/docs/operatorConfiguration.md) guide
 * For **moderators** consult the [app schema and examples folder](/docs/#configuration-and-usage)

docs/README.md

@@ -120,6 +120,15 @@ It consists of:
 * **rules** -- The **Rules** for the Rule Set.
 
 Example
+
+YAML
+```yaml
+condition: AND
+# rules are an array
+rules:
+ - aRule
+```
+JSON
 ```json5
 {
   "condition": "AND",

docs/activitiesWindow.md

@@ -17,7 +17,28 @@ Examples of all of the above
 
 <details>
 
+```yaml
+# count, last 100 activities
+window: 100
+
+# duration, last 10 days
+window: 10 days
+
+# duration object, last 2 months and 5 days
+window:
+  months: 2
+  days: 5
+
+# iso 8601 string, last 15 minutes
+window: PT15M
+
+# ActivityWindowCriteria, last 100 activities or 6 weeks of activities (whichever is found first)
+window:
+  count: 100
+  duration: 6 weeks
 ```
+
+```json5
 // count, last 100 activities
 {
   "window": 100
@@ -49,6 +70,7 @@ Examples of all of the above
   }
 }
 ```
+
 </details>
 
 ## Types of Ranges
@@ -95,6 +117,7 @@ If you need to specify multiple units of time for your duration you can instead
 
 Example
 
+JSON
 ```json
 {
   "days": 4,
@@ -102,6 +125,13 @@ Example
   "minutes": 20
 }
 ```
+YAML
+```yaml
+window:
+  days: 4
+  hours: 6
+  minutes: 20
+```
 
 ##### An ISO 8601 duration string
 
@@ -119,6 +149,7 @@ This is an object that lets you specify more granular conditions for your range.
 
 The full object looks like this:
 
+JSON
 ```json
 {
   "count": 100,
@@ -130,6 +161,19 @@ The full object looks like this:
   }
 }
 ```
+YAML
+```yaml
+window:
+  count: 100
+  duration: 10 days
+  satisfyOn: any
+  subreddits:
+    include:
+      - mealtimevideos
+      - pooptimevideos
+    exclude:
+      - videos
+```
 
 ### Specifying Range
 
@@ -142,7 +186,9 @@ If both range properties are specified then the value `satisfyOn` determines how
 
 If **any** then Activities will be retrieved until one of the range properties is met, **whichever occurs first.**
 
-Example 
+Example
+
+JSON
 ```json
 {
   "count": 80,
@@ -150,6 +196,13 @@ Example
   "satisfyOn": "any"
 }
 ```
+YAML
+```yaml
+window:
+  count: 80
+  duration: 90 days
+  satisfyOn: any
+```
 Activities are retrieved in chunks of 100 (or `count`, whichever is smaller)
 
 * If 90 days of activities returns only 40 activities => returns 40 activities
@@ -160,6 +213,8 @@ Activities are retrieved in chunks of 100 (or `count`, whichever is smaller)
 If **all** then both ranges must be satisfied. Effectively, whichever range produces the most Activities will be the one that is used.
 
 Example
+
+JSON
 ```json
 {
   "count": 100,
@@ -167,6 +222,13 @@ Example
   "satisfyOn": "all"
 }
 ```
+YAML
+```yaml
+window:
+  count: 100
+  duration: 90 days
+  satisfyOn: all
+```
 Activities are retrieved in chunks of 100 (or `count`, whichever is smaller)
 
 * If at 90 days of activities => 40 activities retrieved
@@ -187,6 +249,8 @@ You may filter retrieved Activities using an array of subreddits.
 Use **include** to specify which subreddits should be included from results
 
 Example where only activities from /r/mealtimevideos and /r/modsupport will be returned
+
+JSON
 ```json
 {
   "count": 100,
@@ -196,7 +260,17 @@ Example where only activities from /r/mealtimevideos and /r/modsupport will be r
     "include": ["mealtimevideos","modsupport"]
   }
 }
-
+```
+YAML
+```yaml
+window:
+  count: 100
+  duruation: 90 days
+  satisfyOn: any
+  subreddits:
+    include:
+      - mealtimevideos
+      - modsupport
 ```
 
 #### Exclude
@@ -204,6 +278,8 @@ Example where only activities from /r/mealtimevideos and /r/modsupport will be r
 Use **exclude** to specify which subreddits should NOT be in the results
 
 Example where activities from /r/mealtimevideos and /r/modsupport will not be returned in results
+
+JSON
 ```json
 {
   "count": 100,
@@ -214,4 +290,15 @@ Example where activities from /r/mealtimevideos and /r/modsupport will not be re
   }
 }
 ```
+YAML
+```yaml
+window:
+  count: 100
+  duruation: 90 days
+  satisfyOn: any
+  subreddits:
+    exclude:
+      - mealtimevideos
+      - modsupport
+```
 **Note:** `exclude` will be ignored if `include` is also present.

docs/examples/README.md

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ This directory contains example of valid, ready-to-go configurations for Context
   * [Author](/docs/examples/author)
   * [Regex](/docs/examples/regex)
   * [Repost](/docs/examples/repost)
+  * [Author and post flairs](/docs/examples/onlyfansFlair)
 * [Toolbox User Notes](/docs/examples/userNotes)
 * [Advanced Concepts](/docs/examples/advancedConcepts)
   * [Rule Sets](/docs/examples/advancedConcepts/ruleSets.json5)

docs/examples/advancedConcepts/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ### Named Rules
 
-See [ruleNameReuse.json5](/docs/examples/advancedConcepts/ruleNameReuse.json5)
+See **Rule Name Reuse Examples [YAML](/docs/examples/advancedConcepts/ruleNameReuse.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/advancedConcepts/ruleNameReuse.json5)**
 
 ### Check Order
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The `rules` array on a `Checks` can contain both `Rule` objects and `RuleSet` ob
 
 A **Rule Set** is a "nested" set of `Rule` objects with a passing condition specified. These allow you to create more complex trigger behavior by combining multiple rules. 
 
-See **[ruleSets.json5](/docs/examples/advancedConcepts/ruleSets.json5)** for a complete example as well as consulting the [schema](https://json-schema.app/view/%23%2Fdefinitions%2FRuleSetJson?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2FFoxxMD%2Fcontext-mod%2Fmaster%2Fsrc%2FSchema%2FApp.json).
+See **ruleSets [YAML](/docs/examples/advancedConcepts/ruleSets.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/advancedConcepts/ruleSets.json5)** for a complete example as well as consulting the [schema](https://json-schema.app/view/%23%2Fdefinitions%2FRuleSetJson?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2FFoxxMD%2Fcontext-mod%2Fmaster%2Fsrc%2FSchema%2FApp.json).
 
 ### Rule Order
 

docs/examples/advancedConcepts/ruleNameReuse.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+checks:
+  - name: Auto Remove SP Karma
+    description: >-
+      Remove submission because author has self-promo >10% and posted in karma
+      subs recently
+    kind: submission
+    rules:
+      # named rules can be referenced at any point in the configuration (where they occur does not matter)
+      # and can be used in any Check
+      # Note: rules do not transfer between subreddit configurations
+      - freekarmasub
+      - name: attr10all
+        kind: attribution
+        criteria:
+          - threshold: '> 10%'
+            window: 90 days
+          - threshold: '> 10%'
+            window: 100
+    actions:
+      - kind: remove
+      - kind: comment
+        content: >-
+          Your submission was removed because you are over reddit's threshold
+          for self-promotion and recently posted this content in a karma sub
+  - name: Free Karma On Submission Alert
+    description: Check if author has posted this submission in 'freekarma' subreddits
+    kind: submission
+    rules:
+      # rules can be re-used throughout a configuration by referencing them by name
+      #
+      # The rule name itself can only contain spaces, hyphens and underscores
+      # The value used to reference it will have all of these removed, and lower-cased
+      #
+      # so to reference this rule use the value 'freekarmasub'
+      - name: Free_Karma-SUB
+        kind: recentActivity
+        lookAt: submissions
+        useSubmissionAsReference: true
+        thresholds:
+          - threshold: '>= 1'
+            subreddits:
+              - DeFreeKarma
+              - FreeKarma4U
+              - FreeKarma4You
+              - upvote
+        window: 7 days
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        content: >-
+          Submission posted {{rules.freekarmasub.totalCount}} times in karma
+          {{rules.freekarmasub.subCount}} subs over
+          {{rules.freekarmasub.window}}: {{rules.freekarmasub.subSummary}}

docs/examples/advancedConcepts/ruleSets.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+checks:
+  - name: Self Promo All or low comment
+    description: >-
+      SP >10% of all activities or >10% of submissions with low comment
+      engagement
+    kind: submission
+    rules:
+      # this attribution rule is looking at all activities
+      #
+      # we want want this one rule to trigger the check because >10% of all activity (submission AND comments) is a good requirement
+      - name: attr10all
+        kind: attribution
+        criteria:
+          - threshold: '> 10%'
+            window: 90 days
+          - threshold: '> 10%'
+            window: 100
+        # this is a RULE SET
+        #
+        # it is made up of "nested" rules with a pass condition (AND/OR)
+        # if the nested rules pass the condition then the Rule Set triggers the Check
+        #
+        # AND = all nested rules must be triggered to make the Rule Set trigger
+        # AND = any of the nested Rules will be the Rule Set trigger
+      - condition: AND
+        # in this check we use an Attribution >10% on ONLY submissions, which is a lower requirement then the above attribution rule
+        # and combine it with a History rule looking for low comment engagement
+        # to make a "higher" requirement Rule Set our of two low requirement Rules
+        rules:
+          - name: attr20sub
+            kind: attribution
+            criteria:
+              - threshold: '> 10%'
+                thresholdOn: submissions
+                window: 90 days
+              - threshold: '> 10%'
+                thresholdOn: submissions
+                window: 100
+            lookAt: media
+          - name: lowOrOpComm
+            kind: history
+            criteriaJoin: OR
+            criteria:
+              - window: 90 days
+                comment: < 50%
+              - window: 90 days
+                comment: '> 40% OP'
+    actions:
+      - kind: remove
+      - kind: comment
+        content: >-
+          Your submission was removed because you are over reddit's threshold
+          for self-promotion or exhibit low comment engagement

docs/examples/attribution/README.md

@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ Consult the [schema](https://json-schema.app/view/%23/%23%2Fdefinitions%2FCheckJ
 
 ### Examples
 
-* [Self Promotion as percentage of all Activities](/docs/examples/attribution/redditSelfPromoAll.json5) - Check if Author is submitting much more than they comment.
-* [Self Promotion as percentage of Submissions](/docs/examplesm/attribution/redditSelfPromoSubmissionsOnly.json5) - Check if any of Author's aggregated submission origins are >10% of their submissions
+* Self Promotion as percentage of all Activities [YAML](/docs/examples/attribution/redditSelfPromoAll.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/attribution/redditSelfPromoAll.json5) - Check if Author is submitting much more than they comment.
+* Self Promotion as percentage of Submissions [YAML](/docs/examples/attribution/redditSelfPromoSubmissionsOnly.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examplesm/attribution/redditSelfPromoSubmissionsOnly.json5) - Check if any of Author's aggregated submission origins are >10% of their submissions

docs/examples/attribution/redditSelfPromoAll.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+checks:
+  - name: Self Promo Activities
+    description: >-
+      Check if any of Author's aggregated submission origins are >10% of entire
+      history
+    # check will run on a new submission in your subreddit and look at the Author of that submission
+    kind: submission
+    rules:
+      - name: attr10all
+        kind: attribution
+        # criteria defaults to OR -- so either of these criteria will trigger the rule
+        criteria:
+          - threshold: '> 10%' # threshold can be a percent or an absolute number
+            # The default is "all" -- calculate percentage of entire history (submissions & comments)
+            #thresholdOn: all
+            #
+            # look at last 90 days of Author's activities (comments and submissions)
+            window: 90 days
+          - threshold: '> 10%'
+            # look at Author's last 100 activities (comments and submissions)
+            window: 100
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        content: >-
+          {{rules.attr10all.largestPercent}}% of
+          {{rules.attr10all.activityTotal}} items over
+          {{rules.attr10all.window}}

docs/examples/attribution/redditSelfPromoSubmissionOnly.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+checks:
+  - name: Self Promo Submissions
+    description: >-
+      Check if any of Author's aggregated submission origins are >10% of their
+      submissions
+    # check will run on a new submission in your subreddit and look at the Author of that submission
+    kind: submission
+    rules:
+      - name: attr10sub
+        kind: attribution
+        # criteria defaults to OR -- so either of these criteria will trigger the rule
+        criteria:
+          - threshold: '> 10%' # threshold can be a percent or an absolute number
+            thresholdOn: submissions # calculate percentage of submissions, rather than entire history (submissions & comments)
+            window: 90 days # look at last 90 days of Author's activities (comments and submissions)
+          - threshold: '> 10%'
+            thresholdOn: submissions
+            window: 100 # look at Author's last 100 activities (comments and submissions)
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        content: >-
+          {{rules.attr10sub.largestPercent}}% of
+          {{rules.attr10sub.activityTotal}} items over
+          {{rules.attr10sub.window}}

docs/examples/author/README.md

@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ Consult the [schema](https://json-schema.app/view/%23%2Fdefinitions%2FAuthorRule
 ### Examples
 
 * Basic examples
-    * [Flair new user Submission](/docs/examples/author/flairNewUserSubmission.json5) - If the Author does not have the `vet` flair then flair the Submission with `New User`
-    * [Flair vetted user Submission](/docs/examples/author/flairNewUserSubmission.json5) - If the Author does have the `vet` flair then flair the Submission with `Vetted`
+    * Flair new user Submission [YAML](/docs/examples/author/flairNewUserSubmission.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/author/flairNewUserSubmission.json5) - If the Author does not have the `vet` flair then flair the Submission with `New User`
+    * Flair vetted user Submission [YAML](/docs/examples/author/flairNewUserSubmission.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/author/flairNewUserSubmission.json5) - If the Author does have the `vet` flair then flair the Submission with `Vetted`
 * Used with other Rules
-    * [Ignore vetted user](/docs/examples/author/flairNewUserSubmission.json5) - Short-circuit the Check if the Author has the `vet` flair
+    * Ignore vetted user [YAML](/docs/examples/author/flairNewUserSubmission.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/author/flairNewUserSubmission.json5) - Short-circuit the Check if the Author has the `vet` flair
     
 ## Filter
 
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ All **Rules** and **Checks** have an optional `authorIs` property that takes an
 
 ### Examples
 
-* [Skip recent activity check based on author](/docs/examples/author/authorFilter.json5) - Skip a Recent Activity check for a set of subreddits if the Author of the Submission has any set of flairs.
+* Skip recent activity check based on author [YAML](/docs/examples/author/authorFilter.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/author/authorFilter.json5) - Skip a Recent Activity check for a set of subreddits if the Author of the Submission has any set of flairs.

docs/examples/author/authorFilter.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+checks:
+  - name: Karma/Meme Sub Activity
+    description: Report on karma sub activity or meme sub activity if user isn't a memelord
+    # check will run on a new submission in your subreddit and look at the Author of that submission
+    kind: submission
+    rules:
+      - name: freekarma
+        kind: recentActivity
+        lookAt: submissions
+        thresholds:
+          - threshold: '>= 1'
+            subreddits:
+              - DeFreeKarma
+              - FreeKarma4U
+        window: 7 days
+      - name: noobmemer
+        kind: recentActivity
+        # authors filter will be checked before a rule is run. If anything passes then the Rule is skipped -- it is not failed or triggered.
+        # if *all* Rules for a Check are skipped due to authors filter then the Check will fail
+        authorIs:
+          # each property (include/exclude) can contain multiple AuthorCriteria
+          # if any AuthorCriteria passes its test the Rule is skipped
+          #
+          # for an AuthorCriteria to pass all properties present on it must pass
+          #
+          # if include is present it will always run and exclude will be skipped
+          #-include:
+          exclude:
+              # for this to pass the Author of the Submission must not have the flair "Supreme Memer" and have the name "user1" or "user2"
+            - flairText:
+                - Supreme Memer
+              names:
+                - user1
+                - user2
+              # for this to pass the Author of the Submission must not have the flair "Decent Memer"
+            - flairText:
+                - Decent Memer
+        lookAt: submissions
+        thresholds:
+          - threshold: '>= 1'
+            subreddits:
+              - dankmemes
+        window: 7 days
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        content: >-
+          Author has posted in free karma sub, or in /r/dankmemes and does not
+          have meme flair in this subreddit

docs/examples/author/flairNewUserSubmission.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+checks:
+  - name: Flair New User Sub
+    description: Flair submission as sketchy if user does not have vet flair
+    # check will run on a new submission in your subreddit and look at the Author of that submission
+    kind: submission
+    rules:
+      - name: newflair
+        kind: author
+        # rule will trigger if Author does not have "vet" flair text
+        exclude:
+          - flairText:
+              - vet
+    actions:
+      - kind: flair
+        text: New User
+        css: orange

docs/examples/author/flairVettedUserSubmission.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+checks:
+  - name: Flair Vetted User Submission
+    description: Flair submission as Approved if user has vet flair
+    # check will run on a new submission in your subreddit and look at the Author of that submission
+    kind: submission
+    rules:
+      - name: newflair
+        kind: author
+        # rule will trigger if Author has "vet" flair text
+        include:
+          - flairText:
+              - vet
+    actions:
+      - kind: flair
+        text: Vetted
+        css: green

docs/examples/author/ignoreVettedUser.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+checks:
+  - name: non-vetted karma/meme activity
+    description: >-
+      Report if Author has SP and has recent karma/meme sub activity and isn't
+      vetted
+    # check will run on a new submission in your subreddit and look at the Author of that submission
+    kind: submission
+    rules:
+      # The Author Rule is best used in conjunction with other Rules --
+      # instead of having to write an AuthorFilter for every Rule where you want to skip it based on Author criteria
+      # you can write one Author Rule and make it fail on the required criteria
+      # so that the check fails and Actions don't run
+      - name: nonvet
+        kind: author
+        exclude:
+          - flairText:
+              - vet
+      - name: attr10
+        kind: attribution
+        criteria:
+          - threshold: '> 10%'
+            window: 90 days
+          - threshold: '> 10%'
+            window: 100
+      - name: freekarma
+        kind: recentActivity
+        lookAt: submissions
+        thresholds:
+          - threshold: '>= 1'
+            subreddits:
+              - DeFreeKarma
+              - FreeKarma4U
+        window: 7 days
+      - name: memes
+        kind: recentActivity
+        lookAt: submissions
+        thresholds:
+          - threshold: '>= 3'
+            subreddits:
+              - dankmemes
+        window: 7 days
+    # will NOT run if the Author for this Submission has the flair "vet"
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        content: Author has posted in free karma or meme subs recently

docs/examples/history/README.md

@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ Consult the [schema](https://json-schema.app/view/%23%2Fdefinitions%2FHistoryJSO
 
 ### Examples
 
-* [Low Comment Engagement](/docs/examples/history/lowEngagement.json5) - Check if Author is submitting much more than they comment.
-* [OP Comment Engagement](/docs/examples/history/opOnlyEngagement.json5) - Check if Author is mostly engaging only in their own content
+* Low Comment Engagement [YAML](/docs/examples/history/lowEngagement.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/history/lowEngagement.json5) - Check if Author is submitting much more than they comment.
+* OP Comment Engagement [YAML](/docs/examples/history/opOnlyEngagement.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/history/opOnlyEngagement.json5) - Check if Author is mostly engaging only in their own content

docs/examples/history/lowEngagement.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+checks:
+  - name: Low Comment Engagement
+    description: Check if Author is submitting much more than they comment
+    # check will run on a new submission in your subreddit and look at the Author of that submission
+    kind: submission
+    rules:
+      - name: lowComm
+        kind: history
+        criteria:
+          - comment: '< 30%'
+            window:
+             # get author's last 90 days of activities or 100 activities, whichever is less
+             duration: 90 days
+             count: 100
+            # trigger if less than 30% of their activities in this time period are comments
+
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        content: >-
+          Low engagement: comments were {{rules.lowcomm.commentPercent}} of
+          {{rules.lowcomm.activityTotal}} over {{rules.lowcomm.window}}

docs/examples/history/opOnlyEngagement.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+checks:
+  - name: Engaging Own Content Only
+    description: Check if Author is mostly engaging in their own content only
+    # check will run on a new submission in your subreddit and look at the Author of that submission
+    kind: submission
+    rules:
+      - name: opOnly
+        kind: history
+        criteria:
+            # trigger if more than 60% of their activities in this time period are comments as OP
+          - comment: '> 60% OP'
+            window:
+              # get author's last 90 days of activities or 100 activities, whichever is less
+              duration: 90 days
+              count: 100
+
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        content: >-
+          Selfish OP: {{rules.oponly.opPercent}} of
+          {{rules.oponly.commentTotal}} comments over {{rules.oponly.window}}
+          are as OP

docs/examples/onlyfansFlair/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Flair users and submissions
+
+Flair users and submissions based on certain keywords from submitter's profile.
+
+Consult [User Flair schema](https://json-schema.app/view/%23%2Fdefinitions%2FUserFlairActionJson?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2FFoxxMD%2Fcontext-mod%2Fmaster%2Fsrc%2FSchema%2FApp.json) and [Submission Flair schema](https://json-schema.app/view/%23%2Fdefinitions%2FFlairActionJson?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2FFoxxMD%2Fcontext-mod%2Fmaster%2Fsrc%2FSchema%2FApp.json) for a complete reference of the rule's properties.
+
+### Examples
+
+* OnlyFans submissions [YAML](/docs/examples/onlyFansFlair/onlyFansFlair.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/onlyfansFlair/onlyfansFlair.json5) - Check whether submitter has typical OF keywords in their profile and flair both author + submission accordingly.

docs/examples/onlyfansFlair/onlyfansFlair.json5

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{
+  "checks": [
+    {
+      "name": "Flair OF submitters",
+      "description": "Flair submission as OF if user does not have Verified flair and has certain keywords in their profile",
+      "kind": "submission",
+      "authorIs": {
+        "exclude": [
+          {
+            "flairCssClass": ["verified"]
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "rules": [
+        {
+          "name": "OnlyFans strings in description",
+          "kind": "author",
+          "include": [
+            {
+              "description": [
+                "/(cashapp|allmylinks|linktr|onlyfans\\.com)/i",
+                "/(see|check|my|view) (out|of|onlyfans|kik|skype|insta|ig|profile|links)/i",
+                "my links",
+                "$"
+              ]
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      "actions": [
+        {
+          "name": "Set OnlyFans user flair",
+          "kind": "userflair",
+          "flair_template_id": "put-your-onlyfans-user-flair-id-here"
+        },
+        {
+          "name":"Set OF Creator SUBMISSION flair",
+          "kind": "flair",
+          "flair_template_id": "put-your-onlyfans-post-flair-id-here"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+
+    {
+      "name": "Flair posts of OF submitters",
+      "description": "Flair submission as OnlyFans if submitter has OnlyFans userflair (override post flair set by submitter)",
+      "kind": "submission",
+      "rules": [
+        {
+          "name": "Include OF submitters",
+          "kind": "author",
+          "include": [
+            {
+              "flairCssClass": ["onlyfans"]
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      "actions": [
+        {
+          "name":"Set OF Creator SUBMISSION flair",
+          "kind": "flair",
+          "flair_template_id": "put-your-onlyfans-post-flair-id-here"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}

docs/examples/onlyfansFlair/onlyfansFlair.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+checks:
+  - name: Flair OF submitters
+    description: Flair submission as OF if user does not have Verified flair and has
+      certain keywords in their profile
+    kind: submission
+    authorIs:
+      exclude:
+        - flairCssClass:
+            - verified
+    rules:
+      - name: OnlyFans strings in description
+        kind: author
+        include:
+          - description:
+              - '/(cashapp|allmylinks|linktr|onlyfans\.com)/i'
+              - '/(see|check|my|view) (out|of|onlyfans|kik|skype|insta|ig|profile|links)/i'
+              - my links
+              - "$"
+    actions:
+      - name: Set OnlyFans user flair
+        kind: userflair
+        flair_template_id: put-your-onlyfans-user-flair-id-here
+      - name: Set OF Creator SUBMISSION flair
+        kind: flair
+        flair_template_id: put-your-onlyfans-post-flair-id-here
+  - name: Flair posts of OF submitters
+    description: Flair submission as OnlyFans if submitter has OnlyFans userflair (override post flair set by submitter)
+    kind: submission
+    rules:
+      - name: Include OF submitters
+        kind: author
+        include:
+          - flairCssClass:
+              - onlyfans
+    actions:
+      - name: Set OF Creator SUBMISSION flair
+        kind: flair
+        flair_template_id: put-your-onlyfans-post-flair-id-here

docs/examples/recentActivity/README.md

@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ Consult the [schema](https://json-schema.app/view/%23%2Fdefinitions%2FRecentActi
 
 ### Examples
 
-* [Free Karma Subreddits](/docs/examples/recentActivity/freeKarma.json5) - Check if the Author has recently posted in any "free karma" subreddits
-* [Submission in Free Karma Subreddits](/docs/examples/recentActivity/freeKarmaOnSubmission.json5) - Check if the Author has posted the Submission this check is running on in any "free karma" subreddits recently
+* Free Karma Subreddits [YAML](/docs/examples/recentActivity/freeKarma.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/recentActivity/freeKarma.json5) - Check if the Author has recently posted in any "free karma" subreddits
+* Submission in Free Karma Subreddits [YAML](/docs/examples/recentActivity/freeKarmaOnSubmission.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/recentActivity/freeKarmaOnSubmission.json5) - Check if the Author has posted the Submission this check is running on in any "free karma" subreddits recently

docs/examples/recentActivity/freeKarma.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+checks:
+  - name: Free Karma Alert
+    description: Check if author has posted in 'freekarma' subreddits
+    # check will run on a new submission in your subreddit and look at the Author of that submission
+    kind: submission
+    rules:
+      - name: freekarma
+        kind: recentActivity
+        # // when lookAt is not present this rule will look for submissions and comments
+        #lookAt: comments
+        useSubmissionAsReference: false
+        thresholds:
+            # if the number of activities (sub/comment) found CUMULATIVELY in the subreddits listed is
+            # equal to or greater than 1 then the rule is triggered
+          - threshold: '>= 1'
+            subreddits:
+              - DeFreeKarma
+              - FreeKarma4U
+              - FreeKarma4You
+              - upvote
+        window: 7 days
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        content: >-
+          {{rules.freekarma.totalCount}} activities in karma
+          {{rules.freekarma.subCount}} subs over {{rules.freekarma.window}}:
+          {{rules.freekarma.subSummary}}

docs/examples/recentActivity/freeKarmaOnSubmission.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+checks:
+  - name: Free Karma On Submission Alert
+    description: Check if author has posted this submission in 'freekarma' subreddits
+    kind: submission
+    rules:
+      - name: freekarmasub
+        kind: recentActivity
+        # rule will only look at Author's submissions in these subreddits
+        lookAt: submissions
+        # rule will only look at Author's submissions in these subreddits that have the same content (link) as the submission this event was made on
+        # In simpler terms -- rule will only check to see if the same link the author just posted is also posted in these subreddits
+        useSubmissionAsReference: true
+        thresholds:
+          - threshold: '>= 1'
+            subreddits:
+              - DeFreeKarma
+              - FreeKarma4U
+              - FreeKarma4You
+              - upvote
+        window: 7 days
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        content: >-
+          Submission posted {{rules.freekarmasub.totalCount}} times in karma
+          {{rules.freekarmasub.subCount}} subs over
+          {{rules.freekarmasub.window}}: {{rules.freekarmasub.subSummary}}

docs/examples/regex/README.md

@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ Which can then be used in conjunction with a [`window`](https://github.com/FoxxM
 
 ### Examples
 
-* [Trigger if regex matches against the current activity](/docs/examples/regex/matchAnyCurrentActivity.json5)
-* [Trigger if regex matches 5 times against the current activity](/docs/examples/regex/matchThresholdCurrentActivity.json5)
-* [Trigger if regex matches against any part of a Submission](/docs/examples/regex/matchSubmissionParts.json5)
-* [Trigger if regex matches any of Author's last 10 activities](/docs/examples/regex/matchHistoryActivity.json5)
-* [Trigger if regex matches at least 3 of Author's last 10 activities](/docs/examples/regex/matchActivityThresholdHistory.json5)
-* [Trigger if there are 5 regex matches in the Author's last 10 activities](/docs/examples/regex/matchTotalHistoryActivity.json5)
-* [Trigger if there are 5 regex matches in the Author's last 10 comments](/docs/examples/regex/matchSubsetHistoryActivity.json5)
-* [Remove comments that are spamming discord links](/docs/examples/regex/removeDiscordSpam.json5)
+* Trigger if regex matches against the current activity - [YAML](/docs/examples/regex/matchAnyCurrentActivity.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/regex/matchAnyCurrentActivity.json5)
+* Trigger if regex matches 5 times against the current activity - [YAML](/docs/examples/regex/matchThresholdCurrentActivity.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/regex/matchThresholdCurrentActivity.json5)
+* Trigger if regex matches against any part of a Submission - [YAML](/docs/examples/regex/matchSubmissionParts.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/regex/matchSubmissionParts.json5)
+* Trigger if regex matches any of Author's last 10 activities - [YAML](/docs/examples/regex/matchHistoryActivity.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/regex/matchHistoryActivity.json5)
+* Trigger if regex matches at least 3 of Author's last 10 activities - [YAML](/docs/examples/regex/matchActivityThresholdHistory.json5) | [JSON](/docs/examples/regex/matchActivityThresholdHistory.json5)
+* Trigger if there are 5 regex matches in the Author's last 10 activities - [YAML](/docs/examples/regex/matchTotalHistoryActivity.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/regex/matchTotalHistoryActivity.json5) 
+* Trigger if there are 5 regex matches in the Author's last 10 comments - [YAML](/docs/examples/regex/matchSubsetHistoryActivity.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/regex/matchSubsetHistoryActivity.json5)
+* Remove comments that are spamming discord links - [YAML](/docs/examples/regex/removeDiscordSpam.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/regex/removeDiscordSpam.json5)
   * Differs from just using automod because this config can allow one-off/organic links from users who DO NOT spam discord links but will still remove the comment if the user is spamming them

docs/examples/regex/matchActivityThresholdHistory.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+name: swear
+kind: regex
+criteria:
+    # triggers if more than 3 activities in the last 10 match the regex
+  - regex: '/fuck|shit|damn/'
+    # this differs from "totalMatchThreshold"
+    #
+    # activityMatchThreshold => # of activities from window must match regex
+    # totalMatchThreshold => # of matches across all activities from window must match regex
+    activityMatchThreshold: '> 3'
+    # if `window` is specified it tells the rule to check the current activity as well as the activities returned from `window`
+    # learn more about `window` here https://github.com/FoxxMD/context-mod/blob/master/docs/activitiesWindow.md
+    window: 10

docs/examples/regex/matchAnyCurrentActivity.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+name: swear
+kind: regex
+criteria:
+  - regex: '/fuck|shit|damn/'
+    # if "matchThreshold" is not specified it defaults to this -- default behavior is to trigger if there are any matches
+    #matchThreshold: "> 0"

docs/examples/regex/matchHistoryActivity.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+name: swear
+kind: regex
+criteria:
+    # triggers if any activity in the last 10 (including current activity) match the regex
+  - regex: '/fuck|shit|damn/'
+    # if `window` is specified it tells the rule to check the current activity as well as the activities returned from `window`
+    # learn more about `window` here https://github.com/FoxxMD/context-mod/blob/master/docs/activitiesWindow.md
+    window: 10

docs/examples/regex/matchSubmissionParts.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+name: swear
+kind: regex
+criteria:
+  - regex: '/fuck|shit|damn/'
+    # triggers if the current activity has more than 0 matches
+    # if the activity is a submission then matches against title, body, and url
+    # if "testOn" is not provided then `title, body` are the defaults
+    testOn:
+      - title
+      - body
+      - url

docs/examples/regex/matchSubsetHistoryActivity.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+name: swear
+kind: regex
+criteria:
+    # triggers if there are more than 5 regex matches in the last 10 activities (comments only)
+  - regex: '/fuck|shit|damn/'
+    # this differs from "activityMatchThreshold"
+    #
+    # activityMatchThreshold => # of activities from window must match regex
+    # totalMatchThreshold => # of matches across all activities from window must match regex
+    totalMatchThreshold: '> 5'
+    # if `window` is specified it tells the rule to check the current activity as well as the activities returned from `window`
+    # learn more about `window` here https://github.com/FoxxMD/context-mod/blob/master/docs/activitiesWindow.md
+    window: 10
+    # determines which activities from window to consider
+    # defaults to "all" (submissions and comments)
+    lookAt: comments

docs/examples/regex/matchThresholdCurrentActivity.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+name: swear
+kind: regex
+criteria:
+  - regex: '/fuck|shit|damn/'
+    # triggers if current activity has greater than 5 matches
+    matchThreshold: '> 5'

docs/examples/regex/matchTotalHistoryActivity.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+name: swear
+kind: regex
+criteria:
+    # triggers if there are more than 5 regex matches in the last 10 activities (comments or submission)
+  - regex: '/fuck|shit|damn/'
+    # this differs from "activityMatchThreshold"
+    #
+    # activityMatchThreshold => # of activities from window must match regex
+    # totalMatchThreshold => # of matches across all activities from window must match regex
+    totalMatchThreshold: '> 5'
+    # if `window` is specified it tells the rule to check the current activity as well as the activities returned from `window`
+    # learn more about `window` here https://github.com/FoxxMD/context-mod/blob/master/docs/activitiesWindow.md
+    window: 10

docs/examples/regex/removeDiscordSpam.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+checks:
+  - name: remove discord spam
+    notifyOnTrigger: true
+    description: remove comments from users who are spamming discord links
+    kind: comment
+    authorIs:
+      exclude:
+        - isMod: true
+    itemIs:
+      - removed: false
+        approved: false
+    condition: OR
+    rules:
+      - enable: true
+        name: linkOnlySpam
+        kind: regex
+        criteria:
+          - name: only link
+            regex: '/^.*(discord\.gg\/[\w\d]+)$/i'
+      - condition: AND
+        rules:
+          - name: linkAnywhereSpam
+            kind: regex
+            criteria:
+              - name: contains link anywhere
+                regex: '/^.*(discord\.gg\/[\w\d]+).*$/i'
+          - name: linkAnywhereHistoricalSpam
+            kind: regex
+            criteria:
+              - name: contains links anywhere historically
+                regex: '/^.*(discord\.gg\/[\w\d]+).*$/i'
+                totalMatchThreshold: '>= 3'
+                lookAt: comments
+                window: 10
+    actions:
+      - kind: remove

docs/examples/repeatActivity/README.md

@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ With only `gapAllowance: 2` this rule **would trigger** because the the 1 and 2
 
 ## Examples
 
-* [Crosspost Spamming](/docs/examples/repeatActivity/crosspostSpamming.json5) - Check if an Author is spamming their Submissions across multiple subreddits
-* [Burst-posting](/docs/examples/repeatActivity/burstPosting.json5) - Check if Author is crossposting their Submissions in short bursts
+* Crosspost Spamming [JSON](/docs/examples/repeatActivity/crosspostSpamming.json5) | [YAML](/docs/examples/repeatActivity/crosspostSpamming.yaml) - Check if an Author is spamming their Submissions across multiple subreddits
+* Burst-posting [JSON](/docs/examples/repeatActivity/burstPosting.json5) | [YAML](/docs/examples/repeatActivity/burstPosting.yaml) - Check if Author is crossposting their Submissions in short bursts

docs/examples/repeatActivity/burstPosting.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+checks:
+  - name: Burstpost Spam
+    description: Check if Author is crossposting in short bursts
+    # check will run on a new submission in your subreddit and look at the Author of that submission
+    kind: submission
+    rules:
+      - name: burstpost
+        kind: repeatActivity
+        # will only look at Submissions in Author's history that contain the same content (link) as the Submission this check was initiated by
+        useSubmissionAsReference: true
+        # the number of non-repeat activities (submissions or comments) to ignore between repeat submissions
+        gapAllowance: 3
+        # if the Author has posted this Submission 6 times, ignoring 3 non-repeat activities between each repeat, then this rule will trigger
+        threshold: '>= 6'
+        # look at all of the Author's submissions in the last 7 days or 100 submissions
+        window:
+          duration: 7 days
+          count: 100
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        content: >-
+          Author has burst-posted this link {{rules.burstpost.largestRepeat}}
+          times over {{rules.burstpost.window}}

docs/examples/repeatActivity/crosspostSpamming.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+checks:
+  - name: Crosspost Spam
+    description: Check if Author is spamming Submissions across subreddits
+    # check will run on a new submission in your subreddit and look at the Author of that submission
+    kind: submission
+    rules:
+      - name: xpostspam
+        kind: repeatActivity
+        # will only look at Submissions in Author's history that contain the same content (link) as the Submission this check was initiated by
+        useSubmissionAsReference: true
+        # if the Author has posted this Submission 5 times consecutively then this rule will trigger
+        threshold: '>= 5'
+        # look at all of the Author's submissions in the last 7 days
+        window: 7 days
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        content: >-
+          Author has posted this link {{rules.xpostspam.largestRepeat}} times
+          over {{rules.xpostspam.window}}

docs/examples/repost/README.md

@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ Specify one or more types of facets as a string to use their default configurati
 
 <details>
 
+YAML
+```yaml
+kind: repost
+criteria:
+  - searchOn:
+      - title
+      - url
+      - crossposts
+```
+
+JSON
 ```json5
 {
   "kind": "repost",
@@ -53,6 +64,16 @@ Specify one or more types of facets as a string to use their default configurati
 
 <details>
 
+```yaml
+kind: repost
+criteria:
+  - searchOn:
+      - title
+      - kind: url
+        matchScore: 90
+      - external
+```
+
 ```json5
 {
   "kind": "repost",
@@ -129,6 +150,22 @@ Define a set of criteria to test against the **number of reposts**, **time repos
 
 <details>
 
+```yaml
+kind: repost
+criteria:
+  - searchOn:
+      - title
+      - url
+      - crossposts
+    occurrences:
+      criteria:
+        - count:
+            condition: AND
+            test:
+              - '> 3'
+              - <= 5
+```
+
 ```json5
 {
   "kind": "repost",
@@ -163,6 +200,22 @@ Define a test or array of tests to run against **when reposts were created**
 
 <details>
 
+```yaml
+kind: repost
+criteria:
+  - searchOn:
+      - title
+      - url
+      - crossposts
+    occurrences:
+      criteria:
+        - time:
+            condition: AND
+            test:
+              - testOn: all
+                condition: '> 3 months'
+```
+
 ```json5
 {
   "kind": "repost",
@@ -233,6 +286,21 @@ This is the same behavior described in the [TLDR](#TLDR) section above -- find a
 
 <details>
 
+```yaml
+polling:
+  - unmoderated
+checks:
+  - name: subRepost
+    description: Check if submission has been reposted
+    kind: submission
+    condition: AND
+    rules:
+      - kind: repost
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        content: This submission was reposted
+```
+
 ```json5
 {
   "polling": [
@@ -276,6 +344,24 @@ Find any submissions with:
 
 <details>
 
+```yaml
+polling:
+  - unmoderated
+checks:
+  - name: subRepost
+    description: Check if submission has been reposted
+    kind: submission
+    condition: AND
+    rules:
+      - kind: repost
+        criteria:
+          - searchOn:
+              - title
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        content: This submission was reposted
+```
+
 ```json5
 {
   "polling": [
@@ -325,6 +411,25 @@ Find any submissions with:
 
 <details>
 
+```yaml
+polling:
+  - unmoderated
+checks:
+  - name: subRepost
+    description: Check if submission has been reposted
+    kind: submission
+    condition: AND
+    rules:
+      - kind: repost
+        criteria:
+          - searchOn:
+              - kind: title
+                matchScore: '95'
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        content: This submission was reposted
+```
+
 ```json5
 {
   "polling": [
@@ -376,6 +481,26 @@ Find any submissions with:
 
 <details>
 
+```yaml
+polling:
+  - unmoderated
+checks:
+  - name: subRepost
+    description: Check if submission has been reposted
+    kind: submission
+    condition: AND
+    rules:
+      - kind: repost
+        criteria:
+          - searchOn:
+              - duplicates
+              - kind: title
+                matchScore: '95'
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        content: This submission was reposted
+```
+
 ```json5
 {
   "polling": [
@@ -420,7 +545,6 @@ Find any submissions with:
     }
   ]
 }
-
 ```
 
 </details>
@@ -429,6 +553,33 @@ Find any submissions with:
 
 <details>
 
+```yaml
+polling:
+  - unmoderated
+checks:
+  - name: subRepost
+    description: Check there are no reposts with same title in the last month
+    kind: submission
+    condition: AND
+    rules:
+      - kind: repost
+        criteria:
+          - searchOn:
+              - title
+            occurrences:
+              condition: OR
+              criteria:
+                - count:
+                    test:
+                      - < 1
+                - time:
+                    test:
+                      - testOn: newest
+                        condition: '> 1 month'
+    actions:
+      - kind: approve
+```
+
 ```json5
 {
   "polling": [
@@ -522,6 +673,21 @@ FINALLY
 
 <details>
 
+```yaml
+polling:
+  - newComm
+checks:
+  - name: commRepost
+    description: Check if comment has been reposted
+    kind: common
+    condition: AND
+    rules:
+      - kind: repost
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        content: This comment was reposted
+```
+
 ```json5
 {
   "polling": [
@@ -561,6 +727,24 @@ FINALLY
 
 <details>
 
+```yaml
+polling:
+  - newComm
+checks:
+  - name: commRepost
+    description: Check if comment has been reposted from youtube
+    kind: comment
+    condition: AND
+    rules:
+      - kind: repost
+        criteria:
+          - searchOn:
+              - external
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        content: This comment was reposted from youtube
+```
+
 ```json5
 {
   "polling": [
@@ -608,6 +792,25 @@ FINALLY
 
 <details>
 
+```yaml
+polling:
+  - newComm
+checks:
+  - name: commRepost
+    description: Check if comment has been reposted from youtube
+    kind: comment
+    condition: AND
+    rules:
+      - kind: repost
+        criteria:
+          - searchOn:
+              - external
+            matchScore: 95
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        content: This comment was reposted from youtube
+```
+
 ```json5
 {
   "polling": [
@@ -656,6 +859,28 @@ FINALLY
 
 <details>
 
+```yaml
+polling:
+  - newComm
+checks:
+  - name: commRepost
+    description: Check if comment has been reposted
+    kind: comment
+    condition: AND
+    rules:
+      - kind: repost
+        criteria:
+          - searchOn:
+              - external
+              - url
+            matchScore: 95
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        content: >-
+          This comment was reposted from youtube or from submission with the
+          same URL
+```
+
 ```json5
 {
   "polling": [
@@ -697,7 +922,6 @@ FINALLY
     }
   ]
 }
-
 ```
 
 </details>

docs/examples/subredditReady/README.md

@@ -11,21 +11,31 @@ All actions for these configurations are non-destructive in that:
 
 **You will have to remove the `report` action and `dryRun` settings yourself.** This is to ensure that you understand the behavior the bot will be performing. If you are unsure of this you should leave them in place until you are certain the behavior the bot is performing is acceptable.
 
+**YAML** is the same format as **automoderator**
+
 ## Submission-based Behavior
 
-### [Remove submissions from users who have used 'freekarma' subs to bypass karma checks](/docs/examples/subredditReady/freekarma.json5)
+### Remove submissions from users who have used 'freekarma' subs to bypass karma checks
+
+[YAML](/docs/examples/subredditReady/freekarma.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/subredditReady/freekarma.json5)
 
 If the user has any activity (comment/submission) in known freekarma subreddits in the past (50 activities or 6 months) then remove the submission.
 
-### [Remove submissions from users who have crossposted the same submission 4 or more times](/docs/examples/subredditReady/crosspostSpam.json5)
+### Remove submissions from users who have crossposted the same submission 4 or more times
+
+[YAML](/docs/examples/subredditReady/crosspostSpam.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/subredditReady/crosspostSpam.yaml)
 
 If the user has crossposted the same submission in the past (50 activities or 6 months) 4 or more times in a row then remove the submission.
 
-### [Remove submissions from users who have crossposted or used 'freekarma' subs](/docs/examples/subredditReady/freeKarmaOrCrosspostSpam.json5)
+### Remove submissions from users who have crossposted or used 'freekarma' subs
+
+[YAML](/docs/examples/subredditReady/freeKarmaOrCrosspostSpam.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/subredditReady/freeKarmaOrCrosspostSpam.json5)
 
 Will remove submission if either of the above two behaviors is detected
 
-### [Remove link submissions where the user's history is comprised of 10% or more of the same link](/docs/examples/subredditReady/selfPromo.json5)
+### Remove link submissions where the user's history is comprised of 10% or more of the same link
+
+[YAML](/docs/examples/subredditReady/selfPromo.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/subredditReady/selfPromo.json5)
 
 If the link origin (youtube author, twitter author, etc. or regular domain for non-media links)
 
@@ -36,11 +46,15 @@ then remove the submission
 
 ## Comment-based behavior
 
-### [Remove comment if the user has posted the same comment 4 or more times in a row](/docs/examples/subredditReady/commentSpam.json5)
+### Remove comment if the user has posted the same comment 4 or more times in a row
+
+[YAML](/docs/examples/subredditReady/commentSpam.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/subredditReady/commentSpam.json5)
 
 If the user made the same comment (with some fuzzy matching) 4 or more times in a row in the past (50 activities or 6 months) then remove the comment.
 
-### [Remove comment if it is discord invite link spam](/docs/examples/subredditReady/discordSpam.json5)
+### Remove comment if it is discord invite link spam
+
+[YAML](/docs/examples/subredditReady/discordSpam.yaml) | [JSON](/docs/examples/subredditReady/discordSpam.json5)
 
 This rule goes a step further than automod can by being more discretionary about how it handles this type of spam. 
 

docs/examples/subredditReady/commentSpam.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+polling:
+  - newComm
+checks:
+    # Stop users who spam the same comment many times
+  - name: low xp comment spam
+    description: X-posted comment >=4x
+    kind: comment
+    condition: AND
+    rules:
+      - name: xPostLow
+        kind: repeatActivity
+        # number of "non-repeat" comments allowed between "repeat comments"
+        gapAllowance: 2
+        # greater or more than 4 repeat comments triggers this rule
+        threshold: '>= 4'
+        # retrieve either last 50 comments or 6 months' of history, whichever is less
+        window:
+          count: 50
+          duration: 6 months
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        enable: true
+        content: 'Remove => Posted same comment {{rules.xpostlow.largestRepeat}}x times'
+      - kind: remove
+        enable: true

docs/examples/subredditReady/crosspostSpam.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+polling:
+  - unmoderated
+checks:
+#   stop users who post low-effort, crossposted spam submissions
+#
+#   Remove a SUBMISSION if the user has crossposted it at least 4 times in recent history AND
+#   less than 50% of their activity is comments OR more than 40% of those comments are as OP (in the own submissions)
+  - name: low xp spam and engagement
+    description: X-posted 4x and low comment engagement
+    kind: submission
+    itemIs:
+      - removed: false
+    condition: AND
+    rules:
+      - name: xPostLow
+        kind: repeatActivity
+        gapAllowance: 2
+        threshold: '>= 4'
+        window:
+          count: 50
+          duration: 6 months
+      - name: lowOrOpComm
+        kind: history
+        criteriaJoin: OR
+        criteria:
+          - window:
+              count: 100
+              duration: 6 months
+            comment: < 50%
+          - window:
+              count: 100
+              duration: 6 months
+            comment: '> 40% OP'
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        enable: true
+        content: >-
+          Remove=>{{rules.xpostlow.largestRepeat}} X-P =>
+          {{rules.loworopcomm.thresholdSummary}}
+      - kind: remove
+        enable: true
+      - kind: comment
+        enable: true
+        content: >-
+          Your submission has been removed because you cross-posted it
+          {{rules.xpostlow.largestRepeat}} times and you have very low
+          engagement outside of making submissions
+        distinguish: true

docs/examples/subredditReady/discordSpam.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+polling:
+    - newComm
+checks:
+    - name: ban discord only spammer
+      description: ban a user who spams only a discord link many times historically
+      kind: comment
+      condition: AND
+      rules:
+          - linkOnlySpam
+          - linkAnywhereHistoricalSpam
+      actions:
+          - kind: remove
+          - kind: ban
+            content: spamming discord links
+    - name: remove discord spam
+      description: >-
+          remove comments from users who only link to discord or mention discord
+          link many times historically
+      kind: comment
+      condition: OR
+      rules:
+          - name: linkOnlySpam
+            kind: regex
+            criteria:
+                - name: only link
+                  # single quotes are required to escape special characters
+                  regex: '/^.*(discord\.gg\/[\w\d]+)$/i'
+          - condition: AND
+            rules:
+                - name: linkAnywhereSpam
+                  kind: regex
+                  criteria:
+                      - name: contains link anywhere
+                        # single quotes are required to escape special characters
+                        regex: '/^.*(discord\.gg\/[\w\d]+).*$/i'
+                - name: linkAnywhereHistoricalSpam
+                  kind: regex
+                  criteria:
+                      - name: contains links anywhere historically
+                        # single quotes are required to escape special characters
+                        regex: '/^.*(discord\.gg\/[\w\d]+).*$/i'
+                        totalMatchThreshold: '>= 3'
+                        lookAt: comments
+                        window: 10
+      actions:
+          - kind: remove

docs/examples/subredditReady/freeKarmaOrCrosspostSpam.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+polling:
+  - unmoderated
+checks:
+    #   stop users who post low-effort, crossposted spam submissions
+    #
+    #   Remove a SUBMISSION if the user has crossposted it at least 4 times in recent history AND
+    #   less than 50% of their activity is comments OR more than 40% of those comments are as OP (in the own submissions)
+  - name: remove on low xp spam and engagement
+    description: X-posted 4x and low comment engagement
+    kind: submission
+    itemIs:
+      - removed: false
+    condition: AND
+    rules:
+      - name: xPostLow
+        kind: repeatActivity
+        gapAllowance: 2
+        threshold: '>= 4'
+        window:
+          count: 50
+          duration: 6 months
+      - name: lowOrOpComm
+        kind: history
+        criteriaJoin: OR
+        criteria:
+          - window:
+              count: 100
+              duration: 6 months
+            comment: < 50%
+          - window:
+              count: 100
+              duration: 6 months
+            comment: '> 40% OP'
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        enable: true
+        content: >-
+          Remove=>{{rules.xpostlow.largestRepeat}} X-P =>
+          {{rules.loworopcomm.thresholdSummary}}
+      - kind: remove
+        enable: false
+      - kind: comment
+        enable: true
+        content: >-
+          Your submission has been removed because you cross-posted it
+          {{rules.xpostlow.largestRepeat}} times and you have very low
+          engagement outside of making submissions
+        distinguish: true
+        dryRun: true
+    # Remove submissions from users who have recent activity in freekarma subs within the last 50 activities or 6 months (whichever is less)
+  - name: freekarma removal
+    description: Remove submission if user has used freekarma sub recently
+    kind: submission
+    itemIs:
+      - removed: false
+    condition: AND
+    rules:
+      - name: freekarma
+        kind: recentActivity
+        window:
+          count: 50
+          duration: 6 months
+        useSubmissionAsReference: false
+        thresholds:
+          - subreddits:
+              - FreeKarma4U
+              - FreeKarma4You
+              - KarmaStore
+              - promote
+              - shamelessplug
+              - upvote
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        enable: true
+        content: 'Remove=> {{rules.newtube.totalCount}} activities in freekarma subs'
+      - kind: remove
+        enable: false
+      - kind: comment
+        enable: true
+        content: >-
+          Your submission has been removed because you have recent activity in
+          'freekarma' subs
+        distinguish: true
+        dryRun: true

docs/examples/subredditReady/freekarma.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+polling:
+  - unmoderated
+checks:
+    # Remove submissions from users who have recent activity in freekarma subs within the last 50 activities or 6 months (whichever is less)
+  - name: freekarma removal
+    description: Remove submission if user has used freekarma sub recently
+    kind: submission
+    itemIs:
+      - removed: false
+    condition: AND
+    rules:
+      - name: freekarma
+        kind: recentActivity
+        window:
+          count: 50
+          duration: 6 months
+        useSubmissionAsReference: false
+        thresholds:
+          - subreddits:
+              - FreeKarma4U
+              - FreeKarma4You
+              - KarmaStore
+              - upvote
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        enable: true
+        content: 'Remove=> {{rules.newtube.totalCount}} activities in freekarma subs'
+      - kind: remove
+        enable: true
+      - kind: comment
+        enable: false
+        content: >-
+          Your submission has been removed because you have recent activity in
+          'freekarma' subs
+        distinguish: true

docs/examples/subredditReady/selfPromo.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+polling:
+  - unmoderated
+checks:
+    #
+    # Stop users who make link submissions with a self-promotional agenda (with reddit's suggested 10% rule)
+    # https://www.reddit.com/wiki/selfpromotion#wiki_guidelines_for_self-promotion_on_reddit
+    #
+    # Remove a SUBMISSION if the link comprises more than or equal to 10% of users history (100 activities or 6 months) OR
+    #
+    # if link comprises 10% of submission history (100 activities or 6 months)
+    # AND less than 50% of their activity is comments OR more than 40% of those comments are as OP (in the own submissions)
+    #
+  - name: Self-promo all AND low engagement
+    description: Self-promo is >10% for all or just sub and low comment engagement
+    kind: submission
+    condition: OR
+    rules:
+      - name: attr
+        kind: attribution
+        criteria:
+          - threshold: '>= 10%'
+            window:
+              count: 100
+              duration: 6 months
+            domains:
+              - 'AGG:SELF'
+      - condition: AND
+        rules:
+          - name: attrsub
+            kind: attribution
+            criteria:
+              - threshold: '>= 10%'
+                thresholdOn: submissions
+                window:
+                  count: 100
+                  duration: 6 months
+                domains:
+                  - 'AGG:SELF'
+          - name: lowOrOpComm
+            kind: history
+            criteriaJoin: OR
+            criteria:
+              - window:
+                  count: 100
+                  duration: 6 months
+                comment: < 50%
+              - window:
+                  count: 100
+                  duration: 6 months
+                comment: '> 40% OP'
+    actions:
+      - kind: report
+        enable: true
+        content: >-
+          {{rules.attr.largestPercent}}{{rules.attrsub.largestPercent}} of
+          {{rules.attr.activityTotal}}{{rules.attrsub.activityTotal}} items
+          ({{rules.attr.window}}{{rules.attrsub.window}}){{#rules.loworopcomm.thresholdSummary}}
+          =>
+          {{rules.loworopcomm.thresholdSummary}}{{/rules.loworopcomm.thresholdSummary}}
+      - kind: remove
+        enable: false
+      - kind: comment
+        enable: true
+        content: >-
+          Your submission has been removed it comprises 10% or more of your
+          recent history
+          ({{rules.attr.largestPercent}}{{rules.attrsub.largestPercent}}). This
+          is against [reddit's self promotional
+          guidelines.](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/selfpromotion#wiki_guidelines_for_self-promotion_on_reddit)
+        distinguish: true
+        dryRun: true

docs/examples/userNotes/README.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Consult the [schema](https://json-schema.app/view/%23%2Fdefinitions%2FUserNoteCr
 
 ### Examples
 
-* [Do not tag user with Good User note](/docs/examples/userNotes/usernoteFilter.json5)
+* Do not tag user with Good User note [JSON](/docs/examples/userNotes/usernoteFilter.json5) | [YAML](/docs/examples/userNotes/usernoteFilter.yaml)
 
 ## Action
 
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ A User Note can also be added to the Author of a Submission or Comment with the
 
 ### Examples
 
-* [Add note on user doing self promotion](/docs/examples/userNotes/usernoteSP.json5)
+* Add note on user doing self promotion [JSON](/docs/examples/userNotes/usernoteSP.json5) | [YAML](/docs/examples/userNotes/usernoteSP.yaml)

docs/examples/userNotes/usernoteFilter.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+checks:
+  - name: Self Promo Activities
+    description: Tag SP only if user does not have good contributor user note
+    # check will run on a new submission in your subreddit and look at the Author of that submission
+    kind: submission
+    rules:
+      - name: attr10all
+        kind: attribution
+        author:
+          exclude:
+              # the key of the usernote type to look for https://github.com/toolbox-team/reddit-moderator-toolbox/wiki/Subreddit-Wikis%3A-usernotes#working-with-note-types
+              # rule will not run if current usernote on Author is of type 'gooduser'
+            - type: gooduser
+        criteria:
+          - threshold: '> 10%'
+            window: 90 days
+          - threshold: '> 10%'
+            window: 100
+    actions:
+      - kind: usernote
+        # the key of usernote type
+        # https://github.com/toolbox-team/reddit-moderator-toolbox/wiki/Subreddit-Wikis%3A-usernotes#working-with-note-types
+        type: spamwarn
+        # content is mustache templated
+        content: >-
+          Self Promotion: {{rules.attr10all.titlesDelim}}
+          {{rules.attr10sub.largestPercent}}%

docs/examples/userNotes/usernoteSP.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+checks:
+  - name: Self Promo Activities
+    # check will run on a new submission in your subreddit and look at the Author of that submission
+    description: >-
+      Check if any of Author's aggregated submission origins are >10% of entire
+      history
+    kind: submission
+    rules:
+      - name: attr10all
+        kind: attribution
+        criteria:
+          - threshold: '> 10%'
+            window: 90 days
+          - threshold: '> 10%'
+            window: 100
+    actions:
+      - kind: usernote
+        # the key of usernote type
+        # https://github.com/toolbox-team/reddit-moderator-toolbox/wiki/Subreddit-Wikis%3A-usernotes#working-with-note-types
+        type: spamwarn
+        content: >-
+          Self Promotion: {{rules.attr10all.titlesDelim}}
+          {{rules.attr10sub.largestPercent}}%

docs/gettingStartedMod.md

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ This getting started guide is for **reddit moderators** -- that is, someone who
 
 Before continuing with this guide you should first make sure you understand how a ContextMod works. Please review this documentation:
 
-* [How It Works](/docs#how-it-works)
-* [Core Concepts](/docs#concepts)
+* [How It Works](/docs/README.md#how-it-works)
+* [Core Concepts](/docs/README.md#concepts)
 
 # Choose A Bot
 
@@ -36,15 +36,16 @@ If the Operator has communicated that **you should add a bot they control as a m
 
 ___
 
-Ensure that you are in communication with the **operator** for this bot. The bot **will not automatically accept a moderator invitation,** it must be manually done by the bot operator. This is an intentional barrier to ensure moderators and the operator are familiar with their respective needs and have some form of trust.
+Ensure that you are in communication with the **operator** of this bot. The bot **will only accept a moderator invitation if your subreddit has been whitelisted by the operator.** This is an intentional barrier to ensure moderators and the operator are familiar with their respective needs and have some form of trust.
 
 Now invite the bot to moderate your subreddit. The bot should have at least these permissions:
 
 * Manage Users
 * Manage Posts and Comments
 * Manage Flair
-
-Additionally, the bot must have the **Manage Wiki Pages** permission if you plan to use [Toolbox User Notes](https://www.reddit.com/r/toolbox/wiki/docs/usernotes). If you are not planning on using this feature and do not want the bot to have this permission then you **must** ensure the bot has visibility to the configuration wiki page (detailed below).
+* Manage Wiki Pages
+  * Required to read the moderator-only visible wiki page used to configure the bot
+  * Required to read/write to [Toolbox User Notes](https://www.reddit.com/r/toolbox/wiki/docs/usernotes)
 
 ## Bring Your Own Bot (BYOB)
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ If the operator has communicated that **they want to use a bot you control** thi
 
 **Cons:**
 
-* More setup required for both moderators and operators
+* You must have access to the credentials for the reddit account (bot)
 
 ___
 
@@ -72,15 +73,28 @@ Review the information shown on the invite link webpage and then follow the dire
 
 # Configuring the Bot
 
+The bot's behavior is defined using a configuration, like automoderator, that is stored in the **wiki** of each subreddit it moderates.
+
+The default location for this page is at `https://old.reddit.com/r/YOURSUBERDDIT/wiki/botconfig/contextbot`
+
 ## Setup wiki page
 
+The bot automatically tries to create its configuration wiki page. You can find the result of this in the log for your subreddit in the web interface.
+
+If this fails for some reason you can create the wiki page through the web interface by navigating to your subreddit's tab, opening the [built-in editor (click **View**)](/docs/screenshots/configBox.png), and following the directions in **Create configuration for...** link found there.
+
+If neither of the above approaches work, or you do not wish to use the web interface, expand the section below for directions on how to manually setup the wiki page:
+
+<details>
+
 * Visit the wiki page of the subreddit you want the bot to moderate
   * The default location the bot checks for a configuration is at `https://old.reddit.com/r/YOURSUBERDDIT/wiki/botconfig/contextbot`
   * If the page does not exist create it
 * Ensure the wiki page visibility is restricted
   * On the wiki page click **settings** (**Page settings** in new reddit)
   * Check the box for **Only mods may edit and view** and then **save**
-    * Alternatively, if you did not give the bot the **Manage Wiki Pages** permission then add it to the **allow users to edit page** setting
+
+</details>
 
 ## Procure a configuration
 
@@ -94,25 +108,46 @@ Visit the [Examples](https://github.com/FoxxMD/context-mod/tree/master/docs/exam
 
 After you have found a configuration to use as a starting point:
 
-* In a new tab open the github page for the configuration you want ([example](/docs/examples/repeatActivity/crosspostSpamming.json5))
-* Click the **Raw** button, then select all and copy all of the text to your clipboard.
+* Copy the URL for the configuration file EX `https://github.com/FoxxMD/context-mod/blob/master/docs/examples/subredditReady/freekarma.json5` and either:
+  * (Easiest) **Load** it into your [subreddit's built-in editor](#using-the-built-in-editor) and **Save**
+  * or on the file's page, click the **Raw** button, select all and copy to your clipboard, and [manually save to your wiki page](#manually-saving)
 
 ### Build Your Own Config
 
-Additionally, you can use [this schema editor](https://json-schema.app/view/%23?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2FFoxxMD%2Fcontext-mod%2Fmaster%2Fsrc%2FSchema%2FApp.json) to build your configuration. The editor features a ton of handy features:
+CM comes equipped with a [configuration explorer](https://json-schema.app/view/%23?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2FFoxxMD%2Fcontext-mod%2Fmaster%2Fsrc%2FSchema%2FApp.json) to help you see all available options, with descriptions and examples, that can be used in your configuration.
 
-* fully annotated configuration data/structure
-* generated examples in json/yaml
-* built-in editor that automatically validates your config
+To create or edit a configuration you should use **CM's buit-in editor** which features:
+* syntax validation and formatting
+* full configuration validation with error highlighting, hints, and fixes
+* hover over properties to see documentation and examples
 
-PROTIP: Find an example config to use as a starting point and then build on it using the editor.
+To use the editor either:
+* [use your subreddit's built-in editor](#using-the-built-in-editor)
+* or use the public editor at https://cm.foxxmd.dev/config
+
+PROTIP: Find an [example config](#using-an-example-config) to use as a starting point and then build on it using the editor.
 
 ## Saving Your Configuration
 
-* Open the wiki page you created in the [previous step](#setup-wiki-page) and click **edit**
+### Using the built-in Editor
+
+In the web interface each subreddit's tab has access to the built-in editor. Use this built-in editor to automatically create, load, or save the configuration for that subreddit's wiki.
+
+* Visit the tab for the subreddit you want to edit the configuration of
+* Open the [built-in editor by click **View**](/docs/screenshots/configBox.png)
+* Edit your configuration
+* Follow the directions on the **Save to r/..** link found at the top of the editor to automatically save your configuration
+
+### Manually Saving
+
+<details>
+
+* Open the wiki page you created in the [wiki setup step](#setup-wiki-page) and click **edit**
   * Copy-paste your configuration into the wiki text box
   * Save the edited wiki page
 
+</details>
+
 ___
 
 The bot automatically checks for new configurations on your wiki page every 5 minutes. If your operator has the web interface accessible you may login there and force the config to update on your subreddit.

docs/gettingStartedOperator.md

@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ PROTIP: Using a container management tool like [Portainer.io CE](https://www.por
 
 ### [Dockerhub](https://hub.docker.com/r/foxxmd/context-mod)
 
-```
-foxxmd/context-mod:latest
-```
+An example of starting the container using the [minimum configuration](/docs/operatorConfiguration.md#minimum-config) with a [configuration file](/docs/operatorConfiguration.md#defining-configuration-via-file):
+
+* Bind the folder where the config is located on your host machine into the container `-v /host/path/folder:/config`
+* Tell CM where to find the config using an env `-e "OPERATOR_CONFIG=/config/myConfig.yaml"`
+* Expose the web interface using the container port `8085`
 
-Adding **environmental variables** to your `docker run` command will pass them through to the app EX:
 ```
-docker run -d -e "CLIENT_ID=myId" ... foxxmd/context-mod
+docker run -d -e "OPERATOR_CONFIG=/config/myConfig.yaml" -v /host/path/folder:/config -p 8085:8085 foxxmd/context-mod
 ```
 
 ### Locally
@@ -47,6 +48,12 @@ npm install
 tsc -p .
 ```
 
+An example of running CM using the [minimum configuration](/docs/operatorConfiguration.md#minimum-config) with a [configuration file](/docs/operatorConfiguration.md#defining-configuration-via-file):
+
+```bash
+node src/index.js run
+```
+
 ### [Heroku Quick Deploy](https://heroku.com/about)
 [![Deploy](https://www.herokucdn.com/deploy/button.svg)](https://dashboard.heroku.com/new?template=https://github.com/FoxxMD/context-mod)
 

docs/imageComparison.md

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ContextMod supports comparing image content, for the purpose of detecting duplic
 
 To enable comparisons reference the example below (at the top-level of your rule) and configure as needed:
 
+JSON
 ```json5
 {
   "name": "ruleWithImageDetection",
@@ -31,9 +32,18 @@ To enable comparisons reference the example below (at the top-level of your rule
   },
   //
   // And above ^^^
-  ...
+  //...
 }
 ```
+YAML
+```yaml
+name: ruleWithImageDetection
+kind: recentActivity
+  enable: true
+  threshold: 5
+  fetchBehavior: extension
+
+```
 
 **Perceptual Hashing** (`hash`) and **Pixel Comparisons** (`pixel`) may be used at the same time. Refer to the documentation below to see how they interact.
 
@@ -114,10 +124,12 @@ To further configure hashing refer to this code block:
       // the higher the bits the more accurate the comparison
       //
       // NOTE: Hashes of different sizes (bits) cannot be compared. If you are caching hashes make sure all rules where results may be shared use the same bit count to ensure hashes can be compared. Otherwise hashes will be recomputed.
-      "bits": 32, // default is 32 if not defined
+      "bits": 32,
+      // default is 32 if not defined
       //
       // number of seconds to cache an image hash
-      "ttl": 60, // default is 60 if not defined
+      "ttl": 60,
+      // default is 60 if not defined
       //
       // "High Confidence" Threshold
       // If the difference in comparison is equal to or less than this number the images are considered the same and pixel comparison WILL NOT occur
@@ -139,8 +151,22 @@ To further configure hashing refer to this code block:
     //
     // And above ^^^
     //"pixel": {...}
-  },
+  }
   //...
+}
+```
+YAML
+```yaml
+name: ruleWithImageDetectionAndConfiguredHashing
+kind: recentActivity
+imageDetection:
+  enable: true
+  hash:
+    enable: true
+    bits: 32
+    ttl: 60
+    hardThreshold: 5
+    softThreshold: 0
 ```
 
 ## Pixel Comparison
@@ -184,18 +210,28 @@ To configure pixel comparisons refer to this code block:
 
 ```json5
 {
-    "name": "ruleWithImageDetectionAndPixelEnabled",
-    "kind": "recentActivity",
-    "imageDetection": {
-      //"hash": {...}
-      "pixel": {
-        // enable or disable pixel comparisons (disabled by default)
-        "enable": true,
-        // if the comparison difference percentage is equal to or less than this value the images are considered the same
-        //
-        // if not defined the value from imageDetection.threshold will be used
-        "threshold": 5
-      }
-    },
-    //...
+  "name": "ruleWithImageDetectionAndPixelEnabled",
+  "kind": "recentActivity",
+  "imageDetection": {
+    //"hash": {...}
+    "pixel": {
+      // enable or disable pixel comparisons (disabled by default)
+      "enable": true,
+      // if the comparison difference percentage is equal to or less than this value the images are considered the same
+      //
+      // if not defined the value from imageDetection.threshold will be used
+      "threshold": 5
+    }
+  },
+  //...
+}
+```
+YAML
+```yaml
+name: ruleWithImageDetectionAndPixelEnabled
+kind: recentActivity
+imageDetection:
+  pixel:
+    enable: true
+    threshold: 5
 ```

docs/operatorConfiguration.md

@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ configuration.
 **Note:** When reading the **schema** if the variable is available at a level of configuration other than **FILE** it will be
 noted with the same symbol as above. The value shown is the default.
 
-* To load a JSON configuration (for **FILE**) **from the command line** use the `-c` cli argument EX: `node src/index.js -c /path/to/JSON/config.json`
-* To load a JSON configuration (for **FILE**) **using an environmental variable** use `OPERATOR_CONFIG` EX: `OPERATOR_CONFIG=/path/to/JSON/config.json`
+## Defining Configuration Via File
+
+* **from the command line**  use the `-c` cli argument EX: `node src/index.js -c /path/to/JSON/config.json`
+* **using an environmental variable**  use `OPERATOR_CONFIG` EX: `OPERATOR_CONFIG=/path/to/JSON/config.json`
 
 [**See the Operator Config Schema here**](https://json-schema.app/view/%23?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2FFoxxMD%2Fcontext-mod%2Fmaster%2Fsrc%2FSchema%2FOperatorConfig.json)
 
@@ -121,18 +123,41 @@ Below are examples of the minimum required config to run the application using a
 Using **FILE**
 <details>
 
+CM will look for a file configuration at `PROJECT_DIR/config.yaml` by default [or you can specify your own location.](#defining-configuration-via-file)
+
+YAML
+```yaml
+operator:
+  name: YourRedditUsername
+bots:
+  - credentials:
+      clientId: f4b4df1c7b2
+      clientSecret: 34v5q1c56ub
+web:
+  credentials:
+    clientId: f4b4df1c7b2
+    clientSecret: 34v5q1c56ub
+```
+JSON
 ```json5
 {
+  "operator": {
+    "name": "YourRedditUsername"
+  },
   "bots": [
     {
       "credentials": {
         "clientId": "f4b4df1c7b2",
-        "clientSecret": "34v5q1c56ub",
-        "refreshToken": "34_f1w1v4",
-        "accessToken": "p75_1c467b2"
+        "clientSecret": "34v5q1c56ub"
       }
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "web": {
+    "credentials": {
+      "clientId": "f4b4df1c7b2",
+      "clientSecret": "34v5q1c56ub"
+    }
+  }
 }
 ```
 
@@ -143,10 +168,9 @@ Using **ENV** (`.env`)
 <details>
 
 ```
+OPERATOR=YourRedditUsername
 CLIENT_ID=f4b4df1c7b2
 CLIENT_SECRET=34v5q1c56ub
-REFRESH_TOKEN=34_f1w1v4
-ACCESS_TOKEN=p75_1c467b2
 ```
 
 </details>
@@ -175,6 +199,11 @@ An example of using multiple configuration levels together IE all are provided t
   }
 }
 ```
+YAML
+```yaml
+logging:
+  level: debug
+```
 
 </details>
 
@@ -220,6 +249,30 @@ See the [Architecture Docs](/docs/serverClientArchitecture.md) for more informat
 
 <details>
 
+YAML
+```yaml
+bots:
+  - credentials:
+      clientId: f4b4df1c7b2
+      clientSecret: 34v5q1c56ub
+      refreshToken: 34_f1w1v4
+      accessToken: p75_1c467b2
+web:
+  credentials:
+    clientId: f4b4df1c7b2
+    clientSecret: 34v5q1c56ub
+    redirectUri: 'http://localhost:8085/callback'
+  clients:
+      # server application running on this same CM instance
+    - host: 'localhost:8095'
+      secret: localSecret
+      # a server application running somewhere else
+    - host: 'mySecondContextMod.com:8095'
+      secret: anotherSecret
+api:
+  secret: localSecret
+```
+JSON
 ```json5
 {
   "bots": [
@@ -289,3 +342,14 @@ A caching object in the json configuration:
  }
 }
 ```
+YAML
+```yaml
+provider:
+  store: memory
+  ttl: 60
+  max: 500
+  host: localhost
+  port: 6379
+  auth_pass: null
+  db: 0
+```

docs/webInterface.md

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+## Editing/Updating Your Config
+
+* Open the editor for your subreddit
+    * In the web dashboard \-> r/YourSubreddit \-> Config -> **View** [(here)](/docs/screenshots/config/config.jpg)
+* Follow the directions on the [link at the top of the window](/docs/screenshots/config/save.png) to enable config editing using your moderator account
+    * After enabling editing just click "save" at any time to save your config
+    * After you have added/edited your config the bot will detect changes within 5 minutes or you can manually trigger it by clicking **Update**
+
+## General Config (Editor) Tips
+
+* The editor will automatically validate your [syntax (formatting)](/docs/screenshots/config/syntax.png) and [config correctness](/docs/screenshots/config/correctness.png) (property names, required properties, etc.)
+    * These show up as squiggly lines like in Microsoft Word and as a [list at the bottom of the editor](/docs/screenshots/config/errors.png)
+* In your config all **Checks** and **Actions** have two properties that control how they behave:
+    * [**Enable**](/docs/screenshots/config/enable.png) (defaults to `enable: true`) -- Determines if the check or action is run, at all
+    * **Dryrun** (defaults to `dryRun: false`) -- When `true` the check or action will run but any **Actions** that may be triggered will "pretend" to execute but not actually talk to the Reddit API.
+      * Use `dryRun` to test your config without the bot making any changes on reddit
+    * When starting out with a new config it is recommended running the bot with remove/ban actions **disabled**
+        * Use `report` actions to get reports in your modqueue from the bot that describe what it detected and what it would do about it
+        * Once the bot is behaving as desired (no false positives or weird behavior) destructive actions can be enabled or turned off of dryrun
+
+## Web Dashboard Tips
+
+* Use the [**Overview** section](/docs/screenshots/botOperations.png) to control the bot at a high-level
+* You can **manually run** the bot on any activity (comment/submission) by pasting its permalink into the [input field below the Overview section](/docs/screenshots/runInput.png) and hitting one of the **run buttons**
+    * **Dry run** will make the bot run on the activity but it will only **pretend** to run actions, if triggered. This is super useful for testing your config without consequences
+    * **Run** will do everything
+* All of the bot's activity is shown in real-time in the [log section](/docs/screenshots/logs.png)
+    * This will output the results of all run checks/rules and any actions that run
+* You can view summaries of all activities that triggered a check (had actions run) by clicking on [Actioned Events](/docs/screenshots/actionsEvents.png)
+    * This includes activities run with dry run

package.json

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     "cache-manager": "^3.4.4",
     "cache-manager-redis-store": "^2.0.0",
     "commander": "^8.0.0",
+    "comment-json": "^4.1.1",
     "cookie-parser": "^1.3.5",
     "dayjs": "^1.10.5",
     "deepmerge": "^4.2.2",
@@ -48,11 +49,11 @@
     "express-socket.io-session": "^1.3.5",
     "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.3",
     "fuse.js": "^6.4.6",
+    "globrex": "^0.1.2",
     "got": "^11.8.2",
     "he": "^1.2.0",
     "http-proxy": "^1.18.1",
     "image-size": "^1.0.0",
-    "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
     "json5": "^2.2.0",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
     "leven": "^3.1.0",
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@
     "passport-custom": "^1.1.1",
     "passport-jwt": "^4.0.0",
     "pixelmatch": "^5.2.1",
+    "pony-cause": "^1.1.1",
     "pretty-print-json": "^1.0.3",
     "safe-stable-stringify": "^1.1.1",
     "snoostorm": "^1.5.2",
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@
     "winston-daily-rotate-file": "^4.5.5",
     "winston-duplex": "^0.1.1",
     "winston-transport": "^4.4.0",
+    "yaml": "2.0.0-10",
     "zlib": "^1.0.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@
     "@types/express": "^4.17.13",
     "@types/express-session": "^1.17.4",
     "@types/express-socket.io-session": "^1.3.6",
+    "@types/globrex": "^0.1.1",
     "@types/he": "^1.1.1",
     "@types/http-proxy": "^1.17.7",
     "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.1",
@@ -111,8 +115,9 @@
     "@types/string-similarity": "^4.0.0",
     "@types/tcp-port-used": "^1.0.0",
     "@types/triple-beam": "^1.3.2",
+    "ts-essentials": "^9.1.2",
     "ts-json-schema-generator": "^0.93.0",
-    "typescript-json-schema": "^0.50.1"
+    "typescript-json-schema": "~0.53"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "sharp": "^0.29.1"

src/Action/ActionFactory.ts

@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ import ApproveAction, {ApproveActionConfig} from "./ApproveAction";
 import BanAction, {BanActionJson} from "./BanAction";
 import {MessageAction, MessageActionJson} from "./MessageAction";
 import {SubredditResources} from "../Subreddit/SubredditResources";
-import Snoowrap from "snoowrap";
+import {UserFlairAction, UserFlairActionJson} from './UserFlairAction';
+import {ExtendedSnoowrap} from '../Utils/SnoowrapClients';
 
 export function actionFactory
-(config: ActionJson, logger: Logger, subredditName: string, resources: SubredditResources, client: Snoowrap): Action {
+(config: ActionJson, logger: Logger, subredditName: string, resources: SubredditResources, client: ExtendedSnoowrap): Action {
     switch (config.kind) {
         case 'comment':
             return new CommentAction({...config as CommentActionJson, logger, subredditName, resources, client});
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ export function actionFactory
             return new ReportAction({...config as ReportActionJson, logger, subredditName, resources, client});
         case 'flair':
             return new FlairAction({...config as FlairActionJson, logger, subredditName, resources, client});
+        case 'userflair':
+            return new UserFlairAction({...config as UserFlairActionJson, logger, subredditName, resources, client});
         case 'approve':
             return new ApproveAction({...config as ApproveActionConfig, logger, subredditName, resources, client});
         case 'usernote':

src/Action/ApproveAction.ts

@@ -1,39 +1,94 @@
-import {ActionJson, ActionConfig} from "./index";
+import {ActionJson, ActionConfig, ActionOptions} from "./index";
 import Action from "./index";
-import Snoowrap, {Comment, Submission} from "snoowrap";
+import Snoowrap from "snoowrap";
 import {RuleResult} from "../Rule";
 import {ActionProcessResult} from "../Common/interfaces";
+import Submission from "snoowrap/dist/objects/Submission";
+import Comment from "snoowrap/dist/objects/Comment";
 
 export class ApproveAction extends Action {
+
+    targets: ApproveTarget[]
+
     getKind() {
         return 'Approve';
     }
 
+    constructor(options: ApproveOptions) {
+        super(options);
+        const {
+            targets = ['self']
+        } = options;
+
+        this.targets = targets;
+    }
+
     async process(item: Comment | Submission, ruleResults: RuleResult[], runtimeDryrun?: boolean): Promise<ActionProcessResult> {
         const dryRun = runtimeDryrun || this.dryRun;
-        //snoowrap typing issue, thinks comments can't be locked
-        // @ts-ignore
-        if (item.approved) {
-            this.logger.warn('Item is already approved');
-            return {
-                dryRun,
-                success: false,
-                result: 'Item is already approved'
+        const touchedEntities = [];
+
+        const realTargets = item instanceof Submission ? ['self'] : this.targets;
+
+        for(const target of realTargets) {
+            let targetItem = item;
+            if(target !== 'self' && item instanceof Comment) {
+                targetItem = await this.resources.getActivity(this.client.getSubmission(item.link_id));
+            }
+
+            // @ts-ignore
+            if (targetItem.approved) {
+                const msg = `${target === 'self' ? 'Item' : 'Comment\'s parent Submission'} is already approved`;
+                this.logger.warn(msg);
+                return {
+                    dryRun,
+                    success: false,
+                    result: msg
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!dryRun) {
+                // make sure we have an actual item and not just a plain object from cache
+                if(target !== 'self' && !(targetItem instanceof Submission)) {
+                    // @ts-ignore
+                    targetItem = await this.client.getSubmission((item as Comment).link_id).fetch();
+                }
+                // @ts-ignore
+                touchedEntities.push(await targetItem.approve());
+
+                if(target === 'self') {
+                    // @ts-ignore
+                    item.approved = true;
+                    await this.resources.resetCacheForItem(item);
+                } else if(await this.resources.hasActivity(targetItem)) {
+                    // @ts-ignore
+                    targetItem.approved = true;
+                    await this.resources.resetCacheForItem(targetItem);
+                }
             }
         }
-        if (!dryRun) {
-            // @ts-ignore
-            await item.approve();
-        }
+
         return {
             dryRun,
             success: true,
+            touchedEntities
         }
     }
 }
 
-export interface ApproveActionConfig extends ActionConfig {
+export type ApproveTarget = 'self' | 'parent';
 
+export interface ApproveOptions extends ApproveActionConfig, ActionOptions {}
+
+export interface ApproveActionConfig extends ActionConfig {
+    /**
+     * Specify which Activities to approve
+     *
+     * This setting is only applicable if the Activity being acted on is a **comment**. On a **submission** the setting does nothing
+     *
+     * * self => approve activity being checked (comment)
+     * * parent => approve parent (submission) of activity being checked (comment)
+     * */
+    targets?: ApproveTarget[]
 }
 
 /**

src/Action/BanAction.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export class BanAction extends Action {
         const renderedBody = content === undefined ? undefined : await renderContent(content, item, ruleResults, this.resources.userNotes);
         const renderedContent = renderedBody === undefined ? undefined : `${renderedBody}${await this.resources.generateFooter(item, this.footer)}`;
 
+        const touchedEntities = [];
         let banPieces = [];
         banPieces.push(`Message: ${renderedContent === undefined ? 'None' : `${renderedContent.length > 100 ? `\r\n${renderedContent}` : renderedContent}`}`);
         banPieces.push(`Reason:  ${this.reason || 'None'}`);
@@ -50,18 +51,20 @@ export class BanAction extends Action {
             // @ts-ignore
             const fetchedSub = await item.subreddit.fetch();
             const fetchedName = await item.author.name;
-            await fetchedSub.banUser({
+            const bannedUser = await fetchedSub.banUser({
                 name: fetchedName,
                 banMessage: renderedContent === undefined ? undefined : renderedContent,
                 banReason: this.reason,
                 banNote: this.note,
                 duration: this.duration
             });
+            touchedEntities.push(bannedUser);
         }
         return {
             dryRun,
             success: true,
-            result: `Banned ${item.author.name} ${durText}${this.reason !== undefined ? ` (${this.reason})` : ''}`
+            result: `Banned ${item.author.name} ${durText}${this.reason !== undefined ? ` (${this.reason})` : ''}`,
+            touchedEntities
         };
     }
 }

src/Action/CommentAction.ts

@@ -51,16 +51,19 @@ export class CommentAction extends Action {
                 result: 'Cannot comment because Item is archived'
             };
         }
+        const touchedEntities = [];
         let reply: Comment;
         if(!dryRun) {
             // @ts-ignore
            reply = await item.reply(renderedContent);
+           touchedEntities.push(reply);
         }
         if (this.lock) {
             if (!dryRun) {
                 // snoopwrap typing issue, thinks comments can't be locked
                 // @ts-ignore
                 await item.lock();
+                touchedEntities.push(item);
             }
         }
         if (this.distinguish && !dryRun) {
@@ -78,7 +81,8 @@ export class CommentAction extends Action {
         return {
             dryRun,
             success: true,
-            result: `${modifierStr}${this.lock ? ' - Locked Author\'s Activity - ' : ''}${truncateStringToLength(100)(body)}`
+            result: `${modifierStr}${this.lock ? ' - Locked Author\'s Activity - ' : ''}${truncateStringToLength(100)(body)}`,
+            touchedEntities,
         };
     }
 }

src/Action/LockAction.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export class LockAction extends Action {
 
     async process(item: Comment | Submission, ruleResults: RuleResult[], runtimeDryrun?: boolean): Promise<ActionProcessResult> {
         const dryRun = runtimeDryrun || this.dryRun;
+        const touchedEntities = [];
         //snoowrap typing issue, thinks comments can't be locked
         // @ts-ignore
         if (item.locked) {
@@ -25,10 +26,15 @@ export class LockAction extends Action {
             //snoowrap typing issue, thinks comments can't be locked
             // @ts-ignore
             await item.lock();
+            // @ts-ignore
+            item.locked = true;
+            await this.resources.resetCacheForItem(item);
+            touchedEntities.push(item);
         }
         return {
             dryRun,
-            success: true
+            success: true,
+            touchedEntities
         }
     }
 }

src/Action/MessageAction.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import {
     REDDIT_ENTITY_REGEX_URL,
     truncateStringToLength
 } from "../util";
-import SimpleError from "../Utils/SimpleError";
+import {SimpleError} from "../Utils/Errors";
+import {ErrorWithCause} from "pony-cause";
 
 export class MessageAction extends Action {
     content: string;
@@ -65,10 +66,7 @@ export class MessageAction extends Action {
                     recipient = `/r/${entityData.name}`;
                 }
             } catch (err: any) {
-                this.logger.error(`'to' field for message was not in a valid format. See ${REDDIT_ENTITY_REGEX_URL} for valid examples`);
-                this.logger.error(err);
-                err.logged = true;
-                throw err;
+                throw new ErrorWithCause(`'to' field for message was not in a valid format. See ${REDDIT_ENTITY_REGEX_URL} for valid examples`, {cause: err});
             }
             if(recipient.includes('/r/') && this.asSubreddit) {
                 throw new SimpleError(`Cannot send a message as a subreddit to another subreddit. Requested recipient: ${recipient}`);

src/Action/RemoveAction.ts

@@ -1,45 +1,69 @@
-import {ActionJson, ActionConfig} from "./index";
+import {ActionJson, ActionConfig, ActionOptions} from "./index";
 import Action from "./index";
 import Snoowrap, {Comment, Submission} from "snoowrap";
 import {RuleResult} from "../Rule";
 import {activityIsRemoved} from "../Utils/SnoowrapUtils";
 import {ActionProcessResult} from "../Common/interfaces";
+import dayjs from "dayjs";
+import {isSubmission} from "../util";
 
 export class RemoveAction extends Action {
+    spam: boolean;
+
     getKind() {
         return 'Remove';
     }
 
+    constructor(options: RemoveOptions) {
+        super(options);
+        const {
+            spam = false,
+        } = options;
+        this.spam = spam;
+    }
+
     async process(item: Comment | Submission, ruleResults: RuleResult[], runtimeDryrun?: boolean): Promise<ActionProcessResult> {
         const dryRun = runtimeDryrun || this.dryRun;
+        const touchedEntities = [];
         // issue with snoowrap typings, doesn't think prop exists on Submission
         // @ts-ignore
         if (activityIsRemoved(item)) {
-            return {
-                dryRun,
-                success: false,
-                result: 'Item is already removed',
-            }
+            this.logger.warn('It looks like this Item is already removed!');
+        }
+        if (this.spam) {
+            this.logger.verbose('Marking as spam on removal');
         }
         if (!dryRun) {
             // @ts-ignore
-            await item.remove();
+            await item.remove({spam: this.spam});
+            item.banned_at_utc = dayjs().unix();
+            item.spam = this.spam;
+            if(!isSubmission(item)) {
+                // @ts-ignore
+                item.removed = true;
+            }
+            await this.resources.resetCacheForItem(item);
+            touchedEntities.push(item);
         }
 
         return {
             dryRun,
             success: true,
+            touchedEntities
         }
     }
 }
 
-export interface RemoveActionConfig extends ActionConfig {
+export interface RemoveOptions extends RemoveActionConfig, ActionOptions {
+}
 
+export interface RemoveActionConfig extends ActionConfig {
+    spam?: boolean
 }
 
 /**
  * Remove the Activity
  * */
 export interface RemoveActionJson extends RemoveActionConfig, ActionJson {
-kind: 'remove'
+    kind: 'remove'
 }

src/Action/ReportAction.ts

@@ -29,15 +29,21 @@ export class ReportAction extends Action {
         const renderedContent = await renderContent(content, item, ruleResults, this.resources.userNotes);
         this.logger.verbose(`Contents:\r\n${renderedContent}`);
         const truncatedContent = reportTrunc(renderedContent);
+        const touchedEntities = [];
         if(!dryRun) {
             // @ts-ignore
             await item.report({reason: truncatedContent});
+            // due to reddit not updating this in response (maybe)?? just increment stale activity
+            item.num_reports++;
+            await this.resources.resetCacheForItem(item);
+            touchedEntities.push(item);
         }
 
         return {
             dryRun,
             success: true,
-            result: truncatedContent
+            result: truncatedContent,
+            touchedEntities
         };
     }
 }

src/Action/SubmissionAction/FlairAction.ts

@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 import {SubmissionActionConfig} from "./index";
 import Action, {ActionJson, ActionOptions} from "../index";
-import Snoowrap, {Comment, Submission} from "snoowrap";
 import {RuleResult} from "../../Rule";
 import {ActionProcessResult} from "../../Common/interfaces";
+import Submission from 'snoowrap/dist/objects/Submission';
+import Comment from 'snoowrap/dist/objects/Comment';
 
 export class FlairAction extends Action {
     text: string;
     css: string;
+    flair_template_id: string;
 
     constructor(options: FlairActionOptions) {
         super(options);
-        if (options.text === undefined && options.css === undefined) {
-            throw new Error('Must define either text or css on FlairAction');
+        if (options.text === undefined && options.css === undefined && options.flair_template_id === undefined) {
+            throw new Error('Must define either text+css or flair_template_id on FlairAction');
         }
         this.text = options.text || '';
         this.css = options.css || '';
+        this.flair_template_id = options.flair_template_id || '';
     }
 
     getKind() {
@@ -30,12 +33,26 @@ export class FlairAction extends Action {
         if(this.css !== '') {
             flairParts.push(`CSS: ${this.css}`);
         }
+        if(this.flair_template_id !== '') {
+            flairParts.push(`Template: ${this.flair_template_id}`);
+        }
         const flairSummary = flairParts.length === 0 ? 'No flair (unflaired)' : flairParts.join(' | ');
         this.logger.verbose(flairSummary);
         if (item instanceof Submission) {
             if(!this.dryRun) {
-                // @ts-ignore
-                await item.assignFlair({text: this.text, cssClass: this.css})
+                if (this.flair_template_id) {
+                    // typings are wrong for this function, flair_template_id should be accepted
+                    // assignFlair uses /api/flair (mod endpoint)
+                    // selectFlair uses /api/selectflair (self endpoint for user to choose their own flair for submission)
+                    // @ts-ignore
+                    await item.assignFlair({flair_template_id: this.flair_template_id}).then(() => {});
+                    item.link_flair_template_id = this.flair_template_id;
+                } else {
+                    await item.assignFlair({text: this.text, cssClass: this.css}).then(() => {});
+                    item.link_flair_css_class = this.css;
+                    item.link_flair_text = this.text;
+                }
+                await this.resources.resetCacheForItem(item);
             }
         } else {
             this.logger.warn('Cannot flair Comment');
@@ -60,12 +77,16 @@ export class FlairAction extends Action {
 export interface FlairActionConfig extends SubmissionActionConfig {
     /**
      * The text of the flair to apply
-    * */
+     * */
     text?: string,
     /**
      * The text of the css class of the flair to apply
      * */
     css?: string,
+    /**
+     * Flair template ID to assign
+     * */
+    flair_template_id?: string,
 }
 
 export interface FlairActionOptions extends FlairActionConfig,ActionOptions {
@@ -76,5 +97,5 @@ export interface FlairActionOptions extends FlairActionConfig,ActionOptions {
  * Flair the Submission
  * */
 export interface FlairActionJson extends FlairActionConfig, ActionJson {
-kind: 'flair'
+    kind: 'flair'
 }

src/Action/UserFlairAction.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+import Action, {ActionConfig, ActionJson, ActionOptions} from './index';
+import {Comment, RedditUser, Submission} from 'snoowrap';
+import {RuleResult} from '../Rule';
+import {ActionProcessResult} from '../Common/interfaces';
+
+export class UserFlairAction extends Action {
+  text?: string;
+  css?: string;
+  flair_template_id?: string;
+
+  constructor(options: UserFlairActionOptions) {
+    super(options);
+
+    this.text = options.text === null || options.text === '' ? undefined : options.text;
+    this.css = options.css === null || options.css === '' ? undefined : options.css;
+    this.flair_template_id = options.flair_template_id === null || options.flair_template_id === '' ? undefined : options.flair_template_id;
+  }
+
+  getKind() {
+    return 'User Flair';
+  }
+
+  async process(item: Comment | Submission, ruleResults: RuleResult[], runtimeDryrun?: boolean): Promise<ActionProcessResult> {
+    const dryRun = runtimeDryrun || this.dryRun;
+    let flairParts = [];
+
+    if (this.flair_template_id !== undefined) {
+      flairParts.push(`Flair template ID: ${this.flair_template_id}`)
+      if(this.text !== undefined || this.css !== undefined) {
+        this.logger.warn('Text/CSS properties will be ignored since a flair template is specified');
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (this.text !== undefined) {
+        flairParts.push(`Text: ${this.text}`);
+      }
+      if (this.css !== undefined) {
+        flairParts.push(`CSS: ${this.css}`);
+      }
+    }
+
+    const flairSummary = flairParts.length === 0 ? 'Unflair user' : flairParts.join(' | ');
+    this.logger.verbose(flairSummary);
+
+    if (!this.dryRun) {
+      if (this.flair_template_id !== undefined) {
+        try {
+          // @ts-ignore
+          await this.client.assignUserFlairByTemplateId({
+            subredditName: item.subreddit.display_name,
+            flairTemplateId: this.flair_template_id,
+            username: item.author.name,
+          });
+          item.author_flair_template_id = this.flair_template_id
+        } catch (err: any) {
+          this.logger.error('Either the flair template ID is incorrect or you do not have permission to access it.');
+          throw err;
+        }
+      } else if (this.text === undefined && this.css === undefined) {
+        // @ts-ignore
+        await item.subreddit.deleteUserFlair(item.author.name);
+        item.author_flair_css_class = null;
+        item.author_flair_text = null;
+        item.author_flair_template_id = null;
+      } else {
+        // @ts-ignore
+        await item.author.assignFlair({
+          subredditName: item.subreddit.display_name,
+          cssClass: this.css,
+          text: this.text,
+        });
+        item.author_flair_text = this.text ?? null;
+        item.author_flair_css_class = this.css ?? null;
+      }
+      await this.resources.resetCacheForItem(item);
+      await this.resources.resetCacheForItem(item.author);
+    }
+
+    return {
+      dryRun,
+      success: true,
+      result: flairSummary,
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Flair the Author of an Activity
+ *
+ * Leave all properties blank or null to remove a User's existing flair
+ * */
+export interface UserFlairActionConfig extends ActionConfig {
+  /**
+   * The text of the flair to apply
+   * */
+  text?: string,
+  /**
+   * The text of the css class of the flair to apply
+   * */
+  css?: string,
+  /**
+   * Flair template to pick.
+   *
+   * **Note:** If this template is used text/css are ignored
+   * */
+  flair_template_id?: string;
+}
+
+export interface UserFlairActionOptions extends UserFlairActionConfig, ActionOptions {
+
+}
+
+/**
+ * Flair the Submission
+ * */
+export interface UserFlairActionJson extends UserFlairActionConfig, ActionJson {
+  kind: 'userflair'
+}

src/Action/index.ts

@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
-import Snoowrap, {Comment, Submission} from "snoowrap";
+import {Comment, Submission} from "snoowrap";
 import {Logger} from "winston";
 import {RuleResult} from "../Rule";
-import {SubredditResources} from "../Subreddit/SubredditResources";
+import {checkAuthorFilter, SubredditResources} from "../Subreddit/SubredditResources";
 import {ActionProcessResult, ActionResult, ChecksActivityState, TypedActivityStates} from "../Common/interfaces";
 import Author, {AuthorOptions} from "../Author/Author";
 import {mergeArr} from "../util";
 import LoggedError from "../Utils/LoggedError";
+import {ExtendedSnoowrap} from '../Utils/SnoowrapClients';
+import {ErrorWithCause} from "pony-cause";
 
 export abstract class Action {
     name?: string;
     logger: Logger;
     resources: SubredditResources;
-    client: Snoowrap
+    client: ExtendedSnoowrap;
     authorIs: AuthorOptions;
     itemIs: TypedActivityStates;
     dryRun: boolean;
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ export abstract class Action {
             subredditName,
             dryRun = false,
             authorIs: {
+                excludeCondition = 'OR',
                 include = [],
                 exclude = [],
             } = {},
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ export abstract class Action {
         this.logger = logger.child({labels: [`Action ${this.getActionUniqueName()}`]}, mergeArr);
 
         this.authorIs = {
+            excludeCondition,
             exclude: exclude.map(x => new Author(x)),
             include: include.map(x => new Author(x)),
         }
@@ -71,27 +75,10 @@ export abstract class Action {
                 actRes.runReason = `Activity did not pass 'itemIs' test, Action not run`;
                 return actRes;
             }
-            if (this.authorIs.include !== undefined && this.authorIs.include.length > 0) {
-                for (const auth of this.authorIs.include) {
-                    if (await this.resources.testAuthorCriteria(item, auth)) {
-                        actRes.run = true;
-                        const results = await this.process(item, ruleResults, runtimeDryrun);
-                        return {...actRes, ...results};
-                    }
-                }
-                this.logger.verbose('Inclusive author criteria not matched, Action not run');
-                actRes.runReason = 'Inclusive author criteria not matched';
-                return actRes;
-            } else if (this.authorIs.exclude !== undefined && this.authorIs.exclude.length > 0) {
-                for (const auth of this.authorIs.exclude) {
-                    if (await this.resources.testAuthorCriteria(item, auth, false)) {
-                        actRes.run = true;
-                        const results = await this.process(item, ruleResults, runtimeDryrun);
-                        return {...actRes, ...results};
-                    }
-                }
-                this.logger.verbose('Exclusive author criteria not matched, Action not run');
-                actRes.runReason = 'Exclusive author criteria not matched';
+            const [authFilterResult, authFilterType] = await checkAuthorFilter(item, this.authorIs, this.resources, this.logger);
+            if(!authFilterResult) {
+                this.logger.verbose(`${authFilterType} author criteria not matched, Action not run`);
+                actRes.runReason = `${authFilterType} author criteria not matched`;
                 return actRes;
             }
 
@@ -100,7 +87,8 @@ export abstract class Action {
             return {...actRes, ...results};
         } catch (err: any) {
             if(!(err instanceof LoggedError)) {
-                this.logger.error(`Encountered error while running`, err);
+                const actionError = new ErrorWithCause('Action did not run successfully due to unexpected error', {cause: err});
+                this.logger.error(actionError);
             }
             actRes.success = false;
             actRes.result = err.message;
@@ -114,8 +102,8 @@ export abstract class Action {
 export interface ActionOptions extends ActionConfig {
     logger: Logger;
     subredditName: string;
-    resources: SubredditResources
-    client: Snoowrap
+    resources: SubredditResources;
+    client: ExtendedSnoowrap;
 }
 
 export interface ActionConfig extends ChecksActivityState {
@@ -162,7 +150,7 @@ export interface ActionJson extends ActionConfig {
     /**
      * The type of action that will be performed
      */
-    kind: 'comment' | 'lock' | 'remove' | 'report' | 'approve' | 'ban' | 'flair' | 'usernote' | 'message'
+    kind: 'comment' | 'lock' | 'remove' | 'report' | 'approve' | 'ban' | 'flair' | 'usernote' | 'message' | 'userflair'
 }
 
 export const isActionJson = (obj: object): obj is ActionJson => {

src/App.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import winston, {Logger} from "winston";
 import dayjs, {Dayjs} from "dayjs";
 import {getLogger} from "./Utils/loggerFactory";
-import {Invokee, OperatorConfig} from "./Common/interfaces";
+import {Invokee, OperatorConfig, OperatorConfigWithFileContext, OperatorFileConfig} from "./Common/interfaces";
 import Bot from "./Bot";
 import LoggedError from "./Utils/LoggedError";
 import {sleep} from "./util";
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ export class App {
 
     error: any;
 
-    constructor(config: OperatorConfig) {
+    config: OperatorConfig;
+    fileConfig: OperatorFileConfig;
+
+    constructor(config: OperatorConfigWithFileContext) {
         const {
             operator: {
                 name,
@@ -23,6 +26,11 @@ export class App {
             bots = [],
         } = config;
 
+        const {fileConfig, ...rest} = config;
+
+        this.config = rest;
+        this.fileConfig = fileConfig;
+
         this.logger = getLogger(config.logging);
 
         this.logger.info(`Operators: ${name.length === 0 ? 'None Specified' : name.join(', ')}`)

src/Author/Author.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {UserNoteCriteria} from "../Rule";
-import {CompareValue, CompareValueOrPercent, DurationComparor} from "../Common/interfaces";
+import {CompareValue, CompareValueOrPercent, DurationComparor, JoinOperands} from "../Common/interfaces";
 import {parseStringToRegex} from "../util";
 
 /**
@@ -12,7 +12,17 @@ export interface AuthorOptions {
      * */
     include?: AuthorCriteria[];
     /**
-     * Only runs if `include` is not present. Will "pass" if any of set of the AuthorCriteria **does not** pass
+     * * OR => if ANY exclude condition "does not" pass then the exclude test passes
+     * * AND => if ALL exclude conditions "do not" pass then the exclude test passes
+     *
+     * Defaults to OR
+     * @default OR
+     * */
+    excludeCondition?: JoinOperands
+    /**
+     * Only runs if `include` is not present. Each AuthorCriteria is comprised of conditions that the Author being checked must "not" pass. See excludeCondition for set behavior
+     *
+     * EX: `isMod: true, name: Automoderator` => Will pass if the Author IS NOT a mod and IS NOT named Automoderator
      * */
     exclude?: AuthorCriteria[];
 }
@@ -36,15 +46,20 @@ export interface AuthorCriteria {
      * */
     name?: string[],
     /**
-     * A list of (user) flair css class values from the subreddit to match against
+     * A (user) flair css class (or list of) from the subreddit to match against
      * @examples ["red"]
      * */
-    flairCssClass?: string[],
+    flairCssClass?: string | string[],
     /**
-     * A list of (user) flair text values from the subreddit to match against
+     * A (user) flair text value (or list of) from the subreddit to match against
      * @examples ["Approved"]
      * */
-    flairText?: string[],
+    flairText?: string | string[],
+
+    /**
+     * A (user) flair template id (or list of) from the subreddit to match against
+     * */
+    flairTemplate?: string | string[]
     /**
      * Is the author a moderator?
      * */
@@ -136,8 +151,12 @@ export class Author implements AuthorCriteria {
 
     constructor(options: AuthorCriteria) {
         this.name = options.name;
-        this.flairCssClass = options.flairCssClass;
-        this.flairText = options.flairText;
+        if(options.flairCssClass !== undefined) {
+            this.flairCssClass = typeof options.flairCssClass === 'string' ? [options.flairCssClass] : options.flairCssClass;
+        }
+        if(options.flairText !== undefined) {
+            this.flairText = typeof options.flairText === 'string' ? [options.flairText] : options.flairText;
+        }
         this.isMod = options.isMod;
         this.userNotes = options.userNotes;
         this.age = options.age;

src/Bot/index.ts

@@ -3,36 +3,48 @@ import {Logger} from "winston";
 import dayjs, {Dayjs} from "dayjs";
 import {Duration} from "dayjs/plugin/duration";
 import EventEmitter from "events";
-import {BotInstanceConfig, Invokee, PAUSED, RUNNING, STOPPED, SYSTEM, USER} from "../Common/interfaces";
+import {
+    BotInstanceConfig,
+    FilterCriteriaDefaults,
+    Invokee, LogInfo,
+    PAUSED,
+    PollOn,
+    RUNNING,
+    STOPPED,
+    SYSTEM,
+    USER
+} from "../Common/interfaces";
 import {
     createRetryHandler,
-    formatNumber,
+    formatNumber, getExceptionMessage, getUserAgent,
     mergeArr,
     parseBool,
-    parseDuration,
-    parseSubredditName,
+    parseDuration, parseMatchMessage,
+    parseSubredditName, RetryOptions,
     sleep,
     snooLogWrapper
 } from "../util";
 import {Manager} from "../Subreddit/Manager";
 import {ExtendedSnoowrap, ProxiedSnoowrap} from "../Utils/SnoowrapClients";
-import {ModQueueStream, UnmoderatedStream} from "../Subreddit/Streams";
+import {CommentStream, ModQueueStream, SPoll, SubmissionStream, UnmoderatedStream} from "../Subreddit/Streams";
 import {BotResourcesManager} from "../Subreddit/SubredditResources";
 import LoggedError from "../Utils/LoggedError";
 import pEvent from "p-event";
-import SimpleError from "../Utils/SimpleError";
-import {isRateLimitError} from "../Utils/Errors";
+import {SimpleError, isRateLimitError, isRequestError, isScopeError, isStatusError, CMError} from "../Utils/Errors";
+import {ErrorWithCause} from "pony-cause";
 
 
 class Bot {
 
     client!: ExtendedSnoowrap;
     logger!: Logger;
+    logs: LogInfo[] = [];
     wikiLocation: string;
     dryRun?: true | undefined;
     running: boolean = false;
     subreddits: string[];
     excludeSubreddits: string[];
+    filterCriteriaDefaults?: FilterCriteriaDefaults
     subManagers: Manager[] = [];
     heartbeatInterval: number;
     nextHeartbeat: Dayjs = dayjs();
@@ -43,6 +55,7 @@ class Bot {
     nannyMode?: 'soft' | 'hard';
     nannyRunning: boolean = false;
     nextNannyCheck: Dayjs = dayjs().add(10, 'second');
+    sharedStreamRetryHandler: Function;
     nannyRetryHandler: Function;
     managerRetryHandler: Function;
     nextExpiration: Dayjs = dayjs();
@@ -51,7 +64,7 @@ class Bot {
     botAccount?: string;
     maxWorkers: number;
     startedAt: Dayjs = dayjs();
-    sharedModqueue: boolean = false;
+    sharedStreams: PollOn[] = [];
     streamListedOnce: string[] = [];
 
     stagger: number;
@@ -78,6 +91,7 @@ class Bot {
         const {
             notifications,
             name,
+            filterCriteriaDefaults,
             subreddits: {
                 names = [],
                 exclude = [],
@@ -85,6 +99,7 @@ class Bot {
                 dryRun,
                 heartbeatInterval,
             },
+            userAgent,
             credentials: {
                 reddit: {
                     clientId,
@@ -98,7 +113,7 @@ class Bot {
                 debug,
             },
             polling: {
-                sharedMod,
+                shared = [],
                 stagger = 2000,
             },
             queue: {
@@ -123,7 +138,8 @@ class Bot {
         this.hardLimit = hardLimit;
         this.wikiLocation = wikiConfig;
         this.heartbeatInterval = heartbeatInterval;
-        this.sharedModqueue = sharedMod;
+        this.filterCriteriaDefaults = filterCriteriaDefaults;
+        this.sharedStreams = shared;
         if(name !== undefined) {
             this.botName = name;
         }
@@ -137,6 +153,12 @@ class Bot {
             }
         }, mergeArr);
 
+        this.logger.stream().on('log', (log: LogInfo) => {
+            if(log.bot !== undefined && log.bot === this.getBotName() && log.subreddit === undefined) {
+                this.logs = [log, ...this.logs].slice(0, 301);
+            }
+        });
+
         let mw = maxWorkers;
         if(maxWorkers < 1) {
             this.logger.warn(`Max queue workers must be greater than or equal to 1 (Specified: ${maxWorkers})`);
@@ -152,7 +174,9 @@ class Bot {
         this.excludeSubreddits = exclude.map(parseSubredditName);
 
         let creds: any = {
-            get userAgent() { return getUserName() },
+            get userAgent() {
+                return getUserAgent(`web:contextBot:{VERSION}{FRAG}:BOT-${getBotName()}`, userAgent)
+            },
             clientId,
             clientSecret,
             refreshToken,
@@ -178,7 +202,7 @@ class Bot {
             this.client = proxy === undefined ? new ExtendedSnoowrap(creds) : new ProxiedSnoowrap({...creds, proxy});
             this.client.config({
                 warnings: true,
-                maxRetryAttempts: 5,
+                maxRetryAttempts: 2,
                 debug,
                 logger: snooLogWrapper(this.logger.child({labels: ['Snoowrap']}, mergeArr)),
                 continueAfterRatelimitError: false,
@@ -190,56 +214,12 @@ class Bot {
             }
         }
 
-        const retryHandler = createRetryHandler({maxRequestRetry: 8, maxOtherRetry: 1}, this.logger);
+        this.sharedStreamRetryHandler = createRetryHandler({maxRequestRetry: 8, maxOtherRetry: 2}, this.logger);
         this.nannyRetryHandler = createRetryHandler({maxRequestRetry: 5, maxOtherRetry: 1}, this.logger);
-        this.managerRetryHandler = createRetryHandler({maxRequestRetry: 5, maxOtherRetry: 10, waitOnRetry: false, clearRetryCountAfter: 2}, this.logger);
+        this.managerRetryHandler = createRetryHandler({maxRequestRetry: 8, maxOtherRetry: 8, waitOnRetry: false, clearRetryCountAfter: 2}, this.logger);
 
         this.stagger = stagger ?? 2000;
 
-        const modStreamErrorListener = (name: string) => async (err: any) => {
-            this.logger.error('Polling error occurred', err);
-            const shouldRetry = await retryHandler(err);
-            if(shouldRetry) {
-                defaultUnmoderatedStream.startInterval();
-            } else {
-                for(const m of this.subManagers) {
-                    if(m.modStreamCallbacks.size > 0) {
-                        m.notificationManager.handle('runStateChanged', `${name.toUpperCase()} Polling Stopped`, 'Encountered too many errors from Reddit while polling. Will try to restart on next heartbeat.');
-                    }
-                }
-                this.logger.error(`Mod stream ${name.toUpperCase()} encountered too many errors while polling. Will try to restart on next heartbeat.`);
-            }
-        }
-
-        const modStreamListingListener = (name: string) => async (listing: (Comment|Submission)[]) => {
-            // dole out in order they were received
-            if(!this.streamListedOnce.includes(name)) {
-                this.streamListedOnce.push(name);
-                return;
-            }
-            for(const i of listing) {
-                const foundManager = this.subManagers.find(x => x.subreddit.display_name === i.subreddit.display_name && x.modStreamCallbacks.get(name) !== undefined);
-                if(foundManager !== undefined) {
-                    foundManager.modStreamCallbacks.get(name)(i);
-                    if(stagger !== undefined) {
-                        await sleep(stagger);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-        }
-
-        const defaultUnmoderatedStream = new UnmoderatedStream(this.client, {subreddit: 'mod', limit: 100, clearProcessed: { size: 100, retain: 100 }});
-        // @ts-ignore
-        defaultUnmoderatedStream.on('error', modStreamErrorListener('unmoderated'));
-        defaultUnmoderatedStream.on('listing', modStreamListingListener('unmoderated'));
-        const defaultModqueueStream = new ModQueueStream(this.client, {subreddit: 'mod', limit: 100, clearProcessed: { size: 100, retain: 100 }});
-        // @ts-ignore
-        defaultModqueueStream.on('error', modStreamErrorListener('modqueue'));
-        defaultModqueueStream.on('listing', modStreamListingListener('modqueue'));
-        this.cacheManager.modStreams.set('unmoderated', defaultUnmoderatedStream);
-        this.cacheManager.modStreams.set('modqueue', defaultModqueueStream);
-
         process.on('uncaughtException', (e) => {
             this.error = e;
         });
@@ -263,6 +243,37 @@ class Bot {
         });
     }
 
+    createSharedStreamErrorListener = (name: string) => async (err: any) => {
+        const shouldRetry = await this.sharedStreamRetryHandler(err);
+        if(shouldRetry) {
+            (this.cacheManager.modStreams.get(name) as SPoll<any>).startInterval(false, 'Within retry limits');
+        } else {
+            for(const m of this.subManagers) {
+                if(m.sharedStreamCallbacks.size > 0) {
+                    m.notificationManager.handle('runStateChanged', `${name.toUpperCase()} Polling Stopped`, 'Encountered too many errors from Reddit while polling. Will try to restart on next heartbeat.');
+                }
+            }
+            this.logger.error(`Mod stream ${name.toUpperCase()} encountered too many errors while polling. Will try to restart on next heartbeat.`);
+        }
+    }
+
+    createSharedStreamListingListener = (name: string) => async (listing: (Comment|Submission)[]) => {
+        // dole out in order they were received
+        if(!this.streamListedOnce.includes(name)) {
+            this.streamListedOnce.push(name);
+            return;
+        }
+        for(const i of listing) {
+            const foundManager = this.subManagers.find(x => x.subreddit.display_name === i.subreddit.display_name && x.sharedStreamCallbacks.get(name) !== undefined && x.eventsState.state === RUNNING);
+            if(foundManager !== undefined) {
+                foundManager.sharedStreamCallbacks.get(name)(i);
+                if(this.stagger !== undefined) {
+                    await sleep(this.stagger);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     async onTerminate(reason = 'The application was shutdown') {
         for(const m of this.subManagers) {
             await m.notificationManager.handle('runStateChanged', 'Application Shutdown', reason);
@@ -278,22 +289,16 @@ class Bot {
             if (initial) {
                 this.logger.error('An error occurred while trying to initialize the Reddit API Client which would prevent the entire application from running.');
             }
-            if (err.name === 'StatusCodeError') {
-                const authHeader = err.response.headers['www-authenticate'];
-                if (authHeader !== undefined && authHeader.includes('insufficient_scope')) {
-                    this.logger.error('Reddit responded with a 403 insufficient_scope. Please ensure you have chosen the correct scopes when authorizing your account.');
-                } else if (err.statusCode === 401) {
-                    this.logger.error('It is likely a credential is missing or incorrect. Check clientId, clientSecret, refreshToken, and accessToken');
-                } else if(err.statusCode === 400) {
-                    this.logger.error('Credentials may have been invalidated due to prior behavior. The error message may contain more information.');
-                }
-                this.logger.error(`Error Message: ${err.message}`);
-            } else {
-                this.logger.error(err);
-            }
-            this.error = `Error occurred while testing Reddit API client: ${err.message}`;
-            err.logged = true;
-            throw err;
+            const hint = getExceptionMessage(err, {
+                401: 'Likely a credential is missing or incorrect. Check clientId, clientSecret, refreshToken, and accessToken',
+                400: 'Credentials may have been invalidated manually or by reddit due to behavior',
+            });
+            let msg = `Error occurred while testing Reddit API client${hint !== undefined ? `: ${hint}` : ''}`;
+            this.error = msg;
+            const clientError = new CMError(msg, {cause: err});
+            clientError.logged = true;
+            this.logger.error(clientError);
+            throw clientError;
         }
     }
 
@@ -316,7 +321,7 @@ class Bot {
         while(!subListing.isFinished) {
             subListing = await subListing.fetchMore({amount: 100});
         }
-        availSubs = subListing;
+        availSubs = subListing.filter(x => x.display_name !== `u_${user.name}`);
 
         this.logger.info(`u/${user.name} is a moderator of these subreddits: ${availSubs.map(x => x.display_name_prefixed).join(', ')}`);
 
@@ -336,39 +341,175 @@ class Bot {
             }
         } else {
             if(this.excludeSubreddits.length > 0) {
-                this.logger.info(`Will run on all moderated subreddits but user-defined excluded: ${this.excludeSubreddits.join(', ')}`);
+                this.logger.info(`Will run on all moderated subreddits but own profile and user-defined excluded: ${this.excludeSubreddits.join(', ')}`);
                 const normalExcludes = this.excludeSubreddits.map(x => x.toLowerCase());
                 subsToRun = availSubs.filter(x => !normalExcludes.includes(x.display_name.toLowerCase()));
             } else {
                 this.logger.info(`No user-defined subreddit constraints detected, will run on all moderated subreddits EXCEPT own profile (${this.botAccount})`);
-                subsToRun = availSubs.filter(x => x.display_name_prefixed !== this.botAccount);
+                subsToRun = availSubs;
             }
         }
 
-        let subSchedule: Manager[] = [];
         // get configs for subs we want to run on and build/validate them
         for (const sub of subsToRun) {
-            const manager = new Manager(sub, this.client, this.logger, this.cacheManager, {dryRun: this.dryRun, sharedModqueue: this.sharedModqueue, wikiLocation: this.wikiLocation, botName: this.botName, maxWorkers: this.maxWorkers});
             try {
-                await manager.parseConfiguration('system', true, {suppressNotification: true});
+                this.subManagers.push(this.createManager(sub));
             } catch (err: any) {
-                if (!(err instanceof LoggedError)) {
-                    this.logger.error(`Config was not valid:`, {subreddit: sub.display_name_prefixed});
-                    this.logger.error(err, {subreddit: sub.display_name_prefixed});
-                }
+
             }
-            // all errors from managers will count towards bot-level retry count
-            manager.on('error', async (err) => await this.panicOnRetries(err));
-            subSchedule.push(manager);
         }
-        this.subManagers = subSchedule;
+        for(const m of this.subManagers) {
+            try {
+                await this.initManager(m);
+            } catch (err: any) {
+
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.parseSharedStreams();
+    }
+
+    parseSharedStreams() {
+
+        const sharedCommentsSubreddits = !this.sharedStreams.includes('newComm') ? [] : this.subManagers.filter(x => x.isPollingShared('newComm')).map(x => x.subreddit.display_name);
+        if (sharedCommentsSubreddits.length > 0) {
+            const stream = this.cacheManager.modStreams.get('newComm');
+            if (stream === undefined || stream.subreddit !== sharedCommentsSubreddits.join('+')) {
+                let processed;
+                if (stream !== undefined) {
+                    this.logger.info('Restarting SHARED COMMENT STREAM due to a subreddit config change');
+                    stream.end('Replacing with a new stream with updated subreddits');
+                    processed = stream.processed;
+                }
+                if (sharedCommentsSubreddits.length > 100) {
+                    this.logger.warn(`SHARED COMMENT STREAM => Reddit can only combine 100 subreddits for getting new Comments but this bot has ${sharedCommentsSubreddits.length}`);
+                }
+                const defaultCommentStream = new CommentStream(this.client, {
+                    subreddit: sharedCommentsSubreddits.join('+'),
+                    limit: 100,
+                    enforceContinuity: true,
+                    logger: this.logger,
+                    processed,
+                    label: 'Shared Polling'
+                });
+                // @ts-ignore
+                defaultCommentStream.on('error', this.createSharedStreamErrorListener('newComm'));
+                defaultCommentStream.on('listing', this.createSharedStreamListingListener('newComm'));
+                this.cacheManager.modStreams.set('newComm', defaultCommentStream);
+            }
+        } else {
+            const stream = this.cacheManager.modStreams.get('newComm');
+            if (stream !== undefined) {
+                stream.end('Determined no managers are listening on shared stream parsing');
+            }
+        }
+
+        const sharedSubmissionsSubreddits = !this.sharedStreams.includes('newSub') ? [] : this.subManagers.filter(x => x.isPollingShared('newSub')).map(x => x.subreddit.display_name);
+        if (sharedSubmissionsSubreddits.length > 0) {
+            const stream = this.cacheManager.modStreams.get('newSub');
+            if (stream === undefined || stream.subreddit !== sharedSubmissionsSubreddits.join('+')) {
+                let processed;
+                if (stream !== undefined) {
+                    this.logger.info('Restarting SHARED SUBMISSION STREAM due to a subreddit config change');
+                    stream.end('Replacing with a new stream with updated subreddits');
+                    processed = stream.processed;
+                }
+                if (sharedSubmissionsSubreddits.length > 100) {
+                    this.logger.warn(`SHARED SUBMISSION STREAM => Reddit can only combine 100 subreddits for getting new Submissions but this bot has ${sharedSubmissionsSubreddits.length}`);
+                }
+                const defaultSubStream = new SubmissionStream(this.client, {
+                    subreddit: sharedSubmissionsSubreddits.join('+'),
+                    limit: 100,
+                    enforceContinuity: true,
+                    logger: this.logger,
+                    processed,
+                    label: 'Shared Polling'
+                });
+                // @ts-ignore
+                defaultSubStream.on('error', this.createSharedStreamErrorListener('newSub'));
+                defaultSubStream.on('listing', this.createSharedStreamListingListener('newSub'));
+                this.cacheManager.modStreams.set('newSub', defaultSubStream);
+            }
+        } else {
+            const stream = this.cacheManager.modStreams.get('newSub');
+            if (stream !== undefined) {
+                stream.end('Determined no managers are listening on shared stream parsing');
+            }
+        }
+
+        const isUnmoderatedShared = !this.sharedStreams.includes('unmoderated') ? false : this.subManagers.some(x => x.isPollingShared('unmoderated'));
+        const unmoderatedstream = this.cacheManager.modStreams.get('unmoderated');
+        if (isUnmoderatedShared && unmoderatedstream === undefined) {
+            const defaultUnmoderatedStream = new UnmoderatedStream(this.client, {
+                subreddit: 'mod',
+                limit: 100,
+                logger: this.logger,
+                label: 'Shared Polling'
+            });
+            // @ts-ignore
+            defaultUnmoderatedStream.on('error', this.createSharedStreamErrorListener('unmoderated'));
+            defaultUnmoderatedStream.on('listing', this.createSharedStreamListingListener('unmoderated'));
+            this.cacheManager.modStreams.set('unmoderated', defaultUnmoderatedStream);
+        } else if (!isUnmoderatedShared && unmoderatedstream !== undefined) {
+            unmoderatedstream.end('Determined no managers are listening on shared stream parsing');
+        }
+
+        const isModqueueShared = !this.sharedStreams.includes('modqueue') ? false : this.subManagers.some(x => x.isPollingShared('modqueue'));
+        const modqueuestream = this.cacheManager.modStreams.get('modqueue');
+        if (isModqueueShared && modqueuestream === undefined) {
+            const defaultModqueueStream = new ModQueueStream(this.client, {
+                subreddit: 'mod',
+                limit: 100,
+                logger: this.logger,
+                label: 'Shared Polling'
+            });
+            // @ts-ignore
+            defaultModqueueStream.on('error', this.createSharedStreamErrorListener('modqueue'));
+            defaultModqueueStream.on('listing', this.createSharedStreamListingListener('modqueue'));
+            this.cacheManager.modStreams.set('modqueue', defaultModqueueStream);
+        } else if (isModqueueShared && modqueuestream !== undefined) {
+            modqueuestream.end('Determined no managers are listening on shared stream parsing');
+        }
+    }
+
+    async initManager(manager: Manager) {
+        try {
+            await manager.parseConfiguration('system', true, {suppressNotification: true, suppressChangeEvent: true});
+        } catch (err: any) {
+            if(err.logged !== true) {
+                const normalizedError = new ErrorWithCause(`Bot could not start manager because config was not valid`, {cause: err});
+                // @ts-ignore
+                this.logger.error(normalizedError, {subreddit: manager.subreddit.display_name_prefixed});
+            } else {
+                this.logger.error('Bot could not start manager because config was not valid', {subreddit: manager.subreddit.display_name_prefixed});
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    createManager(sub: Subreddit): Manager {
+        const manager = new Manager(sub, this.client, this.logger, this.cacheManager, {
+            dryRun: this.dryRun,
+            sharedStreams: this.sharedStreams,
+            wikiLocation: this.wikiLocation,
+            botName: this.botName as string,
+            maxWorkers: this.maxWorkers,
+            filterCriteriaDefaults: this.filterCriteriaDefaults,
+        });
+        // all errors from managers will count towards bot-level retry count
+        manager.on('error', async (err) => await this.panicOnRetries(err));
+        manager.on('configChange', async () => {
+           this.parseSharedStreams();
+           await this.runSharedStreams(false);
+        });
+        return manager;
     }
 
     // if the cumulative errors exceeds configured threshold then stop ALL managers as there is most likely something very bad happening
     async panicOnRetries(err: any) {
-        if(!this.managerRetryHandler(err)) {
+        if(!await this.managerRetryHandler(err)) {
+            this.logger.warn('Bot detected too many errors from managers within a short time. Stopping all managers and will try to restart on next heartbeat.');
             for(const m of this.subManagers) {
-                await m.stop();
+                await m.stop('system',{reason: 'Bot detected too many errors from all managers. Stopping all manager as a failsafe.'});
             }
         }
     }
@@ -384,14 +525,49 @@ class Bot {
         this.logger.info('Bot is stopped.');
     }
 
-    async runModStreams(notify = false) {
+    async checkModInvites() {
+        const subs: string[] = await this.cacheManager.getPendingSubredditInvites();
+        for (const name of subs) {
+            try {
+                // @ts-ignore
+                await this.client.getSubreddit(name).acceptModeratorInvite();
+                this.logger.info(`Accepted moderator invite for r/${name}!`);
+                await this.cacheManager.deletePendingSubredditInvite(name);
+                // @ts-ignore
+                const sub = await this.client.getSubreddit(name);
+                this.logger.info(`Attempting to add manager for r/${name}`);
+                try {
+                    const manager = this.createManager(sub);
+                    this.logger.info(`Starting manager for r/${name}`);
+                    this.subManagers.push(manager);
+                    await this.initManager(manager);
+                    await manager.start('system', {reason: 'Caused by creation due to moderator invite'});
+                    await this.runSharedStreams();
+                } catch (err: any) {
+                    if (!(err instanceof LoggedError)) {
+                        this.logger.error(err);
+                    }
+                }
+            } catch (err: any) {
+                if (err.message.includes('NO_INVITE_FOUND')) {
+                    this.logger.warn(`No pending moderation invite for r/${name} was found`);
+                } else if (isStatusError(err) && err.statusCode === 403) {
+                    this.logger.error(`Error occurred while checking r/${name} for a pending moderation invite. It is likely that this bot does not have the 'modself' oauth permission. Error: ${err.message}`);
+                } else {
+                    this.logger.error(`Error occurred while checking r/${name} for a pending moderation invite. Error: ${err.message}`);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    async runSharedStreams(notify = false) {
         for(const [k,v] of this.cacheManager.modStreams) {
-            if(!v.running && this.subManagers.some(x => x.modStreamCallbacks.get(k) !== undefined)) {
+            if(!v.running && this.subManagers.some(x => x.sharedStreamCallbacks.get(k) !== undefined)) {
                 v.startInterval();
-                this.logger.info(`Starting default ${k.toUpperCase()} mod stream`);
+                this.logger.info(`Starting ${k.toUpperCase()} shared polling`);
                 if(notify) {
                     for(const m of this.subManagers) {
-                        if(m.modStreamCallbacks.size > 0) {
+                        if(m.sharedStreamCallbacks.size > 0) {
                             await m.notificationManager.handle('runStateChanged', `${k.toUpperCase()} Polling Started`, 'Polling was successfully restarted on heartbeat.');
                         }
                     }
@@ -402,6 +578,8 @@ class Bot {
     }
 
     async runManagers(causedBy: Invokee = 'system') {
+        this.running = true;
+
         if(this.subManagers.every(x => !x.validConfigLoaded)) {
             this.logger.warn('All managers have invalid configs!');
             this.error = 'All managers have invalid configs';
@@ -413,11 +591,11 @@ class Bot {
             }
         }
 
-        await this.runModStreams();
+        await this.runSharedStreams();
 
-        this.running = true;
         this.nextNannyCheck = dayjs().add(10, 'second');
         this.nextHeartbeat = dayjs().add(this.heartbeatInterval, 'second');
+        await this.checkModInvites();
         await this.healthLoop();
     }
 
@@ -432,13 +610,14 @@ class Bot {
                     await this.runApiNanny();
                     this.nextNannyCheck = dayjs().add(10, 'second');
                 } catch (err: any) {
-                    this.logger.info('Delaying next nanny check for 2 minutes due to emitted error');
-                    this.nextNannyCheck = dayjs().add(120, 'second');
+                    this.logger.info('Delaying next nanny check for 4 minutes due to emitted error');
+                    this.nextNannyCheck = dayjs().add(240, 'second');
                 }
             }
             if(dayjs().isSameOrAfter(this.nextHeartbeat)) {
                 try {
                     await this.heartbeat();
+                    await this.checkModInvites();
                 } catch (err: any) {
                     this.logger.error(`Error occurred during heartbeat check: ${err.message}`);
                 }
@@ -492,9 +671,11 @@ class Bot {
                     }
                 }
             } catch (err: any) {
-                this.logger.info('Stopping event polling to prevent activity processing queue from backing up. Will be restarted when config update succeeds.')
-                await s.stopEvents('system', {reason: 'Invalid config will cause events to pile up in queue. Will be restarted when config update succeeds (next heartbeat).'});
-                if(!(err instanceof LoggedError)) {
+                if(s.eventsState.state === RUNNING) {
+                    this.logger.info('Stopping event polling to prevent activity processing queue from backing up. Will be restarted when config update succeeds.')
+                    await s.stopEvents('system', {reason: 'Invalid config will cause events to pile up in queue. Will be restarted when config update succeeds (next heartbeat).'});
+                }
+                if(err.logged !== true) {
                     this.logger.error(err, {subreddit: s.displayLabel});
                 }
                 if(this.nextHeartbeat !== undefined) {
@@ -502,7 +683,7 @@ class Bot {
                 }
             }
         }
-        await this.runModStreams(true);
+        await this.runSharedStreams(true);
     }
 
     async runApiNanny() {
@@ -570,6 +751,10 @@ class Bot {
                     m.notificationManager.handle('runStateChanged', 'Hard Limit Triggered', `Hard Limit of ${this.hardLimit} hit (API Remaining: ${this.client.ratelimitRemaining}). Subreddit event polling has been paused.`, 'system', 'warn');
                 }
 
+                for(const [k,v] of this.cacheManager.modStreams) {
+                    v.end('Hard limit cutoff');
+                }
+
                 this.nannyMode = 'hard';
                 return;
             }
@@ -636,6 +821,7 @@ class Bot {
                         await m.startEvents('system', {reason: 'API Nanny has been turned off due to better API conditions'});
                     }
                 }
+                await this.runSharedStreams(true);
                 this.nannyMode = undefined;
             }
 

src/Check/index.ts

@@ -28,8 +28,11 @@ import * as RuleSchema from '../Schema/Rule.json';
 import * as RuleSetSchema from '../Schema/RuleSet.json';
 import * as ActionSchema from '../Schema/Action.json';
 import {ActionObjectJson, RuleJson, RuleObjectJson, ActionJson as ActionTypeJson} from "../Common/types";
-import {SubredditResources} from "../Subreddit/SubredditResources";
-import {Author, AuthorCriteria, AuthorOptions} from "../Author/Author";
+import {checkAuthorFilter, SubredditResources} from "../Subreddit/SubredditResources";
+import {Author, AuthorCriteria, AuthorOptions} from '..';
+import {ExtendedSnoowrap} from '../Utils/SnoowrapClients';
+import {isRateLimitError} from "../Utils/Errors";
+import {ErrorWithCause} from "pony-cause";
 
 const checkLogName = truncateStringToLength(25);
 
@@ -42,15 +45,12 @@ export abstract class Check implements ICheck {
     rules: Array<RuleSet | Rule> = [];
     logger: Logger;
     itemIs: TypedActivityStates;
-    authorIs: {
-        include: AuthorCriteria[],
-        exclude: AuthorCriteria[]
-    };
+    authorIs: AuthorOptions;
     cacheUserResult: Required<UserResultCacheOptions>;
     dryRun?: boolean;
     notifyOnTrigger: boolean;
     resources: SubredditResources;
-    client: Snoowrap;
+    client: ExtendedSnoowrap;
 
     constructor(options: CheckOptions) {
         const {
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export abstract class Check implements ICheck {
             itemIs = [],
             authorIs: {
                 include = [],
+                excludeCondition,
                 exclude = [],
             } = {},
             dryRun,
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ export abstract class Check implements ICheck {
         this.condition = condition;
         this.itemIs = itemIs;
         this.authorIs = {
+            excludeCondition,
             exclude: exclude.map(x => new Author(x)),
             include: include.map(x => new Author(x)),
         }
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ export abstract class Check implements ICheck {
         runStats.push(`${this.actions.length} Actions`);
         // not sure if this should be info or verbose
         this.logger.info(`=${this.enabled ? 'Enabled' : 'Disabled'}= ${type.toUpperCase()} (${this.condition})${this.notifyOnTrigger ? ' ||Notify on Trigger|| ' : ''} => ${runStats.join(' | ')}${this.description !== undefined ? ` => ${this.description}` : ''}`);
-        if (this.rules.length === 0 && this.itemIs.length === 0 && this.authorIs.exclude.length === 0 && this.authorIs.include.length === 0) {
+        if (this.rules.length === 0 && this.itemIs.length === 0 && this.authorIs.exclude?.length === 0 && this.authorIs.include?.length === 0) {
             this.logger.warn('No rules, item tests, or author test found -- this check will ALWAYS PASS!');
         }
         let ruleSetIndex = 1;
@@ -201,30 +203,9 @@ export abstract class Check implements ICheck {
                 this.logger.verbose(`${FAIL} => Item did not pass 'itemIs' test`);
                 return [false, allRuleResults];
             }
-            let authorPass = null;
-            if (this.authorIs.include !== undefined && this.authorIs.include.length > 0) {
-                for (const auth of this.authorIs.include) {
-                    if (await this.resources.testAuthorCriteria(item, auth)) {
-                        authorPass = true;
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-                if (!authorPass) {
-                    this.logger.verbose(`${FAIL} => Inclusive author criteria not matched`);
-                    return Promise.resolve([false, allRuleResults]);
-                }
-            }
-            if (authorPass === null && this.authorIs.exclude !== undefined && this.authorIs.exclude.length > 0) {
-                for (const auth of this.authorIs.exclude) {
-                    if (await this.resources.testAuthorCriteria(item, auth, false)) {
-                        authorPass = true;
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-                if (!authorPass) {
-                    this.logger.verbose(`${FAIL} =>  Exclusive author criteria not matched`);
-                    return Promise.resolve([false, allRuleResults]);
-                }
+            const [authFilterResult, authFilterType] = await checkAuthorFilter(item, this.authorIs, this.resources, this.logger);
+            if(!authFilterResult) {
+                return Promise.resolve([false, allRuleResults]);
             }
 
             if (this.rules.length === 0) {
@@ -269,9 +250,7 @@ export abstract class Check implements ICheck {
             this.logger.info(`${PASS} => Rules: ${resultsSummary(allResults, this.condition)}`);
             return [true, allRuleResults];
         } catch (e: any) {
-            e.logged = true;
-            this.logger.warn(`Running rules failed due to uncaught exception`, e);
-            throw e;
+            throw new ErrorWithCause('Running rules failed due to error', {cause: e});
         }
     }
 
@@ -345,13 +324,13 @@ export interface ICheck extends JoinCondition, ChecksActivityState {
 }
 
 export interface CheckOptions extends ICheck {
-    rules: Array<IRuleSet | IRule>
-    actions: ActionConfig[]
-    logger: Logger
-    subredditName: string
-    notifyOnTrigger?: boolean
-    resources: SubredditResources
-    client: Snoowrap
+    rules: Array<IRuleSet | IRule>;
+    actions: ActionConfig[];
+    logger: Logger;
+    subredditName: string;
+    notifyOnTrigger?: boolean;
+    resources: SubredditResources;
+    client: ExtendedSnoowrap;
     cacheUserResult?: UserResultCacheOptions;
 }
 

src/Common/Config/AbstractConfigDocument.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import {ConfigFormat} from "../types";
+
+export interface ConfigDocumentInterface<DocumentType> {
+    format: ConfigFormat;
+    parsed: DocumentType
+    //parsingError: Error | string;
+    raw: string;
+    location?: string;
+    toString(): string;
+    toJS(): object;
+}
+
+abstract class AbstractConfigDocument<DocumentType> implements ConfigDocumentInterface<DocumentType> {
+    public abstract format: ConfigFormat;
+    public abstract parsed: DocumentType;
+    //public abstract parsingError: Error | string;
+
+
+    constructor(public raw: string, public location?: string) {
+    }
+
+
+    public abstract toString(): string;
+    public abstract toJS(): object;
+}
+
+export default AbstractConfigDocument;

src/Common/Config/JsonConfigDocument.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import AbstractConfigDocument from "./AbstractConfigDocument";
+import {stringify, parse} from 'comment-json';
+import JSON5 from 'json5';
+import {ConfigFormat} from "../types";
+import {OperatorJsonConfig} from "../interfaces";
+
+class JsonConfigDocument extends AbstractConfigDocument<OperatorJsonConfig> {
+
+    public parsed: OperatorJsonConfig;
+    protected cleanParsed: OperatorJsonConfig;
+    public format: ConfigFormat;
+
+    public constructor(raw: string, location?: string) {
+        super(raw, location);
+        this.parsed = parse(raw);
+        this.cleanParsed = JSON5.parse(raw);
+        this.format = 'json';
+    }
+
+    public toJS(): OperatorJsonConfig {
+        return this.cleanParsed;
+    }
+
+    public toString(): string {
+        return stringify(this.parsed, null, 1);
+    }
+
+}
+
+export default JsonConfigDocument;

src/Common/Config/Operator/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import YamlConfigDocument from "../YamlConfigDocument";
+import JsonConfigDocument from "../JsonConfigDocument";
+import {YAMLMap, YAMLSeq} from "yaml";
+import {BotInstanceJsonConfig, OperatorJsonConfig} from "../../interfaces";
+import {assign} from 'comment-json';
+
+export interface OperatorConfigDocumentInterface {
+    addBot(botData: BotInstanceJsonConfig): void;
+    toJS(): OperatorJsonConfig;
+}
+
+export class YamlOperatorConfigDocument extends YamlConfigDocument implements OperatorConfigDocumentInterface {
+    addBot(botData: BotInstanceJsonConfig) {
+        const bots = this.parsed.get('bots') as YAMLSeq;
+        if (bots === undefined) {
+            this.parsed.add({key: 'bots', value: [botData]});
+        } else if (botData.name !== undefined) {
+            // overwrite if we find an existing
+            const existingIndex = bots.items.findIndex(x => (x as YAMLMap).get('name') === botData.name);
+            if (existingIndex !== -1) {
+                this.parsed.setIn(['bots', existingIndex], botData);
+            } else {
+                this.parsed.addIn(['bots'], botData);
+            }
+        } else {
+            this.parsed.addIn(['bots'], botData);
+        }
+    }
+
+    toJS(): OperatorJsonConfig  {
+        return super.toJS();
+    }
+}
+
+export class JsonOperatorConfigDocument extends JsonConfigDocument implements OperatorConfigDocumentInterface {
+    addBot(botData: BotInstanceJsonConfig) {
+        if (this.parsed.bots === undefined) {
+            this.parsed.bots = [botData];
+        } else if (botData.name !== undefined) {
+            const existingIndex = this.parsed.bots.findIndex(x => x.name === botData.name);
+            if (existingIndex !== -1) {
+                this.parsed.bots[existingIndex] = assign(this.parsed.bots[existingIndex], botData);
+            } else {
+                this.parsed.bots.push(botData);
+            }
+        } else {
+            this.parsed.bots.push(botData);
+        }
+    }
+
+    toJS(): OperatorJsonConfig {
+        return super.toJS();
+    }
+}

src/Common/Config/YamlConfigDocument.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import AbstractConfigDocument from "./AbstractConfigDocument";
+import {Document, parseDocument} from 'yaml';
+import {ConfigFormat} from "../types";
+
+class YamlConfigDocument extends AbstractConfigDocument<Document> {
+
+    public parsed: Document;
+    public format: ConfigFormat;
+
+    public constructor(raw: string, location?: string) {
+        super(raw, location);
+        this.parsed = parseDocument(raw);
+        this.format = 'yaml';
+    }
+    public toJS(): object {
+        return this.parsed.toJS();
+    }
+
+    public toString(): string {
+        return this.parsed.toString();
+    }
+}
+
+export default YamlConfigDocument;

src/Common/ImageData.ts

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import {Submission} from "snoowrap/dist/objects";
 import {URL} from "url";
 import {absPercentDifference, getSharpAsync, isValidImageURL} from "../util";
 import sizeOf from "image-size";
-import SimpleError from "../Utils/SimpleError";
 import {Sharp} from "sharp";
 import {blockhash} from "./blockhash/blockhash";
+import {SimpleError} from "../Utils/Errors";
 
 export interface ImageDataOptions {
     width?: number,

src/Common/defaults.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import {HistoricalStats} from "./interfaces";
+import {HistoricalStats, FilterCriteriaDefaults} from "./interfaces";
 
 export const cacheOptDefaults = {ttl: 60, max: 500, checkPeriod: 600};
-export const cacheTTLDefaults = {authorTTL: 60, userNotesTTL: 300, wikiTTL: 300, submissionTTL: 60, commentTTL: 60, filterCriteriaTTL: 60, subredditTTL: 600};
+export const cacheTTLDefaults = {authorTTL: 60, userNotesTTL: 300, wikiTTL: 300, submissionTTL: 60, commentTTL: 60, filterCriteriaTTL: 60, subredditTTL: 600, selfTTL: 60};
 export const historicalDefaults: HistoricalStats = {
     eventsCheckedTotal: 0,
     eventsActionedTotal: 0,
@@ -29,3 +29,15 @@ export const createHistoricalDefaults = (): HistoricalStats => {
         actionsRun: new Map(),
     };
 }
+
+export const filterCriteriaDefault: FilterCriteriaDefaults = {
+    authorIs: {
+        exclude: [
+            {
+                isMod: true
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}
+
+export const VERSION = '0.10.12';

src/Common/interfaces.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@ import Poll from "snoostorm/out/util/Poll";
 import Snoowrap from "snoowrap";
 import {RuleResult} from "../Rule";
 import {IncomingMessage} from "http";
+import Submission from "snoowrap/dist/objects/Submission";
+import Comment from "snoowrap/dist/objects/Comment";
+import RedditUser from "snoowrap/dist/objects/RedditUser";
+import {AuthorCriteria, AuthorOptions} from "../Author/Author";
+import {ConfigFormat} from "./types";
+import AbstractConfigDocument, {ConfigDocumentInterface} from "./Config/AbstractConfigDocument";
+import {Document as YamlDocument} from 'yaml';
+import {JsonOperatorConfigDocument, YamlOperatorConfigDocument} from "./Config/Operator";
+import {ConsoleTransportOptions} from "winston/lib/winston/transports";
+import {DailyRotateFileTransportOptions} from "winston-daily-rotate-file";
+import {DuplexTransportOptions} from "winston-duplex/dist/DuplexTransport";
 
 /**
  * An ISO 8601 Duration
@@ -486,38 +497,6 @@ export type PollOn = 'unmoderated' | 'modqueue' | 'newSub' | 'newComm';
 export interface PollingOptionsStrong extends PollingOptions {
     limit: number,
     interval: number,
-    clearProcessed: ClearProcessedOptions
-}
-
-/**
- * For very long-running, high-volume subreddits clearing the list of processed activities helps manage memory bloat
- *
- * All of these options have default values based on the limit and/or interval set for polling options on each subreddit stream. They only need to modified if the defaults are not sufficient.
- *
- * If both `after` and `size` are defined whichever is hit first will trigger the list to clear. `after` will be reset after ever clear.
- * */
-export interface ClearProcessedOptions {
-    /**
-     * An interval the processed list should be cleared after.
-     *
-     * * EX `9 days`
-     * * EX `3 months`
-     * * EX `5 minutes`
-     * @pattern ^\s*(?<time>\d+)\s*(?<unit>days?|weeks?|months?|years?|hours?|minutes?|seconds?|milliseconds?)\s*$
-     * */
-    after?: string,
-    /**
-     * Number of activities found in processed list after which the list should be cleared.
-     *
-     * Defaults to the `limit` value from `PollingOptions`
-     * */
-    size?: number,
-    /**
-     * The number of activities to retain in processed list after clearing.
-     *
-     * Defaults to `limit` value from `PollingOptions`
-     * */
-    retain?: number,
 }
 
 export interface PollingDefaults {
@@ -591,8 +570,6 @@ export interface PollingOptions extends PollingDefaults {
      *
      * */
     pollOn: 'unmoderated' | 'modqueue' | 'newSub' | 'newComm'
-
-    clearProcessed?: ClearProcessedOptions
 }
 
 export interface TTLConfig {
@@ -670,6 +647,24 @@ export interface TTLConfig {
      * @default 60
      * */
     filterCriteriaTTL?: number | boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Amount of time, in seconds, an Activity that the bot has acted on or created will be ignored if found during polling
+     *
+     * This is useful to prevent the bot from checking Activities it *just* worked on or a product of the checks. Examples:
+     *
+     * * Ignore comments created through an Action
+     * * Ignore Activity polled from modqueue that the bot just reported
+     *
+     * This value should be at least as long as the longest polling interval for modqueue/newComm
+     *
+     * * If `0` or `true` will cache indefinitely (not recommended)
+     * * If `false` will not cache
+     *
+     * @examples [50]
+     * @default 50
+     * */
+    selfTTL?: number | boolean
 }
 
 export interface CacheConfig extends TTLConfig {
@@ -834,6 +829,13 @@ export interface ManagerOptions {
     notifications?: NotificationConfig
 
     credentials?: ThirdPartyCredentialsJsonConfig
+
+    /**
+     * Set the default filter criteria for all checks. If this property is specified it will override any defaults passed from the bot's config
+     *
+     * Default behavior is to exclude all mods and automoderator from checks
+     * */
+    filterCriteriaDefaults?: FilterCriteriaDefaults
 }
 
 /**
@@ -909,6 +911,20 @@ export interface ActivityState {
     distinguished?: boolean
     approved?: boolean
     score?: CompareValue
+    /**
+     * A string containing a comparison operator and a value to compare against
+     *
+     * The syntax is `(< OR > OR <= OR >=) <number>`
+     *
+     * * EX `> 2`  => greater than 2 total reports
+     *
+     * Defaults to TOTAL reports on an Activity. Suffix the value with the report type to check that type:
+     *
+     * * EX `> 3 mod` => greater than 3 mod reports
+     * * EX `>= 1 user` => greater than 1 user report
+     *
+     * @pattern ^\s*(>|>=|<|<=)\s*(\d+)\s*(%?)(.*)$
+     * */
     reports?: CompareValue
     age?: DurationComparor
 }
@@ -930,8 +946,13 @@ export interface SubmissionState extends ActivityState {
      * */
     title?: string
 
-    link_flair_text?: string
-    link_flair_css_class?: string
+    link_flair_text?: string | string[]
+    link_flair_css_class?: string | string[]
+    flairTemplate?: string | string[]
+    /**
+     * Is the submission a reddit-hosted image or video?
+     * */
+    isRedditMediaDomain?: boolean
 }
 
 // properties calculated/derived by CM -- not provided as plain values by reddit
@@ -1057,6 +1078,92 @@ export interface RegExResult {
 }
 
 type LogLevel = "error" | "warn" | "info" | "verbose" | "debug";
+
+export type LogConsoleOptions = Pick<ConsoleTransportOptions, 'silent' | 'eol' | 'stderrLevels' | 'consoleWarnLevels'> & {
+    level?: LogLevel
+}
+
+export type LogFileOptions = Omit<DailyRotateFileTransportOptions, 'stream' | 'handleRejections' | 'options' | 'handleExceptions' | 'format' | 'log' | 'logv' | 'close' | 'dirname'> & {
+    level?: LogLevel
+    /**
+     * The absolute path to a directory where rotating log files should be stored.
+     *
+     * * If not present or `null` or `false` no log files will be created
+     * * If `true` logs will be stored at `[working directory]/logs`
+     *
+     * * ENV => `LOG_DIR`
+     * * ARG => `--logDir [dir]`
+     *
+     * @examples ["/var/log/contextmod"]
+     * */
+    dirname?: string | boolean | null
+}
+
+// export type StrongFileOptions = LogFileOptions & {
+//     dirname?: string
+// }
+
+export type LogStreamOptions = Omit<DuplexTransportOptions, 'name' | 'stream' | 'handleRejections' | 'handleExceptions' | 'format' | 'log' | 'logv' | 'close'> & {
+    level?: LogLevel
+}
+
+export interface LoggingOptions  {
+    /**
+     * The minimum log level to output. The log level set will output logs at its level **and all levels above it:**
+     *
+     *  * `error`
+     *  * `warn`
+     *  * `info`
+     *  * `verbose`
+     *  * `debug`
+     *
+     *  Note: `verbose` will display *a lot* of information on the status/result of run rules/checks/actions etc. which is very useful for testing configurations. Once your bot is stable changing the level to `info` will reduce log noise.
+     *
+     *  * ENV => `LOG_LEVEL`
+     *  * ARG => `--logLevel <level>`
+     *
+     *  @default "verbose"
+     *  @examples ["verbose"]
+     * */
+    level?: LogLevel,
+    /**
+     * **DEPRECATED** - Use `file.dirname` instead
+     * The absolute path to a directory where rotating log files should be stored.
+     *
+     * * If not present or `null` or `false` no log files will be created
+     * * If `true` logs will be stored at `[working directory]/logs`
+     *
+     * * ENV => `LOG_DIR`
+     * * ARG => `--logDir [dir]`
+     *
+     * @examples ["/var/log/contextmod"]
+     * @deprecated
+     * @see logging.file.dirname
+     * */
+    path?: string | boolean | null
+
+    /**
+     * Options for Rotating File logging
+     * */
+    file?: LogFileOptions
+    /**
+     * Options for logging to api/web
+     * */
+    stream?: LogStreamOptions
+    /**
+     * Options for logging to console
+     * */
+    console?: LogConsoleOptions
+}
+
+export type StrongLoggingOptions = Required<Pick<LoggingOptions, 'stream' | 'console' | 'file'>> & {
+    level?: LogLevel
+};
+
+export type LoggerFactoryOptions = StrongLoggingOptions & {
+    additionalTransports?: any[]
+    defaultLabel?: string
+}
 /**
  * Available cache providers
  * */
@@ -1072,6 +1179,7 @@ export type StrongCache = {
     submissionTTL: number | boolean,
     commentTTL: number | boolean,
     subredditTTL: number | boolean,
+    selfTTL: number | boolean,
     filterCriteriaTTL: number | boolean,
     provider: CacheOptions
     actionedEventsMax?: number,
@@ -1184,6 +1292,7 @@ export interface Notifier {
 export interface ManagerStateChangeOption {
     reason?: string
     suppressNotification?: boolean
+    suppressChangeEvent?: boolean
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1289,6 +1398,53 @@ export interface WebCredentials {
     redirectUri?: string,
 }
 
+export interface SnoowrapOptions {
+    /**
+     * Proxy all requests to Reddit's API through this endpoint
+     *
+     * * ENV => `PROXY`
+     * * ARG => `--proxy <proxyEndpoint>`
+     *
+     * @examples ["http://localhost:4443"]
+     * */
+    proxy?: string,
+    /**
+     * Manually set the debug status for snoowrap
+     *
+     * When snoowrap has `debug: true` it will log the http status response of reddit api requests to at the `debug` level
+     *
+     * * Set to `true` to always output
+     * * Set to `false` to never output
+     *
+     * If not present or `null` will be set based on `logLevel`
+     *
+     * * ENV => `SNOO_DEBUG`
+     * * ARG => `--snooDebug`
+     * */
+    debug?: boolean,
+}
+
+export type FilterCriteriaDefaultBehavior = 'replace' | 'merge';
+
+export interface FilterCriteriaDefaults {
+    itemIs?: TypedActivityStates
+    /**
+     * Determine how itemIs defaults behave when itemIs is present on the check
+     *
+     * * merge => adds defaults to check's itemIs
+     * * replace => check itemIs will replace defaults (no defaults used)
+     * */
+    itemIsBehavior?: FilterCriteriaDefaultBehavior
+    /**
+     * Determine how authorIs defaults behave when authorIs is present on the check
+     *
+     * * merge => merges defaults with check's authorIs
+     * * replace => check authorIs will replace defaults (no defaults used)
+     * */
+    authorIs?: AuthorOptions
+    authorIsBehavior?: FilterCriteriaDefaultBehavior
+}
+
 /**
  * The configuration for an **individual reddit account** ContextMod will run as a bot.
  *
@@ -1309,33 +1465,20 @@ export interface BotInstanceJsonConfig {
     notifications?: NotificationConfig
 
     /**
-     * Settings to control some [Snoowrap](https://github.com/not-an-aardvark/snoowrap) behavior
+     * Settings to control some [Snoowrap](https://github.com/not-an-aardvark/snoowrap) behavior.
+     *
+     * Overrides any defaults provided at top-level operator config.
+     *
+     * Set to an empty object to "ignore" any top-level config
      * */
-    snoowrap?: {
-        /**
-         * Proxy all requests to Reddit's API through this endpoint
-         *
-         * * ENV => `PROXY`
-         * * ARG => `--proxy <proxyEndpoint>`
-         *
-         * @examples ["http://localhost:4443"]
-         * */
-        proxy?: string,
-        /**
-         * Manually set the debug status for snoowrap
-         *
-         * When snoowrap has `debug: true` it will log the http status response of reddit api requests to at the `debug` level
-         *
-         * * Set to `true` to always output
-         * * Set to `false` to never output
-         *
-         * If not present or `null` will be set based on `logLevel`
-         *
-         * * ENV => `SNOO_DEBUG`
-         * * ARG => `--snooDebug`
-         * */
-        debug?: boolean,
-    }
+    snoowrap?: SnoowrapOptions
+
+    /**
+     * Define the default behavior for all filter criteria on all checks in all subreddits
+     *
+     * Defaults to exclude mods and automoderator from checks
+     * */
+    filterCriteriaDefaults?: FilterCriteriaDefaults
 
     /**
      * Settings related to bot behavior for subreddits it is managing
@@ -1404,18 +1547,31 @@ export interface BotInstanceJsonConfig {
      * */
     polling?: PollingDefaults & {
         /**
-         * If set to `true` all subreddits polling unmoderated/modqueue with default polling settings will share a request to "r/mod"
-         * otherwise each subreddit will poll its own mod view
+         * DEPRECATED: See `shared`
+         *
+         *  Using the ENV or ARG will sett `unmoderated` and `modqueue` on `shared`
          *
          * * ENV => `SHARE_MOD`
          * * ARG => `--shareMod`
          *
          * @default false
+         * @deprecated
          * */
         sharedMod?: boolean,
 
         /**
-         * If sharing a mod stream stagger pushing relevant Activities to individual subreddits.
+         * Set which polling sources should be shared among subreddits using default polling settings for that source
+         *
+         * * For `unmoderated and `modqueue` the bot will poll on **r/mod** for new activities
+         * * For `newSub` and `newComm` all subreddits sharing the source will be combined to poll like **r/subreddit1+subreddit2/new**
+         *
+         * If set to `true` all polling sources will be shared,  otherwise specify which sourcs should be shared as a list
+         *
+         * */
+        shared?: PollOn[] | true,
+
+        /**
+         * If sharing a stream staggers pushing relevant Activities to individual subreddits.
          *
          * Useful when running many subreddits and rules are potentially cpu/memory/traffic heavy -- allows spreading out load
          * */
@@ -1518,38 +1674,7 @@ export interface OperatorJsonConfig {
     /**
      * Settings to configure global logging defaults
      * */
-    logging?: {
-        /**
-         * The minimum log level to output. The log level set will output logs at its level **and all levels above it:**
-         *
-         *  * `error`
-         *  * `warn`
-         *  * `info`
-         *  * `verbose`
-         *  * `debug`
-         *
-         *  Note: `verbose` will display *a lot* of information on the status/result of run rules/checks/actions etc. which is very useful for testing configurations. Once your bot is stable changing the level to `info` will reduce log noise.
-         *
-         *  * ENV => `LOG_LEVEL`
-         *  * ARG => `--logLevel <level>`
-         *
-         *  @default "verbose"
-         *  @examples ["verbose"]
-         * */
-        level?: LogLevel,
-        /**
-         * The absolute path to a directory where rotating log files should be stored.
-         *
-         * * If not present or `null` no log files will be created
-         * * If `true` logs will be stored at `[working directory]/logs`
-         *
-         * * ENV => `LOG_DIR`
-         * * ARG => `--logDir [dir]`
-         *
-         * @examples ["/var/log/contextmod"]
-         * */
-        path?: string,
-    },
+    logging?: LoggingOptions,
 
     /**
      * Settings to configure the default caching behavior globally
@@ -1558,8 +1683,24 @@ export interface OperatorJsonConfig {
      * */
     caching?: OperatorCacheConfig
 
+    /**
+     * Set global snoowrap options as well as default snoowrap config for all bots that don't specify their own
+     * */
+    snoowrap?: SnoowrapOptions
+
     bots?: BotInstanceJsonConfig[]
 
+    /**
+     * Added to the User-Agent information sent to reddit
+     *
+     * This string will be added BETWEEN version and your bot name.
+     *
+     * EX: `myBranch` => `web:contextMod:v1.0.0-myBranch:BOT-/u/MyBotUser`
+     *
+     * * ENV => `USER_AGENT`
+     * */
+    userAgent?: string
+
     /**
      * Settings for the web interface
      * */
@@ -1722,7 +1863,7 @@ export interface BotInstanceConfig extends BotInstanceJsonConfig {
         heartbeatInterval: number,
     },
     polling: {
-        sharedMod: boolean,
+        shared: PollOn[],
         stagger?: number,
         limit: number,
         interval: number,
@@ -1735,6 +1876,7 @@ export interface BotInstanceConfig extends BotInstanceJsonConfig {
         softLimit: number,
         hardLimit: number,
     }
+    userAgent?: string
 }
 
 export interface OperatorConfig extends OperatorJsonConfig {
@@ -1744,10 +1886,7 @@ export interface OperatorConfig extends OperatorJsonConfig {
         display?: string,
     },
     notifications?: NotificationConfig
-    logging: {
-        level: LogLevel,
-        path?: string,
-    },
+    logging: StrongLoggingOptions,
     caching: StrongCache,
     web: {
         port: number,
@@ -1774,6 +1913,15 @@ export interface OperatorConfig extends OperatorJsonConfig {
     credentials: ThirdPartyCredentialsJsonConfig
 }
 
+export interface OperatorFileConfig {
+    document: YamlOperatorConfigDocument | JsonOperatorConfigDocument
+    isWriteable?: boolean
+}
+
+export interface OperatorConfigWithFileContext extends OperatorConfig {
+    fileConfig: OperatorFileConfig
+}
+
 //export type OperatorConfig = Required<OperatorJsonConfig>;
 
 interface CacheTypeStat {
@@ -1799,22 +1947,21 @@ export interface LogInfo {
     instance?: string
     labels?: string[]
     bot?: string
+    user?: string
 }
 
-export interface ActionResult {
+export interface ActionResult extends ActionProcessResult {
     kind: string,
     name: string,
     run: boolean,
     runReason?: string,
-    dryRun: boolean,
-    success: boolean,
-    result?: string,
 }
 
 export interface ActionProcessResult {
     success: boolean,
     dryRun: boolean,
     result?: string
+    touchedEntities?: (Submission | Comment | RedditUser | string)[]
 }
 
 export interface ActionedEvent {
@@ -1843,14 +1990,6 @@ export interface RedditEntity {
     type: RedditEntityType
 }
 
-export interface StatusCodeError extends Error {
-    name: 'StatusCodeError',
-    statusCode: number,
-    message: string,
-    response: IncomingMessage,
-    error: Error
-}
-
 export interface HistoricalStatsDisplay extends HistoricalStats {
     checksRunTotal: number
     checksFromCacheTotal: number
@@ -1954,3 +2093,80 @@ export interface StringComparisonOptions {
     lengthWeight?: number,
     transforms?: ((str: string) => string)[]
 }
+
+export interface FilterCriteriaPropertyResult<T> {
+    property: keyof T
+    expected: (string | boolean | number)[]
+    found?: string | boolean | number | null
+    passed?: null | boolean
+    reason?: string
+    behavior: FilterBehavior
+}
+
+export interface FilterCriteriaResult<T> {
+    behavior: FilterBehavior
+    criteria: T//AuthorCriteria | TypedActivityStates
+    propertyResults: FilterCriteriaPropertyResult<T>[]
+    passed: boolean
+}
+
+export type FilterBehavior = 'include' | 'exclude'
+
+export interface FilterResult<T> {
+    criteriaResults: FilterCriteriaResult<T>[]
+    join: JoinOperands
+    passed: boolean
+}
+
+export interface TextTransformOptions {
+    /**
+     * A set of search-and-replace operations to perform on text values before performing a match. Transformations are performed in the order they are defined.
+     *
+     * * If `transformationsActivity` IS NOT defined then these transformations will be performed on BOTH the activity text (submission title or comment) AND the repost candidate text
+     * * If `transformationsActivity` IS defined then these transformations are only performed on repost candidate text
+     * */
+    transformations?: SearchAndReplaceRegExp[]
+
+    /**
+     * Specify a separate set of transformations for the activity text (submission title or comment)
+     *
+     * To perform no transformations when `transformations` is defined set this to an empty array (`[]`)
+     * */
+    transformationsActivity?: SearchAndReplaceRegExp[]
+}
+
+export interface TextMatchOptions {
+    /**
+     * The percentage, as a whole number, of a repost title/comment that must match the title/comment being checked in order to consider both a match
+     *
+     * Note: Setting to 0 will make every candidate considered a match -- useful if you want to match if the URL has been reposted anywhere
+     *
+     * Defaults to `85` (85%)
+     *
+     * @default 85
+     * @example [85]
+     * */
+    matchScore?: number
+
+    /**
+     * The minimum number of words in the activity being checked for which this rule will run on
+     *
+     * If the word count is below the minimum the rule fails
+     *
+     * Defaults to 2
+     *
+     * @default 2
+     * @example [2]
+     * */
+    minWordCount?: number
+
+    /**
+     * Should text matching be case sensitive?
+     *
+     * Defaults to false
+     *
+     * @default false
+     * @example [false]
+     **/
+    caseSensitive?: boolean
+}

src/Common/types.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {RepeatActivityJSONConfig} from "../Rule/RepeatActivityRule";
 import {AuthorRuleJSONConfig} from "../Rule/AuthorRule";
 import {AttributionJSONConfig} from "../Rule/AttributionRule";
 import {FlairActionJson} from "../Action/SubmissionAction/FlairAction";
+import {UserFlairActionJson} from "../Action/UserFlairAction";
 import {CommentActionJson} from "../Action/CommentAction";
 import {ReportActionJson} from "../Action/ReportAction";
 import {LockActionJson} from "../Action/LockAction";
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ import {RepostRuleJSONConfig} from "../Rule/RepostRule";
 export type RuleJson = RecentActivityRuleJSONConfig | RepeatActivityJSONConfig | AuthorRuleJSONConfig | AttributionJSONConfig | HistoryJSONConfig | RegexRuleJSONConfig | RepostRuleJSONConfig | string;
 export type RuleObjectJson = Exclude<RuleJson, string>
 
-export type ActionJson = CommentActionJson | FlairActionJson | ReportActionJson | LockActionJson | RemoveActionJson | ApproveActionJson | BanActionJson | UserNoteActionJson | MessageActionJson | string;
+export type ActionJson = CommentActionJson | FlairActionJson | ReportActionJson | LockActionJson | RemoveActionJson | ApproveActionJson | BanActionJson | UserNoteActionJson | MessageActionJson | UserFlairActionJson | string;
 export type ActionObjectJson = Exclude<ActionJson, string>;
 
 // borrowed from https://github.com/jabacchetta/set-random-interval/blob/master/src/index.ts
@@ -27,3 +28,5 @@ export type SetRandomInterval = (
     minDelay: number,
     maxDelay: number,
 ) => { clear: () => void };
+
+export type ConfigFormat = 'json' | 'yaml';

src/Common/typings/support.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+declare module 'snoowrap/dist/errors' {
+
+    export interface InvalidUserError extends Error {
+
+    }
+    export interface NoCredentialsError extends Error {
+
+    }
+    export interface InvalidMethodCallError extends Error {
+
+    }
+
+    export interface RequestError extends Error {
+        statusCode: number,
+        response: http.IncomingMessage
+        error: Error
+    }
+
+    export interface StatusCodeError extends RequestError {
+        name: 'StatusCodeError',
+    }
+
+    export interface RateLimitError extends RequestError {
+        name: 'RateLimitError',
+    }
+}

src/ConfigBuilder.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import {Logger} from "winston";
 import {
     buildCacheOptionsFromProvider, buildCachePrefix,
-    createAjvFactory,
+    createAjvFactory, fileOrDirectoryIsWriteable,
     mergeArr,
     normalizeName,
     overwriteMerge,
-    parseBool, randomId,
-    readConfigFile,
+    parseBool, parseFromJsonOrYamlToObject, randomId,
+    readConfigFile, removeFromSourceIfKeysExistsInDestination,
     removeUndefinedKeys
 } from "./util";
 import {CommentCheck} from "./Check/CommentCheck";
@@ -31,19 +31,34 @@ import {
     CacheOptions,
     BotInstanceJsonConfig,
     BotInstanceConfig,
-    RequiredWebRedditCredentials, RedditCredentials, BotCredentialsJsonConfig, BotCredentialsConfig
+    RequiredWebRedditCredentials,
+    RedditCredentials,
+    BotCredentialsJsonConfig,
+    BotCredentialsConfig,
+    FilterCriteriaDefaults, TypedActivityStates, OperatorFileConfig
 } from "./Common/interfaces";
 import {isRuleSetJSON, RuleSetJson, RuleSetObjectJson} from "./Rule/RuleSet";
 import deepEqual from "fast-deep-equal";
-import {ActionJson, ActionObjectJson, RuleJson, RuleObjectJson} from "./Common/types";
+import {ActionJson, ActionObjectJson, ConfigFormat, RuleJson, RuleObjectJson} from "./Common/types";
 import {isActionJson} from "./Action";
 import {getLogger} from "./Utils/loggerFactory";
 import {GetEnvVars} from 'env-cmd';
 import {operatorConfig} from "./Utils/CommandConfig";
 import merge from 'deepmerge';
 import * as process from "process";
-import {cacheOptDefaults, cacheTTLDefaults} from "./Common/defaults";
+import {cacheOptDefaults, cacheTTLDefaults, filterCriteriaDefault} from "./Common/defaults";
 import objectHash from "object-hash";
+import {AuthorCriteria, AuthorOptions} from "./Author/Author";
+import path from 'path';
+import {
+    JsonOperatorConfigDocument,
+    OperatorConfigDocumentInterface,
+    YamlOperatorConfigDocument
+} from "./Common/Config/Operator";
+import {ConfigDocumentInterface} from "./Common/Config/AbstractConfigDocument";
+import {Document as YamlDocument} from "yaml";
+import {SimpleError} from "./Utils/Errors";
+import {ErrorWithCause} from "pony-cause";
 
 export interface ConfigBuilderOptions {
     logger: Logger,
@@ -115,22 +130,51 @@ export class ConfigBuilder {
         return validConfig as JSONConfig;
     }
 
-    parseToStructured(config: JSONConfig): CheckStructuredJson[] {
+    parseToStructured(config: JSONConfig, filterCriteriaDefaultsFromBot?: FilterCriteriaDefaults): CheckStructuredJson[] {
         let namedRules: Map<string, RuleObjectJson> = new Map();
         let namedActions: Map<string, ActionObjectJson> = new Map();
-        const {checks = []} = config;
+        const {checks = [], filterCriteriaDefaults} = config;
         for (const c of checks) {
             const {rules = []} = c;
             namedRules = extractNamedRules(rules, namedRules);
             namedActions = extractNamedActions(c.actions, namedActions);
         }
 
+        const filterDefs = filterCriteriaDefaults ?? filterCriteriaDefaultsFromBot;
+        const {
+            authorIsBehavior = 'merge',
+            itemIsBehavior = 'merge',
+            authorIs: authorIsDefault = {},
+            itemIs: itemIsDefault = []
+        } = filterDefs || {};
+
         const structuredChecks: CheckStructuredJson[] = [];
         for (const c of checks) {
-            const {rules = []} = c;
+            const {rules = [], authorIs = {}, itemIs = []} = c;
             const strongRules = insertNamedRules(rules, namedRules);
             const strongActions = insertNamedActions(c.actions, namedActions);
-            const strongCheck = {...c, rules: strongRules, actions: strongActions} as CheckStructuredJson;
+
+            let derivedAuthorIs: AuthorOptions = authorIsDefault;
+            if (authorIsBehavior === 'merge') {
+                derivedAuthorIs = merge.all([authorIs, authorIsDefault], {arrayMerge: removeFromSourceIfKeysExistsInDestination});
+            } else if (Object.keys(authorIs).length > 0) {
+                derivedAuthorIs = authorIs;
+            }
+
+            let derivedItemIs: TypedActivityStates = itemIsDefault;
+            if (itemIsBehavior === 'merge') {
+                derivedItemIs = [...itemIs, ...itemIsDefault];
+            } else if (itemIs.length > 0) {
+                derivedItemIs = itemIs;
+            }
+
+            const strongCheck = {
+                ...c,
+                authorIs: derivedAuthorIs,
+                itemIs: derivedItemIs,
+                rules: strongRules,
+                actions: strongActions
+            } as CheckStructuredJson;
             structuredChecks.push(strongCheck);
         }
 
@@ -146,10 +190,6 @@ export const buildPollingOptions = (values: (string | PollingOptions)[]): Pollin
                 pollOn: v as PollOn,
                 interval: DEFAULT_POLLING_INTERVAL,
                 limit: DEFAULT_POLLING_LIMIT,
-                clearProcessed: {
-                    size: DEFAULT_POLLING_LIMIT,
-                    retain: DEFAULT_POLLING_LIMIT,
-                }
             });
         } else {
             const {
@@ -157,14 +197,12 @@ export const buildPollingOptions = (values: (string | PollingOptions)[]): Pollin
                 interval = DEFAULT_POLLING_INTERVAL,
                 limit = DEFAULT_POLLING_LIMIT,
                 delayUntil,
-                clearProcessed = {size: limit, retain: limit},
             } = v;
             opts.push({
                 pollOn: p as PollOn,
                 interval,
                 limit,
                 delayUntil,
-                clearProcessed
             });
         }
     }
@@ -281,8 +319,6 @@ export const parseDefaultBotInstanceFromArgs = (args: any): BotInstanceJsonConfi
         heartbeat,
         hardLimit,
         authorTTL,
-        snooProxy,
-        snooDebug,
         sharedMod,
         caching,
     } = args || {};
@@ -294,10 +330,6 @@ export const parseDefaultBotInstanceFromArgs = (args: any): BotInstanceJsonConfi
             accessToken,
             refreshToken,
         },
-        snoowrap: {
-            proxy: snooProxy,
-            debug: snooDebug,
-        },
         subreddits: {
             names: subreddits,
             wikiConfig,
@@ -305,7 +337,7 @@ export const parseDefaultBotInstanceFromArgs = (args: any): BotInstanceJsonConfi
             heartbeatInterval: heartbeat,
         },
         polling: {
-            sharedMod,
+            shared: sharedMod ? ['unmoderated', 'modqueue'] : undefined,
         },
         nanny: {
             softLimit,
@@ -330,6 +362,8 @@ export const parseOpConfigFromArgs = (args: any): OperatorJsonConfig => {
         mode,
         caching,
         authorTTL,
+        snooProxy,
+        snooDebug,
     } = args || {};
 
     const data = {
@@ -340,12 +374,25 @@ export const parseOpConfigFromArgs = (args: any): OperatorJsonConfig => {
         },
         logging: {
             level: logLevel,
-            path: logDir === true ? `${process.cwd()}/logs` : undefined,
+            file: {
+                level: logLevel,
+                dirName: logDir,
+            },
+            stream: {
+                level: logLevel,
+            },
+            console: {
+                level: logLevel,
+            }
         },
         caching: {
             provider: caching,
             authorTTL
         },
+        snoowrap: {
+            proxy: snooProxy,
+            debug: snooDebug,
+        },
         web: {
             enabled: web,
             port,
@@ -401,12 +448,8 @@ export const parseDefaultBotInstanceFromEnv = (): BotInstanceJsonConfig => {
             dryRun: parseBool(process.env.DRYRUN, undefined),
             heartbeatInterval: process.env.HEARTBEAT !== undefined ? parseInt(process.env.HEARTBEAT) : undefined,
         },
-        snoowrap: {
-            proxy: process.env.PROXY,
-            debug: parseBool(process.env.SNOO_DEBUG, undefined),
-        },
         polling: {
-            sharedMod: parseBool(process.env.SHARE_MOD),
+            shared: parseBool(process.env.SHARE_MOD) ? ['unmoderated', 'modqueue'] : undefined,
         },
         nanny: {
             softLimit: process.env.SOFT_LIMIT !== undefined ? parseInt(process.env.SOFT_LIMIT) : undefined,
@@ -424,9 +467,17 @@ export const parseOpConfigFromEnv = (): OperatorJsonConfig => {
             display: process.env.OPERATOR_DISPLAY
         },
         logging: {
-            // @ts-ignore
             level: process.env.LOG_LEVEL,
-            path: process.env.LOG_DIR === 'true' ? `${process.cwd()}/logs` : undefined,
+            file: {
+                level: process.env.LOG_LEVEL,
+                dirname: process.env.LOG_DIR,
+            },
+            stream: {
+                level: process.env.LOG_LEVEL,
+            },
+            console: {
+                level: process.env.LOG_LEVEL,
+            }
         },
         caching: {
             provider: {
@@ -435,6 +486,10 @@ export const parseOpConfigFromEnv = (): OperatorJsonConfig => {
             },
             authorTTL: process.env.AUTHOR_TTL !== undefined ? parseInt(process.env.AUTHOR_TTL) : undefined
         },
+        snoowrap: {
+            proxy: process.env.PROXY,
+            debug: parseBool(process.env.SNOO_DEBUG, undefined),
+        },
         web: {
             port: process.env.PORT !== undefined ? parseInt(process.env.PORT) : undefined,
             session: {
@@ -448,9 +503,9 @@ export const parseOpConfigFromEnv = (): OperatorJsonConfig => {
             },
         },
         credentials: {
-          youtube: {
-              apiKey: process.env.YOUTUBE_API_KEY
-          }
+            youtube: {
+                apiKey: process.env.YOUTUBE_API_KEY
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -463,12 +518,26 @@ export const parseOpConfigFromEnv = (): OperatorJsonConfig => {
 // Actual ENVs (from environment)
 // json config
 // args from cli
-export const parseOperatorConfigFromSources = async (args: any): Promise<OperatorJsonConfig> => {
-    const {logLevel = process.env.LOG_LEVEL, logDir = process.env.LOG_DIR || false} = args || {};
+export const parseOperatorConfigFromSources = async (args: any): Promise<[OperatorJsonConfig, OperatorFileConfig]> => {
+    const {logLevel = process.env.LOG_LEVEL ?? 'debug', logDir = process.env.LOG_DIR} = args || {};
     const envPath = process.env.OPERATOR_ENV;
+    const initLoggerOptions = {
+        level: logLevel,
+        console: {
+            level: logLevel
+        },
+        file: {
+            level: logLevel,
+            dirname: logDir,
+        },
+        stream: {
+            level: logLevel
+        }
+    }
 
     // create a pre config logger to help with debugging
-    const initLogger = getLogger({logLevel, logDir: logDir === true ? `${process.cwd()}/logs` : logDir}, 'init');
+    // default to debug if nothing is provided
+    const initLogger = getLogger(initLoggerOptions, 'init');
 
     try {
         const vars = await GetEnvVars({
@@ -494,24 +563,90 @@ export const parseOperatorConfigFromSources = async (args: any): Promise<Operato
         //swallow silently for now 😬
     }
 
-    const {operatorConfig = process.env.OPERATOR_CONFIG} = args;
+    const {operatorConfig = (process.env.OPERATOR_CONFIG ?? path.resolve(__dirname, '../config.yaml'))} = args;
     let configFromFile: OperatorJsonConfig = {};
-    if (operatorConfig !== undefined) {
-        let rawConfig;
-        try {
-            rawConfig = await readConfigFile(operatorConfig, {log: initLogger}) as object;
-        } catch (err: any) {
-            initLogger.error('Cannot continue app startup because operator config file was not parseable.');
-            err.logged = true;
-            throw err;
+    let fileConfigFormat: ConfigFormat | undefined = undefined;
+    let fileConfig: object = {};
+    let rawConfig: string = '';
+    let configDoc: YamlOperatorConfigDocument | JsonOperatorConfigDocument;
+    let writeable = false;
+    try {
+        writeable = await fileOrDirectoryIsWriteable(operatorConfig);
+    } catch (e) {
+        initLogger.warn(`Issue while parsing operator config file location: ${e} \n This is only a problem if you do not have a config file but are planning on adding bots interactively.`);
+    }
+
+    try {
+        const [rawConfigValue, format] = await readConfigFile(operatorConfig, {log: initLogger});
+        rawConfig = rawConfigValue ?? '';
+        fileConfigFormat = format as ConfigFormat;
+    } catch (err: any) {
+        const {code} = err;
+        if (code === 'ENOENT') {
+            initLogger.warn('No operator config file found but will continue');
+            if (err.extension !== undefined) {
+                fileConfigFormat = err.extension
+            }
+        } else {
+            throw new ErrorWithCause('Cannot continue app startup because operator config file exists but was not parseable.', {cause: err});
         }
+    }
+    const [format, doc, jsonErr, yamlErr] = parseFromJsonOrYamlToObject(rawConfig, {
+        location: operatorConfig,
+        jsonDocFunc: (content, location) => new JsonOperatorConfigDocument(content, location),
+        yamlDocFunc: (content, location) => new YamlOperatorConfigDocument(content, location)
+    });
+
+
+    if (format !== undefined && fileConfigFormat === undefined) {
+        fileConfigFormat = 'yaml';
+    }
+
+    if (doc === undefined && rawConfig !== '') {
+        initLogger.error(`Could not parse file contents at ${operatorConfig} as JSON or YAML (likely it is ${fileConfigFormat}):`);
+        initLogger.error(jsonErr);
+        initLogger.error(yamlErr);
+        throw new SimpleError(`Could not parse file contents at ${operatorConfig} as JSON or YAML`);
+    } else if (doc === undefined && rawConfig === '') {
+        // create an empty doc
+        if(fileConfigFormat === 'json') {
+            configDoc = new JsonOperatorConfigDocument('{}', operatorConfig);
+        } else {
+            configDoc = new YamlOperatorConfigDocument('', operatorConfig);
+            configDoc.parsed = new YamlDocument({});
+        }
+        configFromFile = {};
+    } else {
+        configDoc = doc as (YamlOperatorConfigDocument | JsonOperatorConfigDocument);
+
         try {
-            configFromFile = validateJson(rawConfig, operatorSchema, initLogger) as OperatorJsonConfig;
+            configFromFile = validateJson(configDoc.toJS(), operatorSchema, initLogger) as OperatorJsonConfig;
+            const {
+                bots = [],
+                logging: {
+                    path = undefined
+                } = {}
+            } = configFromFile || {};
+            if(path !== undefined) {
+                initLogger.warn(`'path' property in top-level 'logging' object is DEPRECATED and will be removed in next minor version. Use 'logging.file.dirname' instead`);
+            }
+            for (const b of bots) {
+                const {
+                    polling: {
+                        sharedMod
+                    } = {}
+                } = b;
+                if (sharedMod !== undefined) {
+                    initLogger.warn(`'sharedMod' bot config property is DEPRECATED and will be removed in next minor version. Use 'shared' property instead (see docs)`);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
         } catch (err: any) {
             initLogger.error('Cannot continue app startup because operator config file was not valid.');
             throw err;
         }
     }
+
     const opConfigFromArgs = parseOpConfigFromArgs(args);
     const opConfigFromEnv = parseOpConfigFromEnv();
 
@@ -531,14 +666,21 @@ export const parseOperatorConfigFromSources = async (args: any): Promise<Operato
         defaultBotInstance.caching = configFromFile.caching;
     }
 
-    let botInstances = [];
+    let botInstances: BotInstanceJsonConfig[] = [];
     if (botInstancesFromFile.length === 0) {
-        botInstances = [defaultBotInstance];
+        // only add default bot if user supplied any credentials
+        // otherwise its most likely just default, empty settings
+        if(defaultBotInstance.credentials !== undefined) {
+            botInstances = [defaultBotInstance];
+        }
     } else {
         botInstances = botInstancesFromFile.map(x => merge.all([defaultBotInstance, x], {arrayMerge: overwriteMerge}));
     }
 
-    return removeUndefinedKeys({...mergedConfig, bots: botInstances}) as OperatorJsonConfig;
+    return [removeUndefinedKeys({...mergedConfig, bots: botInstances}) as OperatorJsonConfig, {
+        document: configDoc,
+        isWriteable: writeable
+    }];
 }
 
 export const buildOperatorConfigWithDefaults = (data: OperatorJsonConfig): OperatorConfig => {
@@ -551,8 +693,12 @@ export const buildOperatorConfigWithDefaults = (data: OperatorJsonConfig): Opera
         logging: {
             level = 'verbose',
             path,
+            file = {},
+            console = {},
+            stream = {},
         } = {},
         caching: opCache,
+        userAgent,
         web: {
             port = 8085,
             maxLogs = 200,
@@ -568,6 +714,7 @@ export const buildOperatorConfigWithDefaults = (data: OperatorJsonConfig): Opera
             credentials: webCredentials,
             operators,
         } = {},
+        snoowrap: snoowrapOp = {},
         api: {
             port: apiPort = 8095,
             secret: apiSecret = randomId(),
@@ -623,156 +770,18 @@ export const buildOperatorConfigWithDefaults = (data: OperatorJsonConfig): Opera
         }
     }
 
-    let hydratedBots: BotInstanceConfig[] = bots.map(x => {
-        const {
-            name: botName,
-            polling: {
-                sharedMod = false,
-                stagger,
-                limit = 100,
-                interval = 30,
-            } = {},
-            queue: {
-                maxWorkers = 1,
-            } = {},
-            caching,
-            nanny: {
-                softLimit = 250,
-                hardLimit = 50
-            } = {},
-            snoowrap = {},
-            credentials = {},
-            subreddits: {
-                names = [],
-                exclude = [],
-                wikiConfig = 'botconfig/contextbot',
-                dryRun,
-                heartbeatInterval = 300,
-            } = {},
-        } = x;
-
-        let botCache: StrongCache;
-        let botActionedEventsDefault: number;
-
-        if (caching === undefined) {
-
-            botCache = {
-                ...cacheTTLDefaults,
-                actionedEventsDefault: opActionedEventsDefault,
-                actionedEventsMax: opActionedEventsMax,
-                provider: {...defaultProvider}
-            };
-        } else {
-            const {
-                provider,
-                actionedEventsMax = opActionedEventsMax,
-                actionedEventsDefault = opActionedEventsDefault,
-                ...restConfig
-            } = caching;
-
-            botActionedEventsDefault = actionedEventsDefault;
-            if (actionedEventsMax !== undefined) {
-                botActionedEventsDefault = Math.min(actionedEventsDefault, actionedEventsMax);
-            }
-
-            if (typeof provider === 'string') {
-                botCache = {
-                    ...cacheTTLDefaults,
-                    ...restConfig,
-                    actionedEventsDefault: botActionedEventsDefault,
-                    provider: {
-                        store: provider as CacheProvider,
-                        ...cacheOptDefaults
-                    }
-                }
-            } else {
-                const {ttl = 60, max = 500, store = 'memory', ...rest} = provider || {};
-                botCache = {
-                    ...cacheTTLDefaults,
-                    ...restConfig,
-                    actionedEventsDefault: botActionedEventsDefault,
-                    actionedEventsMax,
-                    provider: {
-                        store,
-                        ...cacheOptDefaults,
-                        ...rest,
-                    },
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        let botCreds: BotCredentialsConfig;
-
-        if((credentials as any).clientId !== undefined) {
-            const creds = credentials as RedditCredentials;
-            const {
-                clientId: ci,
-                clientSecret: cs,
-                ...restCred
-            } = creds;
-            botCreds = {
-                reddit: {
-                        clientId: (ci as string),
-                        clientSecret: (cs as string),
-                        ...restCred,
-                }
-            }
-        } else {
-            const creds = credentials as BotCredentialsJsonConfig;
-            const {
-                reddit: {
-                    clientId: ci,
-                    clientSecret: cs,
-                    ...restRedditCreds
-                },
-                ...rest
-            } = creds;
-            botCreds = {
-                reddit: {
-                    clientId: (ci as string),
-                    clientSecret: (cs as string),
-                    ...restRedditCreds,
-                },
-                ...rest
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (botCache.provider.prefix === undefined || botCache.provider.prefix === defaultProvider.prefix) {
-            // need to provide unique prefix to bot
-            botCache.provider.prefix = buildCachePrefix([botCache.provider.prefix, 'bot', (botName || objectHash.sha1(botCreds))]);
-        }
-
-        return {
-            name: botName,
-            snoowrap,
-            subreddits: {
-                names,
-                exclude,
-                wikiConfig,
-                heartbeatInterval,
-                dryRun,
-            },
-            credentials: botCreds,
-            caching: botCache,
-            polling: {
-                sharedMod,
-                stagger,
-                limit,
-                interval,
-            },
-            queue: {
-                maxWorkers,
-            },
-            nanny: {
-                softLimit,
-                hardLimit
-            }
-        }
-
-    });
-
     const defaultOperators = typeof name === 'string' ? [name] : name;
 
+    const {
+        dirname = path,
+        ...fileRest
+    } = file;
+
+     const defaultWebCredentials = {
+         redirectUri: 'http://localhost:8085/callback'
+     };
+
+
     const config: OperatorConfig = {
         mode,
         operator: {
@@ -781,9 +790,22 @@ export const buildOperatorConfigWithDefaults = (data: OperatorJsonConfig): Opera
         },
         logging: {
             level,
-            path
+            file: {
+                level: level,
+                dirname,
+                ...fileRest,
+            },
+            stream: {
+                level: level,
+                ...stream,
+            },
+            console: {
+                level: level,
+                ...console,
+            }
         },
         caching: cache,
+        userAgent,
         web: {
             port,
             caching: {
@@ -799,7 +821,7 @@ export const buildOperatorConfigWithDefaults = (data: OperatorJsonConfig): Opera
             },
             maxLogs,
             clients: clients === undefined ? [{host: 'localhost:8095', secret: apiSecret}] : clients,
-            credentials: webCredentials as RequiredWebRedditCredentials,
+            credentials: {...defaultWebCredentials, ...webCredentials} as RequiredWebRedditCredentials,
             operators: operators || defaultOperators,
         },
         api: {
@@ -807,9 +829,177 @@ export const buildOperatorConfigWithDefaults = (data: OperatorJsonConfig): Opera
             secret: apiSecret,
             friendly
         },
-        bots: hydratedBots,
+        bots: [],
         credentials,
     };
 
+    config.bots = bots.map(x => buildBotConfig(x, config));
+
     return config;
 }
+
+export const buildBotConfig = (data: BotInstanceJsonConfig, opConfig: OperatorConfig): BotInstanceConfig => {
+    const {
+        snoowrap: snoowrapOp,
+        caching: {
+            actionedEventsMax: opActionedEventsMax,
+            actionedEventsDefault: opActionedEventsDefault = 25,
+            provider: defaultProvider,
+        } = {},
+        userAgent,
+    } = opConfig;
+    const {
+        name: botName,
+        filterCriteriaDefaults = filterCriteriaDefault,
+        polling: {
+            sharedMod,
+            shared = [],
+            stagger,
+            limit = 100,
+            interval = 30,
+        } = {},
+        queue: {
+            maxWorkers = 1,
+        } = {},
+        caching,
+        nanny: {
+            softLimit = 250,
+            hardLimit = 50
+        } = {},
+        snoowrap = snoowrapOp,
+        credentials = {},
+        subreddits: {
+            names = [],
+            exclude = [],
+            wikiConfig = 'botconfig/contextbot',
+            dryRun,
+            heartbeatInterval = 300,
+        } = {},
+    } = data;
+
+    let botCache: StrongCache;
+    let botActionedEventsDefault: number;
+
+    if (caching === undefined) {
+
+        botCache = {
+            ...cacheTTLDefaults,
+            actionedEventsDefault: opActionedEventsDefault,
+            actionedEventsMax: opActionedEventsMax,
+            provider: {...defaultProvider as CacheOptions}
+        };
+    } else {
+        const {
+            provider,
+            actionedEventsMax = opActionedEventsMax,
+            actionedEventsDefault = opActionedEventsDefault,
+            ...restConfig
+        } = caching;
+
+        botActionedEventsDefault = actionedEventsDefault;
+        if (actionedEventsMax !== undefined) {
+            botActionedEventsDefault = Math.min(actionedEventsDefault, actionedEventsMax);
+        }
+
+        if (typeof provider === 'string') {
+            botCache = {
+                ...cacheTTLDefaults,
+                ...restConfig,
+                actionedEventsDefault: botActionedEventsDefault,
+                provider: {
+                    store: provider as CacheProvider,
+                    ...cacheOptDefaults
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            const {ttl = 60, max = 500, store = 'memory', ...rest} = provider || {};
+            botCache = {
+                ...cacheTTLDefaults,
+                ...restConfig,
+                actionedEventsDefault: botActionedEventsDefault,
+                actionedEventsMax,
+                provider: {
+                    store,
+                    ...cacheOptDefaults,
+                    ...rest,
+                },
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    let botCreds: BotCredentialsConfig;
+
+    if ((credentials as any).clientId !== undefined) {
+        const creds = credentials as RedditCredentials;
+        const {
+            clientId: ci,
+            clientSecret: cs,
+            ...restCred
+        } = creds;
+        botCreds = {
+            reddit: {
+                clientId: (ci as string),
+                clientSecret: (cs as string),
+                ...restCred,
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        const creds = credentials as BotCredentialsJsonConfig;
+        const {
+            reddit: {
+                clientId: ci,
+                clientSecret: cs,
+                ...restRedditCreds
+            },
+            ...rest
+        } = creds;
+        botCreds = {
+            reddit: {
+                clientId: (ci as string),
+                clientSecret: (cs as string),
+                ...restRedditCreds,
+            },
+            ...rest
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (botCache.provider.prefix === undefined || botCache.provider.prefix === (defaultProvider as CacheOptions).prefix) {
+        // need to provide unique prefix to bot
+        botCache.provider.prefix = buildCachePrefix([botCache.provider.prefix, 'bot', (botName || objectHash.sha1(botCreds))]);
+    }
+
+    let realShared = shared === true ? ['unmoderated', 'modqueue', 'newComm', 'newSub'] : shared;
+    if (sharedMod === true) {
+        realShared.push('unmoderated');
+        realShared.push('modqueue');
+    }
+
+    return {
+        name: botName,
+        snoowrap: snoowrap || {},
+        filterCriteriaDefaults,
+        subreddits: {
+            names,
+            exclude,
+            wikiConfig,
+            heartbeatInterval,
+            dryRun,
+        },
+        credentials: botCreds,
+        caching: botCache,
+        userAgent,
+        polling: {
+            shared: [...new Set(realShared)] as PollOn[],
+            stagger,
+            limit,
+            interval,
+        },
+        queue: {
+            maxWorkers,
+        },
+        nanny: {
+            softLimit,
+            hardLimit
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Rule/AttributionRule.ts

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import {
     PASS
 } from "../util";
 import { Comment } from "snoowrap/dist/objects";
-import SimpleError from "../Utils/SimpleError";
 import as from "async";
+import {SimpleError} from "../Utils/Errors";
 
 
 export interface AttributionCriteria {

src/Rule/AuthorRule.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {Rule, RuleJSONConfig, RuleOptions, RuleResult} from "./index";
 import {Comment} from "snoowrap";
 import Submission from "snoowrap/dist/objects/Submission";
 import {Author, AuthorCriteria} from "../Author/Author";
+import {checkAuthorFilter} from "../Subreddit/SubredditResources";
 
 /**
  * Checks the author of the Activity against AuthorCriteria. This differs from a Rule's AuthorOptions as this is a full Rule and will only pass/fail, not skip.
@@ -59,20 +60,8 @@ export class AuthorRule extends Rule {
     }
 
     protected async process(item: Comment | Submission): Promise<[boolean, RuleResult]> {
-        if (this.include.length > 0) {
-            for (const auth of this.include) {
-                if (await this.resources.testAuthorCriteria(item, auth)) {
-                    return Promise.resolve([true, this.getResult(true)]);
-                }
-            }
-            return Promise.resolve([false, this.getResult(false)]);
-        }
-        for (const auth of this.exclude) {
-            if (await this.resources.testAuthorCriteria(item, auth, false)) {
-                return Promise.resolve([true, this.getResult(true)]);
-            }
-        }
-        return Promise.resolve([false, this.getResult(false)]);
+        const [result, filterType] = await checkAuthorFilter(item, {include: this.include, exclude: this.exclude}, this.resources, this.logger);
+        return Promise.resolve([result, this.getResult(result)]);
     }
 }
 

src/Rule/RecentActivityRule.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {Rule, RuleJSONConfig, RuleOptions, RulePremise, RuleResult} from "./index";
-import {Comment, VoteableContent} from "snoowrap";
+import {VoteableContent} from "snoowrap";
 import Submission from "snoowrap/dist/objects/Submission";
+import Comment from "snoowrap/dist/objects/Comment";
 import as from 'async';
 import pMap from 'p-map';
 // @ts-ignore
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ import {
     parseSubredditName,
     parseUsableLinkIdentifier,
     PASS, sleep,
-    toStrongSubredditState
+    toStrongSubredditState, windowToActivityWindowCriteria
 } from "../util";
 import {
     ActivityWindow,
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ const parseLink = parseUsableLinkIdentifier();
 export class RecentActivityRule extends Rule {
     window: ActivityWindowType;
     thresholds: ActivityThreshold[];
-    useSubmissionAsReference: boolean;
+    useSubmissionAsReference: boolean | undefined;
     imageDetection: StrongImageDetection
     lookAt?: 'comments' | 'submissions';
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ export class RecentActivityRule extends Rule {
         super(options);
         const {
             window = 15,
-            useSubmissionAsReference = true,
+            useSubmissionAsReference,
             imageDetection,
             lookAt,
         } = options || {};
@@ -115,20 +116,53 @@ export class RecentActivityRule extends Rule {
     async process(item: Submission | Comment): Promise<[boolean, RuleResult]> {
         let activities;
 
+        // ACID is a bitch
+        // reddit may not return the activity being checked in the author's recent history due to availability/consistency issues or *something*
+        // so make sure we add it in if config is checking the same type and it isn't included
+        // TODO refactor this for SubredditState everywhere branch
+        let shouldIncludeSelf = true;
+        const strongWindow = windowToActivityWindowCriteria(this.window);
+        const {
+            subreddits: {
+                include = [],
+                exclude = []
+            } = {}
+        } = strongWindow;
+        if (include.length > 0 && !include.some(x => x.toLocaleLowerCase() === item.subreddit.display_name.toLocaleLowerCase())) {
+            shouldIncludeSelf = false;
+        } else if (exclude.length > 0 && exclude.some(x => x.toLocaleLowerCase() === item.subreddit.display_name.toLocaleLowerCase())) {
+            shouldIncludeSelf = false;
+        }
+
         switch (this.lookAt) {
             case 'comments':
                 activities = await this.resources.getAuthorComments(item.author, {window: this.window});
+                if (shouldIncludeSelf && item instanceof Comment && !activities.some(x => x.name === item.name)) {
+                    activities.unshift(item);
+                }
                 break;
             case 'submissions':
                 activities = await this.resources.getAuthorSubmissions(item.author, {window: this.window});
+                if (shouldIncludeSelf && item instanceof Submission && !activities.some(x => x.name === item.name)) {
+                    activities.unshift(item);
+                }
                 break;
             default:
                 activities = await this.resources.getAuthorActivities(item.author, {window: this.window});
+                if (shouldIncludeSelf && !activities.some(x => x.name === item.name)) {
+                    activities.unshift(item);
+                }
                 break;
         }
 
         let viableActivity = activities;
-        if (this.useSubmissionAsReference) {
+        // if config does not specify reference then we set the default based on whether the item is a submission or not
+        // -- this is essentially the same as defaulting reference to true BUT eliminates noisy "can't use comment as reference" log statement when item is a comment
+        let inferredSubmissionAsRef = this.useSubmissionAsReference;
+        if(inferredSubmissionAsRef === undefined) {
+            inferredSubmissionAsRef = isSubmission(item);
+        }
+        if (inferredSubmissionAsRef) {
             if (!asSubmission(item)) {
                 this.logger.warn('Cannot use post as reference because triggered item is not a Submission');
             } else if (item.is_self) {
@@ -310,34 +344,6 @@ export class RecentActivityRule extends Rule {
                 }
             }
 
-            for (const activity of viableActivity) {
-                if (asSubmission(activity) && submissionState !== undefined) {
-                    if (!(await this.resources.testItemCriteria(activity, [submissionState]))) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                } else if (commentState !== undefined) {
-                    if (!(await this.resources.testItemCriteria(activity, [commentState]))) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                }
-                let inSubreddits = false;
-                for (const ss of subStates) {
-                    const res = await this.resources.testSubredditCriteria(activity, ss);
-                    if (res) {
-                        inSubreddits = true;
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-                if (inSubreddits) {
-                    currCount++;
-                    combinedKarma += activity.score;
-                    const pSub = getActivitySubredditName(activity);
-                    if (!presentSubs.includes(pSub)) {
-                        presentSubs.push(pSub);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
             const {operator, value, isPercent} = parseGenericValueOrPercentComparison(threshold);
             let sum = {
                 subsWithActivity: presentSubs,
@@ -421,6 +427,7 @@ export class RecentActivityRule extends Rule {
                 threshold,
                 testValue,
                 karmaThreshold,
+                combinedKarma,
             }
         };
     }
@@ -501,6 +508,16 @@ interface RecentActivityConfig extends ActivityWindow, ReferenceSubmission {
     thresholds: ActivityThreshold[],
 
     imageDetection?: ImageDetection
+
+    /**
+     * When Activity is a submission should we only include activities that are other submissions with the same content?
+     *
+     * * When the Activity is a submission this defaults to **true**
+     * * When the Activity is a comment it is ignored (not relevant)
+     *
+     * @default true
+     * */
+    useSubmissionAsReference?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface RecentActivityRuleOptions extends RecentActivityConfig, RuleOptions {

src/Rule/RegexRule.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
     ActivityWindowType, JoinOperands,
 } from "../Common/interfaces";
 import dayjs from 'dayjs';
-import SimpleError from "../Utils/SimpleError";
+import {SimpleError} from "../Utils/Errors";
 
 export interface RegexCriteria {
     /**
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@ export interface RegexCriteria {
      * */
     totalMatchThreshold?: string,
 
+    /**
+     * When `true` the Activity being checked MUST pass the `matchThreshold` before the Rule considers any history
+     *
+     * For use with `activityMatchThreshold`/`totalMatchThreshold` -- useful to conserve API calls
+     *
+     * @default false
+     * */
+    mustMatchCurrent?: boolean
+
     window?: ActivityWindowType
 }
 
@@ -140,6 +149,7 @@ export class RegexRule extends Rule {
                 matchThreshold = '> 0',
                 activityMatchThreshold = '> 0',
                 totalMatchThreshold = null,
+                mustMatchCurrent = false,
                 window,
             } = criteria;
 
@@ -152,7 +162,8 @@ export class RegexRule extends Rule {
             }, []);
 
             // check regex
-            const reg = parseStringToRegex(regex, 'g');
+            const regexContent = await this.resources.getContent(regex);
+            const reg = parseStringToRegex(regexContent, 'g');
             if(reg === undefined) {
                 throw new SimpleError(`Value given for regex on Criteria ${name} was not valid: ${regex}`);
             }
@@ -183,6 +194,8 @@ export class RegexRule extends Rule {
             if (singleMatched) {
                 activitiesMatchedCount++;
             }
+            const singleCriteriaPass = !mustMatchCurrent || (mustMatchCurrent && singleMatched);
+
             if (activityMatchComparison !== undefined) {
                 activityThresholdMet = !activityMatchComparison.isPercent && comparisonTextOp(activitiesMatchedCount, activityMatchComparison.operator, activityMatchComparison.value);
             }
@@ -191,7 +204,7 @@ export class RegexRule extends Rule {
             }
 
             let history: (Submission | Comment)[] = [];
-            if ((activityThresholdMet === false || totalThresholdMet === false) && window !== undefined) {
+            if ((activityThresholdMet === false || totalThresholdMet === false) && window !== undefined && singleCriteriaPass) {
                 // our checking activity didn't meet threshold requirements and criteria does define window
                 // leh go
 
@@ -257,12 +270,13 @@ export class RegexRule extends Rule {
             const critResults = {
                 criteria: {
                     name,
-                    regex,
+                    regex: regex !== regexContent ? `${regex} from ${regexContent}` : regex,
                     testOn,
                     matchThreshold,
                     activityMatchThreshold,
                     totalMatchThreshold,
-                    window: humanWindow
+                    window: humanWindow,
+                    mustMatchCurrent,
                 },
                 matches,
                 matchCount,

src/Rule/RepeatActivityRule.ts

@@ -1,17 +1,28 @@
 import {Rule, RuleJSONConfig, RuleOptions, RuleResult} from "./index";
 import {Comment} from "snoowrap";
 import {
-    activityWindowText, asSubmission,
-    comparisonTextOp, FAIL, getActivitySubredditName, isExternalUrlSubmission, isRedditMedia,
-    parseGenericValueComparison, parseSubredditName,
-    parseUsableLinkIdentifier as linkParser, PASS, subredditStateIsNameOnly, toStrongSubredditState
+    activityWindowText,
+    asSubmission,
+    comparisonTextOp,
+    FAIL,
+    getActivitySubredditName,
+    isExternalUrlSubmission,
+    isRedditMedia,
+    parseGenericValueComparison,
+    parseSubredditName,
+    parseUsableLinkIdentifier as linkParser,
+    PASS,
+    searchAndReplace,
+    stringSameness,
+    subredditStateIsNameOnly,
+    toStrongSubredditState
 } from "../util";
 import {
     ActivityWindow,
     ActivityWindowType,
-    ReferenceSubmission,
+    ReferenceSubmission, SearchAndReplaceRegExp,
     StrongSubredditState,
-    SubredditState
+    SubredditState, TextMatchOptions, TextTransformOptions
 } from "../Common/interfaces";
 import Submission from "snoowrap/dist/objects/Submission";
 import dayjs from "dayjs";
@@ -29,27 +40,6 @@ interface RepeatActivityReducer {
     allSets: RepeatActivityData[]
 }
 
-const getActivityIdentifier = (activity: (Submission | Comment), length = 200) => {
-    let identifier: string;
-    if (asSubmission(activity)) {
-        if (activity.is_self) {
-            identifier = `${activity.title}${activity.selftext.slice(0, length)}`;
-        } else if(isRedditMedia(activity)) {
-            identifier = activity.title;
-        } else {
-            identifier = parseUsableLinkIdentifier(activity.url) as string;
-        }
-    } else {
-        identifier = activity.body.slice(0, length);
-    }
-    return identifier;
-}
-
-const fuzzyOptions = {
-    includeScore: true,
-    distance: 15
-};
-
 export class RepeatActivityRule extends Rule {
     threshold: string;
     window: ActivityWindowType;
@@ -62,6 +52,9 @@ export class RepeatActivityRule extends Rule {
     activityFilterFunc: (x: Submission|Comment) => Promise<boolean> = async (x) => true;
     keepRemoved: boolean;
     minWordCount: number;
+    transformations: SearchAndReplaceRegExp[]
+    caseSensitive: boolean
+    matchScore: number
 
     constructor(options: RepeatActivityOptions) {
         super(options);
@@ -75,7 +68,13 @@ export class RepeatActivityRule extends Rule {
             include = [],
             exclude = [],
             keepRemoved = false,
+            transformations = [],
+            caseSensitive = true,
+            matchScore = 85,
         } = options;
+        this.matchScore = matchScore;
+        this.transformations = transformations;
+        this.caseSensitive = caseSensitive;
         this.minWordCount = minWordCount;
         this.keepRemoved = keepRemoved;
         this.threshold = threshold;
@@ -136,6 +135,37 @@ export class RepeatActivityRule extends Rule {
         }
     }
 
+    getActivityIdentifier(activity: (Submission | Comment), length = 200, transform = true) {
+        let identifier: string;
+        if (asSubmission(activity)) {
+            if (activity.is_self) {
+                identifier = `${activity.title}${activity.selftext.slice(0, length)}`;
+            } else if(isRedditMedia(activity)) {
+                identifier = activity.title;
+            } else {
+                identifier = parseUsableLinkIdentifier(activity.url) as string;
+            }
+        } else {
+            identifier = activity.body.slice(0, length);
+        }
+
+        if(!transform) {
+            return identifier;
+        }
+
+        // apply any transforms
+        if (this.transformations.length > 0) {
+            identifier = searchAndReplace(identifier, this.transformations);
+        }
+
+        // perform after transformations so as not to mess up regex's depending on case
+        if(!this.caseSensitive) {
+            identifier = identifier.toLowerCase();
+        }
+
+        return identifier;
+    }
+
     async process(item: Submission|Comment): Promise<[boolean, RuleResult]> {
         let referenceUrl;
         if(asSubmission(item) && this.useSubmissionAsReference) {
@@ -162,9 +192,10 @@ export class RepeatActivityRule extends Rule {
             const acc = await accProm;
             const {openSets = [], allSets = []} = acc;
 
-            let identifier = getActivityIdentifier(activity);
+            let identifier = this.getActivityIdentifier(activity);
+
             const isUrl = isExternalUrlSubmission(activity);
-            let fu = new Fuse([identifier], !isUrl ? fuzzyOptions : {...fuzzyOptions, distance: 5});
+            //let fu = new Fuse([identifier], !isUrl ? fuzzyOptions : {...fuzzyOptions, distance: 5});
             const validSub = await this.activityFilterFunc(activity);
             let minMet = identifier.length >= this.minWordCount;
 
@@ -174,12 +205,15 @@ export class RepeatActivityRule extends Rule {
             let currIdentifierInOpen = false;
             const bufferedActivities = this.gapAllowance === undefined || this.gapAllowance === 0 ? [] : activities.slice(Math.max(0, index - this.gapAllowance), Math.max(0, index));
             for (const o of openSets) {
-                const res = fu.search(o.identifier);
-                const match = res.length > 0;
-                if (match && validSub && minMet) {
+                const strMatchResults = stringSameness(o.identifier, identifier);
+                if (strMatchResults.highScoreWeighted >= this.matchScore && minMet) {
                     updatedOpenSets.push({...o, sets: [...o.sets, activity]});
                     currIdentifierInOpen = true;
-                } else if (bufferedActivities.some(x => fu.search(getActivityIdentifier(x)).length > 0) && validSub && minMet) {
+                } else if (bufferedActivities.some(x => {
+                    let buffIdentifier = this.getActivityIdentifier(x);
+                    const buffMatch = stringSameness(identifier, buffIdentifier);
+                    return buffMatch.highScoreWeighted >= this.matchScore;
+                }) && validSub && minMet) {
                     updatedOpenSets.push(o);
                 } else if(!currIdentifierInOpen && !isUrl) {
                     updatedAllSets.push(o);
@@ -193,15 +227,18 @@ export class RepeatActivityRule extends Rule {
                     // could be that a spammer is using different URLs for each submission but similar submission titles so search by title as well
                     const sub = activity as Submission;
                     identifier = sub.title;
-                    fu = new Fuse([identifier], !isUrl ? fuzzyOptions : {...fuzzyOptions, distance: 5});
+                    //fu = new Fuse([identifier], !isUrl ? fuzzyOptions : {...fuzzyOptions, distance: 5});
                     minMet = identifier.length >= this.minWordCount;
                     for (const o of openSets) {
-                        const res = fu.search(o.identifier);
-                        const match = res.length > 0;
-                        if (match && validSub && minMet) {
+                        const strMatchResults = stringSameness(o.identifier, identifier);
+                        if (strMatchResults.highScoreWeighted >= this.matchScore && minMet) {
                             updatedOpenSets.push({...o, sets: [...o.sets, activity]});
                             currIdentifierInOpen = true;
-                        } else if (bufferedActivities.some(x => fu.search(getActivityIdentifier(x)).length > 0) && validSub && minMet && !updatedOpenSets.includes(o)) {
+                        } else if (bufferedActivities.some(x => {
+                            let buffIdentifier = this.getActivityIdentifier(x);
+                            const buffMatch = stringSameness(identifier, buffIdentifier);
+                            return buffMatch.highScoreWeighted >= this.matchScore;
+                        }) && validSub && minMet && !updatedOpenSets.includes(o)) {
                             updatedOpenSets.push(o);
                         } else if(!updatedAllSets.includes(o)) {
                             updatedAllSets.push(o);
@@ -232,7 +269,7 @@ export class RepeatActivityRule extends Rule {
         let applicableGroupedActivities = identifierGroupedActivities;
         if (this.useSubmissionAsReference) {
             applicableGroupedActivities = new Map();
-            let identifier = getActivityIdentifier(item);
+            let identifier = this.getActivityIdentifier(item);
             let referenceSubmissions = identifierGroupedActivities.get(identifier);
             if(referenceSubmissions === undefined && isExternalUrlSubmission(item)) {
                 // if external url sub then try by title
@@ -240,7 +277,7 @@ export class RepeatActivityRule extends Rule {
                 referenceSubmissions = identifierGroupedActivities.get(identifier);
                 if(referenceSubmissions === undefined) {
                     // didn't get by title so go back to url since that's the default
-                    identifier = getActivityIdentifier(item);
+                    identifier = this.getActivityIdentifier(item);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -265,7 +302,7 @@ export class RepeatActivityRule extends Rule {
             };
             for (let set of value) {
                 const test = comparisonTextOp(set.length, operator, thresholdValue);
-                const md = set.map((x: (Comment | Submission)) => `[${asSubmission(x) ? x.title : getActivityIdentifier(x, 50)}](https://reddit.com${x.permalink}) in ${x.subreddit_name_prefixed} on ${dayjs(x.created_utc * 1000).utc().format()}`);
+                const md = set.map((x: (Comment | Submission)) => `[${asSubmission(x) ? x.title : this.getActivityIdentifier(x, 50)}](https://reddit.com${x.permalink}) in ${x.subreddit_name_prefixed} on ${dayjs(x.created_utc * 1000).utc().format()}`);
 
                 summaryData.sets.push(set);
                 summaryData.largestTrigger = Math.max(summaryData.largestTrigger, set.length);
@@ -325,7 +362,7 @@ interface SummaryData {
     triggeringSetsMarkdown: string[]
 }
 
-interface RepeatActivityConfig extends ActivityWindow, ReferenceSubmission {
+interface RepeatActivityConfig extends ActivityWindow, ReferenceSubmission, TextMatchOptions {
     /**
      * The number of repeat submissions that will trigger the rule
      * @default ">= 5"
@@ -383,18 +420,9 @@ interface RepeatActivityConfig extends ActivityWindow, ReferenceSubmission {
     keepRemoved?: boolean
 
     /**
-     * For activities that are text-based this is the minimum number of words required for the activity to be considered for a repeat
-     *
-     * EX if `minimumWordCount=5` and a comment is `what about you` then it is ignored because `3 is less than 5`
-     *
-     * **For self-text submissions** -- title + body text
-     *
-     * **For comments* -- body text
-     *
-     * @default 1
-     * @example [1]
+     * A set of search-and-replace operations to perform on text values before performing a match. Transformations are performed in the order they are defined.
      * */
-    minWordCount?: number,
+    transformations?: SearchAndReplaceRegExp[]
 }
 
 export interface RepeatActivityOptions extends RepeatActivityConfig, RuleOptions {

src/Rule/RepostRule.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
     RepostItem,
     RepostItemResult,
     SearchAndReplaceRegExp,
-    SearchFacetType,
+    SearchFacetType, TextMatchOptions, TextTransformOptions,
 } from "../Common/interfaces";
 import objectHash from "object-hash";
 import {getActivities, getAttributionIdentifier} from "../Utils/SnoowrapUtils";
@@ -30,59 +30,6 @@ import {rest} from "lodash";
 
 const parseYtIdentifier = parseUsableLinkIdentifier();
 
-export interface TextMatchOptions {
-    /**
-     * The percentage, as a whole number, of a repost title/comment that must match the title/comment being checked in order to consider both a match
-     *
-     * Note: Setting to 0 will make every candidate considered a match -- useful if you want to match if the URL has been reposted anywhere
-     *
-     * Defaults to `85` (85%)
-     *
-     * @default 85
-     * @example [85]
-     * */
-    matchScore?: number
-
-    /**
-     * The minimum number of words in the activity being checked for which this rule will run on
-     *
-     * If the word count is below the minimum the rule fails
-     *
-     * Defaults to 2
-     *
-     * @default 2
-     * @example [2]
-     * */
-    minWordCount?: number
-
-    /**
-     * Should text matching be case sensitive?
-     *
-     * Defaults to false
-     *
-     * @default false
-     * @example [false]
-     **/
-    caseSensitive?: boolean
-}
-
-export interface TextTransformOptions {
-    /**
-     * A set of search-and-replace operations to perform on text values before performing a match. Transformations are performed in the order they are defined.
-     *
-     * * If `transformationsActivity` IS NOT defined then these transformations will be performed on BOTH the activity text (submission title or comment) AND the repost candidate text
-     * * If `transformationsActivity` IS defined then these transformations are only performed on repost candidate text
-     * */
-    transformations?: SearchAndReplaceRegExp[]
-
-    /**
-     * Specify a separate set of transformations for the activity text (submission title or comment)
-     *
-     * To perform no transformations when `transformations` is defined set this to an empty array (`[]`)
-     * */
-    transformationsActivity?: SearchAndReplaceRegExp[]
-}
-
 export interface SearchFacetJSONConfig extends TextMatchOptions, TextTransformOptions, ActivityWindow {
     kind: SearchFacetType | SearchFacetType[]
 }