CIA-like irc bot

what about just using an irc bot with an rss plugin?

Just use an Eggdrop, get a rss reader for the eggdrop, I recommend rss-synd (can be found here: http://labs.wizzer-it.com/)

Example Configuration

set rss(<name>) {
                "url"                   "<URL to tracs rss feed>"
                "channels"              "<Channel in which rss should be posted>"
                "database"              "./rss/<databasename>.db" //change this
                "output"                "[\002@@item!category@@\002] @@item!title@@ - @@item!link@@"
                "trigger"               "!timeline"
                "update-interval"       5 // Bot checks every 5 minutes
        }

Hope this helps someone!

You could also use SuPyBot, which has plugins for fetching RSS feeds and announcing them as you wish. There is also a plugin for better integration with Trac, e.g. to easier get URLs for a specific ticket. Similar setups are used in Freenode channels #trac and #madwifi, for example.

kdb a bot I developer for fun and as a test and development framework for my circuits library also has a whole host of plugins one of which is an RSS plugin that I use to feed live updates of my Trac projects into my channels.

Come see me on FreeNode? (prologic) :)

--JamesMills

gozerbot is being used by the trac team itself on freenode's #trac channel, it basically monitors the timeline rss feed and spits any changes into the chat. Works great, and I suggest setting that up instead.