From a25abda82596189e7c697d784f70f5fe1821660b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 15:34:55 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add Unix social tools section to dev onboarding doc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Documents who, w, finger, write, wall, ytalk and .plan files. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 --- docs/dev-onboarding.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/dev-onboarding.md b/docs/dev-onboarding.md index 533e28e..534d52a 100644 --- a/docs/dev-onboarding.md +++ b/docs/dev-onboarding.md @@ -170,8 +170,32 @@ In the maubot admin UI, go to "Logs" to see recent activity and errors. - [Maubot Plugin Examples](https://github.com/maubot) - [Matrix Python SDK (mautrix)](https://docs.mau.fi/python/latest/) +## Shared Server Tools + +This is a shared Unix server. Classic tools for seeing who's around and communicating: + +| Command | What it does | +|---------|--------------| +| `who` | See who's logged in | +| `w` | Who's logged in + what they're doing | +| `finger ` | User info + their `.plan` file | +| `write ` | Send a message to their terminal | +| `wall` | Broadcast message to all logged-in users | +| `ytalk ` | Split-screen chat (both must be online) | + +### Your .plan file + +Create `~/.plan` to tell others what you're working on: + +```bash +echo "Building a dice bot. Ask me about random numbers." > ~/.plan +``` + +Others can see it with `finger yourname`. + ## Getting Help - Ask in `#devs-sandbox` - other devs and admins can help +- Use `write` or `ytalk` if another dev is online - Check the maubot logs for error messages - Review the maubot documentation