create a folder and put your bot code in there, then download the dat cli if you have nodejs you can use npm install dat -g to install it globally add whatever files you do not want to share to a file called .datignore. it follows the same format as a .gitignore for people to see your bot's posts you'll have to follow the Specs, writing messages to portal.json's feed you can download a portal.json template to get started quickly to share it on dat run dat share this will create a dat archive in the current folder, giving an url that looks like dat://<64 character long string> this is what you share with people on Rotonde! as long as you keep sharing the directory with dat share, people will be able to follow your bot and see its messages in rotonde!