simple little slackbot, along with CF manifest and node package

manifest.yml

---
applications:
- name: your-app-here
  command: node slack.js
  # no-route: true
  health-check-type: none
  domain: cfapps.io
  env:
    SLACK_API_TOKEN: your-token-here

package.json

{
  "name": "wow, what a cool slack bot you just created",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "build whatever you can imagine",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified... yet!\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "slack",
    "bot"
  ],
  "author": "This is you",
  "license": "open source is good! open source your bot and add your license here",
  "dependencies": {
    "botkit": "^0.4.0"
  }
}

slack.js

var Botkit = require('botkit');
var token = process.env.SLACK_API_TOKEN || '';

var controller = Botkit.slackbot({
  debug: process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'
  //include "log: false" to disable logging
  //or a "logLevel" integer from 0 to 7 to adjust logging verbosity
});

// connect the bot to a stream of messages
controller.spawn({ token: token }).startRTM();

// give the bot something to listen for.
controller.hears('reserve', [
    'direct_message', 'direct_mention', 'mention'
  ],
  function(bot, message) {
    bot.reply(message, 'You just reserved a spot. Well, not really.');
  }
);

controller.hears('remove me', [
    'direct_message', 'direct_mention', 'mention'
  ],
  function(bot, message) {
    bot.reply(message, 'Thanks for letting me know! I\'ll remove you from the queue. Well, not really.');
  }
);