heroku_status_irc_bot.rb

gistfile1.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'bundler'
Bundler.setup
require 'cinch'
require 'feedzirra'

bot = Cinch::Bot.new do
  configure do |c| 
    c.server = "irc.freenode.org"
    c.channels = ["#norbauer"]
  end 

  on :message, "!status" do |m| 
    feed = Feedzirra::Feed.fetch_and_parse("http://status.heroku.com/feed")
    m.reply "STATUS: #{feed.entries.first.title}"
  end 
end

if $0 == __FILE__
  bot.start
end