feat: bypass !ask cooldown for users with power level >= 50

Add is_elevated() helper that reads the room power level from the nio
client store. Users at PL50+ (Nerdy Council and above) skip the cooldown
check entirely. The timestamp is still recorded so cooldown applies
if their power level is later reduced below 50.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

matrixbot/commands.py

@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@ def check_cooldown(sender: str, cmd_name: str, seconds: int = COOLDOWN_SECONDS)
     return 0
 
 
+def is_elevated(client: AsyncClient, room_id: str, user_id: str, min_level: int = 50) -> bool:
+    """Return True if the user has a power level >= min_level in the room."""
+    room = client.rooms.get(room_id)
+    if not room:
+        return False
+    return room.power_levels.get_user_level(user_id) >= min_level
+
+
 # ==================== COMMANDS ====================
 
 
@@ -1216,10 +1224,14 @@ async def cmd_ask(client: AsyncClient, room_id: str, sender: str, args: str):
             return
         model = resolved
 
-    remaining = check_cooldown(sender, "ask")
+    if not is_elevated(client, room_id, sender):
-    if remaining:
+        remaining = check_cooldown(sender, "ask")
-        await send_text(client, room_id, f"Command on cooldown. Try again in {remaining}s.")
+        if remaining:
-        return
+            await send_text(client, room_id, f"Command on cooldown. Try again in {remaining}s.")
+            return
+    else:
+        # Still record the timestamp so cooldown kicks in if they drop below PL50
+        check_cooldown(sender, "ask")
 
     question = sanitize_input(args)
     if not question: