Lotus Matrix Bot & Server Roadmap

Matrix bot and server infrastructure for the Lotus Guild homeserver (matrix.lotusguild.org).

Repo: https://code.lotusguild.org/LotusGuild/matrixBot

Status: Phase 5 — Optimization, Voice Quality & Custom Client

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Priority Order

1. PostgreSQL migration
2. TURN server
3. Room structure + space setup
4. Matrix bot (core + commands)
5. LiveKit / Element Call
6. SSO / OIDC (Authelia)
7. Webhook integrations (hookshot)
8. Voice stability & quality tuning
9. Custom Cinny client (chat.lotusguild.org)
10. Custom emoji packs (partially finished)
11. Cinny custom branding (Lotus Guild theme)
12. Draupnir moderation bot
13. Push notifications (Sygnal)

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Infrastructure

Service	IP	LXC	RAM	vCPUs	Disk	Versions
Synapse	10.10.10.29	151	8GB	4 (Ryzen 9 7900)	50GB (21% used)	Synapse 1.148.0, LiveKit 1.9.11, hookshot 7.3.2, coturn latest
PostgreSQL 17	10.10.10.44	109	6GB	3 (Ryzen 9 7900)	30GB (5% used)	PostgreSQL 17.9
Cinny Web	10.10.10.6	106	256MB runtime	1	8GB (27% used)	Debian 13, nginx, Node 24, Cinny 4.10.5
NPM	10.10.10.27	139	—	—	—	Nginx Proxy Manager
Authelia	10.10.10.36	167	—	—	—	SSO/OIDC provider
LLDAP	10.10.10.39	147	—	—	—	LDAP user directory
Uptime Kuma	10.10.10.25	101	—	—	—	Uptime monitoring (micro1 node)

Note: PostgreSQL container IP is 10.10.10.44, not .2 — update any stale references.

Key paths on Synapse/matrix LXC (151):

• Synapse config: /etc/matrix-synapse/homeserver.yaml
• Synapse conf.d: /etc/matrix-synapse/conf.d/ (metrics.yaml, report_stats.yaml, server_name.yaml)
• coturn config: /etc/turnserver.conf
• LiveKit config: /etc/livekit/config.yaml
• LiveKit service: livekit-server.service
• lk-jwt-service: lk-jwt-service.service (binds :8070, serves JWT tokens for MatrixRTC)
• Hookshot: /opt/hookshot/, service: matrix-hookshot.service
• Hookshot config: /opt/hookshot/config.yml
• Hookshot registration: /etc/matrix-synapse/hookshot-registration.yaml
• Landing page: /var/www/matrix-landing/index.html (on NPM LXC 139)
• Bot: /opt/matrixbot/, service: matrixbot.service

Key paths on PostgreSQL LXC (109):

• PostgreSQL config: /etc/postgresql/17/main/postgresql.conf
• PostgreSQL conf.d: /etc/postgresql/17/main/conf.d/
• HBA config: /etc/postgresql/17/main/pg_hba.conf
• Data directory: /var/lib/postgresql/17/main

Running services on LXC 151:

Service	PID status	Memory	Notes
matrix-synapse	active, 2+ days	231MB peak 312MB	No workers, single process
livekit-server	active, 2+ days	22MB peak 58MB	v1.9.11, node IP = 162.192.14.139
lk-jwt-service	active, 2+ days	2.7MB	Binds :8070, LIVEKIT_URL=wss://matrix.lotusguild.org
matrix-hookshot	active, 2+ days	76MB peak 172MB	Actively receiving webhooks
matrixbot	active, 2+ days	26MB peak 59MB	Some E2EE key errors (see known issues)
coturn	active, 2+ days	13MB	Periodic TCP reset errors (normal)

Currently Open Port forwarding (router → 10.10.10.29):

• TCP+UDP 3478 (TURN/STUN signaling)
• TCP+UDP 5349 (TURNS/TLS)
• TCP 7881 (LiveKit ICE TCP fallback)
• TCP+UDP 49152-65535 (TURN relay range)
• LiveKit WebRTC media: 50100-50500 (subset of above, only 400 ports — see improvements)

Internal port map (LXC 151):

Port	Service	Bind
8008	Synapse HTTP	0.0.0.0 + ::1
9000	Synapse metrics (Prometheus)	0.0.0.0
9001	Hookshot widgets + metrics	127.0.0.1
9002	Hookshot bridge	127.0.0.1
9003	Hookshot webhooks	0.0.0.0
7880	LiveKit HTTP	0.0.0.0
7881	LiveKit RTC TCP	0.0.0.0
8070	lk-jwt-service	0.0.0.0
8080	synapse-admin (nginx)	0.0.0.0
3478	coturn STUN/TURN	0.0.0.0
5349	coturn TURNS/TLS	0.0.0.0

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Rooms (all v12)

Room	Room ID	Join Rule
The Lotus Guild (Space)	!-1ZBnAH-JiCOV8MGSKN77zDGTuI3pgSdy8Unu_DrDyc	public
General	!wfokQ1-pE896scu_AOcCBA2s3L4qFo-PTBAFTd0WMI0	public
Commands	!ou56mVZQ8ZB7AhDYPmBV5_BR28WMZ4x5zwZkPCqjq1s	restricted (Space members)
Memes	!GK6v5cLEEnowIooQJv5jECfISUjADjt8aKhWv9VbG5U	restricted (Space members)
Management	!mEvR5fe3jMmzwd-FwNygD72OY_yu8H3UP_N-57oK7MI	invite
Cool Kids	!R7DT3QZHG9P8QQvX6zsZYxjkKgmUucxDz_n31qNrC94	invite
Spam and Stuff	!GttT4QYd1wlGlkHU3qTmq_P3gbyYKKeSSN6R7TPcJHg	invite, no E2EE (hookshot)

Power level roles (Cinny tags):

• 100: Owner (jared)
• 50: The Nerdy Council (enhuynh, lonely)
• 48: Panel of Geeks
• 35: Cool Kids
• 0: Member

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Webhook Integrations (matrix-hookshot 7.3.2)

Generic webhooks bridged into Spam and Stuff via matrix-hookshot. Each service gets its own virtual user (@hookshot_<service>) with a unique avatar. Webhook URL format: https://matrix.lotusguild.org/webhook/<uuid>

Service	Webhook UUID	Notes
Grafana	df4a1302-2d62-4a01-b858-fb56f4d3781a	Unified alerting contact point
Proxmox	9b3eafe5-7689-4011-addd-c466e524661d	Notification system (8.1+)
Sonarr	aeffc311-0686-42cb-9eeb-6757140c072e	All event types
Radarr	34913454-c1ac-4cda-82ea-924d4a9e60eb	All event types
Readarr	e57ab4f3-56e6-4dc4-8b30-2f4fd4bbeb0b	All event types
Lidarr	66ac6fdd-69f6-4f47-bb00-b7f6d84d7c1c	All event types
Uptime Kuma	1a02e890-bb25-42f1-99fe-bba6a19f1811	Status change notifications
Seerr	555185af-90a1-42ff-aed5-c344e11955cf	Request/approval events
Owncast	9993e911-c68b-4271-a178-c2d65ca88499	STREAM_STARTED / STREAM_STOPPED
Bazarr	470fb267-3436-4dd3-a70c-e6e8db1721be	Subtitle events (Apprise JSON notifier)
Tinker-Tickets	6e306faf-8eea-4ba5-83ef-bf8f421f929e	Custom transformation code

Hookshot notes:

• Spam and Stuff is intentionally unencrypted — hookshot bridges cannot join E2EE rooms
• Webhook tokens stored in Synapse PostgreSQL room_account_data for @hookshot
• JS transformation functions use hookshot v2 API: set result = { version: "v2", plain, html, msgtype }
• The result variable must be assigned without var/let/const (needs implicit global scope in the QuickJS IIFE sandbox)
• NPM proxies https://matrix.lotusguild.org/webhook/* → http://10.10.10.29:9003
• Virtual user avatars: set via appservice token (as_token in hookshot-registration.yaml) impersonating each user
• Hookshot bridge port (9002) binds 127.0.0.1 only; webhook ingest (9003) binds 0.0.0.0 (NPM-proxied)

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Known Issues

coturn TLS Reset Errors

Periodic TLS/TCP socket error: Connection reset by peer in coturn logs from external IPs. This is normal — clients probe TURN and drop the connection once they establish a direct P2P path. Not an issue.

BBR Congestion Control — Host-Level Only

net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control = bbr and net.core.default_qdisc = fq cannot be set from inside an unprivileged LXC container — they affect the host kernel's network namespace. These must be applied on the Proxmox host itself to take effect for all containers. All other sysctl tuning (TCP/UDP buffers, fin_timeout) applied successfully inside LXC 151.

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Optimizations & Improvements

1. LiveKit / Voice Quality ✅ Applied

Noise suppression and volume normalization are client-side only (browser/Element X handles this via WebRTC's built-in audio processing). The server cannot enforce these. Applied server-side improvements:

• ICE port range expanded: 50100-50500 (400 ports) → 50000-51000 (1001 ports) = ~500 concurrent WebRTC streams
• TURN TTL reduced: 86400s (24h) → 3600s (1h) — stale allocations expire faster
• Room defaults added: empty_timeout: 300, departure_timeout: 20, max_participants: 50

Client-side audio advice for users:

• Element Web/Desktop: Settings → Voice & Video → enable "Noise Suppression" and "Echo Cancellation"
• Element X (mobile): automatic via WebRTC stack
• Cinny (chat.lotusguild.org): voice via embedded Element Call widget — browser WebRTC noise suppression is active automatically

2. PostgreSQL Tuning (LXC 109) ✅ Applied

/etc/postgresql/17/main/conf.d/synapse_tuning.conf written and active. pg_stat_statements extension created in the synapse database. Config applied:

# Memory — shared_buffers = 25% RAM, effective_cache_size = 75% RAM
shared_buffers = 1500MB
effective_cache_size = 4500MB
work_mem = 32MB                    # Per sort/hash operation (safe at low connection count)
maintenance_work_mem = 256MB       # VACUUM, CREATE INDEX
wal_buffers = 64MB                 # WAL write buffer

# Checkpointing
checkpoint_completion_target = 0.9 # Spread checkpoint I/O (default 0.5 is aggressive)
max_wal_size = 2GB

# Storage (Ceph RBD block device = SSD-equivalent random I/O)
random_page_cost = 1.1             # Default 4.0 assumes spinning disk
effective_io_concurrency = 200     # For SSDs/Ceph

# Parallel queries (3 vCPUs)
max_worker_processes = 3
max_parallel_workers_per_gather = 1
max_parallel_workers = 2

# Monitoring
shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_stat_statements'
pg_stat_statements.track = all

Restarted postgresql@17-main. Expected impact: Synapse query latency drops as the DB grows — the entire current 120MB database fits in shared_buffers.

3. PostgreSQL Security — pg_hba.conf (LXC 109) ✅ Applied

Removed the two open rules (0.0.0.0/24 md5 and 0.0.0.0/0 md5). Remote access is now restricted to Synapse LXC only:

host    synapse         synapse_user    10.10.10.29/32          scram-sha-256

All other remote connections are rejected. Local Unix socket and loopback remain functional for admin access.

4. Synapse Cache Tuning (LXC 151) ✅ Applied

event_cache_size bumped 15K → 30K. _get_state_group_for_events: 3.0 added to per_cache_factors (heavily hit during E2EE key sharing). Synapse restarted cleanly.

event_cache_size: 30K
caches:
  global_factor: 2.0
  per_cache_factors:
    get_users_in_room: 3.0
    get_current_state_ids: 3.0
    _get_state_group_for_events: 3.0

5. Network / sysctl Tuning (LXC 151) ✅ Applied

/etc/sysctl.d/99-matrix-tuning.conf written and active. TCP/UDP buffers aligned and fin_timeout reduced.

# Align TCP buffers with core maximums
net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 4096 131072 26214400
net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 4096 65536 26214400

# UDP buffer sizing for WebRTC media streams
net.core.rmem_max = 26214400
net.core.wmem_max = 26214400
net.ipv4.udp_rmem_min = 65536
net.ipv4.udp_wmem_min = 65536

# Reduce latency for short-lived TURN connections
net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout = 10
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time = 300
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_intvl = 30

BBR note: tcp_congestion_control = bbr and default_qdisc = fq require host-level sysctl — cannot be set inside an unprivileged LXC. Apply on the Proxmox host to benefit all containers:

echo "net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control = bbr" >> /etc/sysctl.d/99-bbr.conf
echo "net.core.default_qdisc = fq" >> /etc/sysctl.d/99-bbr.conf
sysctl --system

6. Synapse Federation Hardening

The server is effectively a private server for friends. Restricting federation prevents abuse and reduces load. Add to homeserver.yaml:

# Allow federation only with specific trusted servers (or disable entirely)
federation_domain_whitelist:
  - matrix.org        # Keep for bridging if needed
  - matrix.lotusguild.org

# OR to go fully closed (recommended for friends-only):
# federation_enabled: false

7. Bot E2EE Key Fix (LXC 151) ✅ Applied

nio_store/ cleared and bot restarted cleanly. Megolm session errors resolved.

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Custom Cinny Client (chat.lotusguild.org)

Cinny v4 is the preferred client — clean UI, Cinny-style rendering already used by the bot's Wordle tiles. We build from source to get voice support and full branding control.

Why Cinny over Element Web

• Much cleaner aesthetics, already the de-facto client for guild members
• Element Web voice suppression (Krisp) is only on app.element.io — a custom build loses it
• Cinny add-joined-call-controls branch uses @element-hq/element-call-embedded which talks to the existing MatrixRTC → lk-jwt-service → LiveKit stack with zero new infrastructure
• Static build (nginx serving ~5MB of files) — nearly zero runtime resource cost

Voice support status (as of March 2026)

The official add-joined-call-controls branch (maintained by ajbura, last commit March 8 2026) embeds Element Call as a widget via @element-hq/element-call-embedded: 0.16.3. This uses the same MatrixRTC protocol that lk-jwt-service already handles. Two direct LiveKit integration PRs (#2703, #2704) were proposed but closed without merge — so the embedded Element Call approach is the official path.

Since lk-jwt-service is already running on LXC 151 and configured for wss://matrix.lotusguild.org, voice calls will work out of the box once the Cinny build is deployed.

LXC Setup

Create the LXC (run on the host):

# ProxmoxVE Debian 13 community script
bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/ct/debian.sh)"

Recommended settings: 2GB RAM, 1-2 vCPUs, 20GB disk, Debian 13, static IP on VLAN 10 (e.g. 10.10.10.XX).

Inside the new LXC:

# Install nginx + git + nvm dependencies
apt update && apt install -y nginx git curl

# Install Node.js 24 via nvm
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.1/install.sh | bash
source ~/.bashrc
nvm install 24
nvm use 24

# Clone Cinny and switch to voice-support branch
git clone https://github.com/cinnyapp/cinny.git /opt/cinny
cd /opt/cinny
git checkout add-joined-call-controls

# Install dependencies and build
npm ci
NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size=4096 npm run build
# Output: /opt/cinny/dist/

# Deploy to nginx root
cp -r /opt/cinny/dist/* /var/www/html/

Configure Cinny — edit /var/www/html/config.json:

{
  "defaultHomeserver": 0,
  "homeserverList": ["matrix.lotusguild.org"],
  "allowCustomHomeservers": false,
  "featuredCommunities": {
    "openAsDefault": false,
    "spaces": [],
    "rooms": [],
    "servers": []
  },
  "hashRouter": {
    "enabled": false,
    "basename": "/"
  }
}

Nginx config — /etc/nginx/sites-available/cinny (matches the official docker-nginx.conf):

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    server_name chat.lotusguild.org;

    root /var/www/html;
    index index.html;

    location / {
        rewrite ^/config.json$           /config.json break;
        rewrite ^/manifest.json$         /manifest.json break;
        rewrite ^/sw.js$                 /sw.js break;
        rewrite ^/pdf.worker.min.js$     /pdf.worker.min.js break;
        rewrite ^/public/(.*)$           /public/$1 break;
        rewrite ^/assets/(.*)$           /assets/$1 break;
        rewrite ^(.+)$                   /index.html break;
    }
}

ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/cinny /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
nginx -t && systemctl reload nginx

Then in NPM: add a proxy host for chat.lotusguild.org → http://10.10.10.XX:80 with SSL.

Rebuilding after updates

cd /opt/cinny
git pull
npm ci
NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size=4096 npm run build
cp -r dist/* /var/www/html/
# Preserve your config.json — it gets overwritten by the copy above, so:
# Option: keep config.json outside dist and symlink/copy it in after each build

Key paths (Cinny LXC 106 — 10.10.10.6)

• Source: /opt/cinny/ (branch: add-joined-call-controls)
• Built files: /var/www/html/
• Cinny config: /var/www/html/config.json
• Config backup (survives rebuilds): /opt/cinny-config.json
• Nginx site config: /etc/nginx/sites-available/cinny
• Rebuild script: /usr/local/bin/cinny-update

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Server Checklist

Quality of Life

• Migrate from SQLite to PostgreSQL
• TURN/STUN server (coturn) for reliable voice/video
• URL previews
• Upload size limit 200MB
• Full-text message search (PostgreSQL backend)
• Media retention policy (remote: 1yr, local: 3yr)
• Sliding sync (native Synapse)
• LiveKit for Element Call video rooms
• Default room version v12, all rooms upgraded
• Landing page with client recommendations (Cinny, Commet, Element, Element X mobile)
• Synapse metrics endpoint (port 9000, Prometheus-compatible)
• Push notifications gateway (Sygnal) for mobile clients
• Expand LiveKit port range (50000-51000) for voice call capacity
• Custom Cinny client LXC 106 (10.10.10.6) — Debian 13, Cinny 4.10.5 built from add-joined-call-controls, nginx serving, HA enabled
• NPM proxy entry for chat.lotusguild.org → 10.10.10.6:80, SSL via Cloudflare DNS challenge, HTTPS forced, HTTP/2 + HSTS enabled
• Cinny weekly auto-update cron (/etc/cron.d/cinny-update, Sundays 3am, logs to /var/log/cinny-update.log)
• Cinny custom branding — Lotus Guild theme (colors, title, favicon, PWA name)

Performance Tuning

• PostgreSQL shared_buffers → 1500MB, effective_cache_size, work_mem, checkpoint tuning applied
• PostgreSQL pg_stat_statements extension installed in synapse database
• Synapse event_cache_size → 30K, _get_state_group_for_events cache factor added
• sysctl TCP/UDP buffer alignment applied to LXC 151 (/etc/sysctl.d/99-matrix-tuning.conf)
• LiveKit room empty_timeout: 300, departure_timeout: 20, max_participants: 50
• LiveKit ICE port range expanded to 50000-51000
• LiveKit TURN TTL reduced from 24h to 1h
• BBR congestion control — must be applied on Proxmox host, not inside LXC (see Known Issues)

Auth & SSO

• Token-based registration
• SSO/OIDC via Authelia
• allow_existing_users: true for linking accounts to SSO
• Password auth alongside SSO

Webhooks & Integrations

• matrix-hookshot 7.3.2 installed and running
• Generic webhook bridge for 11 active services (Grafana, Proxmox, Sonarr, Radarr, Readarr, Lidarr, Uptime Kuma, Seerr, Owncast, Bazarr, Tinker-Tickets)
• Per-service JS transformation functions — all rewritten to handle full event payloads (all event types, health alerts, app updates, release groups, download clients)
• Per-service virtual user avatars
• NPM reverse proxy for /webhook path
• Tinker Tickets custom transformation code

Room Structure

• The Lotus Guild space
• All core rooms with correct power levels and join rules
• Spam and Stuff room for service notifications (hookshot)
• Custom room avatars

Hardening

• Rate limiting
• E2EE on all rooms (except Spam and Stuff — intentional for hookshot)
• coturn internal peer deny rules (blocks relay to RFC1918 except allowed subnet)
• pg_hba.conf locked down — remote access restricted to Synapse LXC (10.10.10.29) only
• Federation enabled with key verification (open for invite-only growth to friends/family/coworkers)
• Federation allow/deny lists for known bad actors
• Regular Synapse updates
• Automated database + media backups

Monitoring

• Synapse metrics endpoint (port 9000, Prometheus-compatible)
• Uptime Kuma monitors added: Synapse HTTP, LiveKit TCP, PostgreSQL TCP, Cinny Web, coturn TCP 3478, lk-jwt-service, Hookshot
• Uptime Kuma: coturn UDP STUN monitoring (requires push/heartbeat — no native UDP type in Kuma)
• Grafana dashboard for Synapse Prometheus metrics (LXC 107 at 10.10.10.X already running Grafana)

Admin

• Synapse admin API dashboard (synapse-admin at http://10.10.10.29:8080)
• Power levels per room
• Draupnir moderation bot (new LXC or alongside existing bot)
• Cinny custom branding (Lotus Guild theme — colors, title, favicon, PWA name)

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Bot Checklist

Core

• matrix-nio async client with E2EE
• Device trust (auto-trust all devices)
• Graceful shutdown (SIGTERM/SIGINT)
• Initial sync token (ignores old messages on startup)
• Auto-accept room invites
• Deployed as systemd service (matrixbot.service) on LXC 151
• Fix E2EE key errors — nio_store/ cleared, bot restarted cleanly

Commands

• !help — list commands
• !ping — latency check
• !8ball <question> — magic 8-ball
• !fortune — fortune cookie
• !flip — coin flip
• !roll <NdS> — dice roller
• !random <min> <max> — random number
• !rps <choice> — rock paper scissors
• !poll <question> — poll with reactions
• !trivia — trivia game (reactions, 30s reveal)
• !champion [lane] — random LoL champion
• !agent [role] — random Valorant agent
• !wordle — full Wordle game (daily, hard mode, stats, share)
• !minecraft <username> — RCON whitelist add
• !ask <question> — Ollama LLM (lotusllm, 2min cooldown)
• !health — bot uptime + service status

Welcome System

• Watches Space joins and DMs new members automatically
• React-to-join: react with ✅ in DM → bot invites to General, Commands, Memes
• Welcome event ID persisted to welcome_state.json

Wordle

• Daily puzzles with two-pass letter evaluation
• Hard mode with constraint validation
• Stats persistence (wordle_stats.json)
• Cinny-compatible rendering (inline <span> tiles)
• DM-based gameplay, !wordle share posts result to public room
• Virtual keyboard display

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Tech Stack

Component	Technology	Version
Bot language	Python 3	3.x
Bot library	matrix-nio (E2EE)	latest
Homeserver	Synapse	1.148.0
Database	PostgreSQL	17.9
TURN	coturn	latest
Video/voice calls	LiveKit SFU	1.9.11
LiveKit JWT	lk-jwt-service	latest
SSO	Authelia (OIDC) + LLDAP	—
Webhook bridge	matrix-hookshot	7.3.2
Reverse proxy	Nginx Proxy Manager	—
Web client	Cinny (custom build, add-joined-call-controls branch)	4.10.5+
Bot dependencies	matrix-nio[e2ee], aiohttp, python-dotenv, mcrcon	—

Bot Files

matrixBot/
├── bot.py              # Entry point, client setup, event loop
├── callbacks.py        # Message + reaction event handlers
├── commands.py         # All command implementations
├── config.py           # Environment config + validation
├── utils.py            # send_text, send_html, send_reaction, get_or_create_dm
├── welcome.py          # Welcome message + react-to-join logic
├── wordle.py           # Full Wordle game engine
├── wordlist_answers.py # Wordle answer word list
├── wordlist_valid.py   # Wordle valid guess word list
├── .env.example        # Environment variable template
└── requirements.txt    # Python dependencies