Contributing

Hello! Thank you for your interest in contributing to this project. This guide will help you get started.

Prerequisites

• Git
• Node.js 23+
• corepack
• pnpm

Windows setup

1. Open PowerShell

2. Install scoop

   Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
   Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://get.scoop.sh | Invoke-Expression

3. Install git, node through scoop

   scoop install git nodejs

4. Install pnpm through corepack

   corepack enable
   corepack prepare pnpm@latest --activate

macOS setup

0. Open Terminal, (or iTerm2, Ghostty, Kitty, etc.)

1. Install git, node through brew

   brew install git node

2. Install pnpm through corepack

   corepack enable
   corepack prepare pnpm@latest --activate

Linux setup

0. Open Terminal

1. Follow nodesource/distributions: NodeSource Node.js Binary Distributions to install node

2. Follow Git to install git

3. Install pnpm through corepack

   corepack enable
   corepack prepare pnpm@latest --activate

If you have already contributed to this project before

[!WARNING]

If you haven’t clone this repository, skip this section.

Make sure your local repository is up to date with the upstream repository:

git fetch -all
git checkout main
git pull upstream main --rebase

If you have a working branch, to make your branch up to date with the upstream repository:

git checkout <your-branch-name>
git rebase main

Fork this project

Click on the Fork button on the top right corner of the moeru-ai/airi page.

Clone

git clone https://github.com/<your-github-username>/airi.git
cd airi

Create your working branch

git checkout -b <your-branch-name>

Install dependencies

corepack enable
pnpm install

[!NOTE]

We would recommend to install @antfu/ni to make your script simpler.

corepack enable
npm i -g @antfu/ni

Once installed, you can

• use ni for pnpm install, npm install and yarn install.
• use nr for pnpm run, npm run and yarn run.

You don’t need to care about the package manager, ni will help you choose the right one.

Choose the application you want to develop on

Documentation site

pnpm -F @proj-airi/docs... dev

[!NOTE]

For @antfu/ni users, you can

nr -F @proj-airi/docs... dev

Stage web (Frontend for airi.moeru.ai, or airi.ayaka.io)

pnpm -F @proj-airi/stage-web... dev

[!NOTE]

For @antfu/ni users, you can

nr -F @proj-airi/stage-web... dev

Stage Tamagotchi (Electron app for アイリ VTuber)

pnpm -F @proj-airi/stage-tamagotchi... dev

[!NOTE]

For @antfu/ni users, you can

nr -F @proj-airi/stage-tamagotchi... dev

Telegram bot integration

A Postgres database is required.

cd services/telegram-bot
docker compose up -d

Configure .env

cp .env .env.local

Edit the credentials in .env.local.

Migrate the database

pnpm -F @proj-airi/telegram-bot db:generate
pnpm -F @proj-airi/telegram-bot db:push

Generate bundles for Monorepo packages

pnpm packages:stub

Run the bot

pnpm -F @proj-airi/telegram-bot start

[!NOTE]

For @antfu/ni users, you can

nr -F @proj-airi/telegram-bot... dev

Discord bot integration

cd services/discord-bot

Configure .env

cp .env .env.local

Edit the credentials in .env.local.

Generate bundles for Monorepo packages

pnpm packages:stub

Run the bot

pnpm -F @proj-airi/discord-bot start

[!NOTE]

For @antfu/ni users, you can

nr -F @proj-airi/discord-bot dev

Minecraft agent

cd services/minecraft

Start a Minecraft client, export your world with desired port, and fill-in the port number in .env.local.

Configure .env

cp .env .env.local

Edit the credentials in .env.local.

Generate bundles for Monorepo packages

pnpm packages:stub

Run the bot

pnpm -F @proj-airi/minecraft-bot start

[!NOTE]

For @antfu/ni users, you can

nr -F @proj-airi/minecraft-bot dev

Commit

Before commit

[!CAUTION]

Please make sure lint (static checkers) and TypeScript compilers are satisfied:

pnpm packages:stub && pnpm lint && pnpm typecheck

[!NOTE]

If you have @antfu/ni installed, you can use nr to run the commands:

nr packages:stub && nr lint && nr typecheck

Commit

git add .
git commit -m "<your-commit-message>"

Push to your fork repository

git push origin <your-branch-name> -u

You should be able to browse the branch on your fork repository.

[!NOTE]

If this is your first time contributing with this project, you need to add the upstream repository too:

git remote add upstream https://github.com/moeru-ai/airi.git

Creating Pull Request

Navigate to moeru-ai/airi page, click on the Pull requests tab, and click on the New pull request button, click on the Compare across forks link, and select your fork repository.

Review the changes, and click on the Create pull request button.

Whooo-ya! You made it!

Congratulations! You made your first contribution to this project. You can now wait for the maintainers to review your pull request.