There has been a lot of requests ( @smysullivan ) for a tutorial on how to easily implement a bot using @personz new curation bot.
Going to make this quick and simple.
Step 1. Setup an account with http://heroku.com
This will require adding a credit card (I used my bitpay) to authorize your account, the card will not be charged at any point. Only authorized accounts can run the Heroku Scheduler, this will be needed later to run the bot every 10 minutes.
Step 2. Click this link to deploy the bot.
Step 3. Initial Configuration
STEEM_USER (you user name)
POSTING_KEY_PRV (your posting private key, located in wallet permissions at the top. Click show private key. This key only allows posting and no access to funds, super safe.)
BOT_API_KEY (this is your password to log into your bot, it can be whatever)
EMAIL_ADDRESS_TO (ignore)
EMAIL_ADDRESS_SENDER (ignore)
SENDGRID_API_KEY (ignore)
COOKIE_SECRET (ignore)
Step 4. Click Deploy
Be patient here, can take a few minutes to get going.
Step 5. Click View App and login with your password.
Step 6. Navigate to Edit Algorithm.
Step 7. Add the Algo
Key: post_up_voted_any_whitelisted
Weight: 100
Step 7. Add Steemit Curator to Whitelist.
Step 8. Navigate to https://dashboard.heroku.com/
Step 9. Select your bot
Step 10. Navigate to the resources tab and select Heroku Scheduler
Step 11. Add node bot.js as the job and set it to run every 10 minutes, in theory you could add a second one five minutes later to have the bot run every five minutes.
Step 12. Wait, may take a while but you should start seeing votes come in on http://steemd.com/@username that you did not make. There is also a view log on the bot page if you want to check that.
Hope you enjoyed the tutorial, this feature will eventually be built into this site or a spin off of some kind. This is just getting it early, enjoy! If you run into any snags reach out to me or @personz in http://steemit.chat
