From 4fb839645f215bd33e0f5f131dd4cd3d65a94a3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Sima <ben@bensima.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 14:51:16 -0400
Subject: Deploy slopbot as user service

---
 README.md | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

(limited to 'README.md')

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 20a0bb4..020c310 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,19 @@ cp .env.example .env
 python main.py
 ```
 
+Deploy as a user-level systemd service:
+
+```bash
+./deploy.sh
+journalctl --user -u slopbot -f
+```
+
+To keep the user service running after logout, run once:
+
+```bash
+sudo loginctl enable-linger $USER
+```
+
 Get your `.zuliprc` from Zulip: Settings → Bots → your bot → download config.
 
 ## Architecture
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cgit v1.2.3