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+# contest-assistant
+
+A somewhat simple but feature concentrated bot to automate photography contests.
+
+## Setup
+
+```
+git clone git@github.com:Xevion/contest-assistant.git
+cd ./contest-assistant/
+# Create a virtual environment if necessary
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+python main.py
+```
+
+## Commands
+
+Default prefix is `$`, change it as you please.
+
+```
+$config prefix PREFIX
+    Changes the prefix of the bot's commands.
+
+$config submissions SUBMISSIONS_CHANNEL
+    Changes the channel moderated for submissions.
+
+$start submissions [DURATION = -1] [AUTOFORWARD = true]
+    Starts the submissions period.
+
+$start voting [DURATION = - 1]
+    Starts the voting period.
+
+$stop submissions
+    Stops the submissions period.
+
+$stop voting
+    Stops the voting period.
+
+$calculate
+    Calculates and prints a scoreboard of all submissions with the submitting user and a link to their submission.
+```
+
+## Features
+
+- [ ] Customizable prefix
+    - [ ] Ensure 1 ASCII char length
+- [ ] Adds upvote reactions automatically to the designated submissions channel
+- [ ] Deletes user's previous submissions if they upload more than one per period.
+    - [ ] Only tracks submissions per period - previous periods are ignored.
+- [ ] Removes user's previous reactions if they vote more than once.
+- [ ] Calculates the winners automatically.
+- [ ] Automatically switches between periods if a duration is specified
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 discord~=1.0.1
+
+aiosqlite~=0.16.1