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+#!/sbin/openrc-run
+supervisor=supervise-daemon
+
+name="tomservobot"
+description="A custom bot for the local Matrix instance"
+
+pidfile="/var/run/$name.pid"
+user="tomservo"
+script_args="./main.py"
+script_exec="/srv/tomservobot/.venv/bin/python"
+workdir="/srv/tomservobot/src"
+
+depend() {
+    need net synapse
+}
+
+start() {
+    ebegin "Starting Tom Servo Bot"
+    cd $workdir || exit 1
+
+    start-stop-daemon --start --user "$user" --make-pidfile --pidfile "$pidfile" --chdir "$workdir" --exec "$script_exec" -- $script_args >> /var/log/tomservobot/bot.log 2>&1 &
+    eend $?
+}
+
+stop() {
+    ebegin "Stopping Tom Servo Bot"
+    start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile "$pidfile"
+    eend $?
+}