--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/bots/bigastbot.py	Tue Jan 28 23:30:02 2025 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import zulip
+from kubernetes import client, config
+
+config.load_kube_config()
+
+
+def get_secret_api_key(email: str) -> str:
+    api = client.CoreV1Api()
+    secret = api.read_namespaced_secret('zulip-api-secrets', 'default')
+    secret_key = email.replace('@', '.')
+    return secret.data[secret_key]  # type: ignore
+
+
+class BigAstBot:
+
+    def __init__(self, email: str):
+
+        class Options:
+            zulip_api_key = get_secret_api_key(email)
+            zulip_email = email
+            zulip_site = 'https://chat.bigasterisk.com'
+            cert_bundle = None
+            client_cert = None
+            client_cert_key = None
+            insecure = False
+            verbose = True
+            zulip_client = None
+            zulip_config_file = None
+
+        self.zulip_client = zulip.init_from_options(Options())
+
+    def send_to_channel(self, channelName: str, topic: str, content: str):
+        msg = dict(type="stream",
+                   to=[channelName],
+                   topic=topic,
+                   content=content)
+        return self.zulip_client.send_message(msg)