Basil Bot: Brand Tracking & Alerts Update
Summary
On r/ukmedicalcannabis we introduce Basil, the stock bot now able to track entire brands across pharmacies, send pharmacy-specific or price-drop-only DMs, and let you turn alerts off directly from the message. The update also tidies My Alerts for clarity and adds a Report a Bug button to streamline issue reporting, making restock and price monitoring easier for patients.
Happy Wednesday!
๐ Say hello to @Basil - UKMC Bot
Our stock bot has a name at last. Basil watches Medicann, IPS and Montu around the clock, posting restocks and price changes in the stock channels and DMing you when something you're tracking moves.
This week he's learned a few new tricks:
๐ท๏ธ You can now track a whole brand
Until now you could only track products one at a time, which meant you couldn't hear about something before it existed. Now you can follow a producer instead - head to #product-notifications-signup and hit Track a Brand.
You'll be covering their whole range, across every pharmacy that stocks them. You'll get a DM when they list something new, or when anything of theirs comes back in stock.
๐ฅ Just one pharmacy, if you prefer
Most of us are only registered with one or two pharmacies, so being told about stock you can't order isn't much use. When a brand is sold in more than one place, you'll be asked which you want alerts for - or pick all of them.
๐ Price drops only
If you've had alerts telling you your medication has gone up in price, sorry about that. You can now choose price drops only, and you'll never be pinged about an increase again.
๐ Turn any alert off from the DM itself
Every alert now has a button to stop it, right there in the message. No need to come back here and hunt through your list.
๐ My Alerts has been tidied up
It was getting long and hard to read. It's now much shorter, and shows exactly what you're tracking, at which pharmacy, and what each one will ping you about.
๐ Spotted something wrong?
There's now a Report a Bug button on the panel that takes you straight to #create-a-ticket. If an alert looks wrong or you encounter any issues, please let us know.
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Your existing alerts are unchanged - nothing needs redoing.
Wishing a good rest of the week ๐