Split RSS bots into their own category

New RSS_TYPES category with a /rss-bots page, sidebar entry, homepage tile, and an
explanation that RSS bots post a feed to a channel — share the channel link, not
the user. Remove rss from the Bots page (types table + create dropdown); the RSS
Bots page has a '+ New RSS Bot' button that only creates rss bots, with feed URL +
per hour/day/week fields shown directly (no bot-type select).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

manager/main.py

@@ -71,9 +71,11 @@ def _enrich(profiles: list[dict]) -> list[dict]:
 
 
 def _category(bot_type: str) -> str:
-    """Which sidebar category a profile belongs to: users / businesses / bots."""
+    """Which sidebar category a profile belongs to: users / businesses / rss-bots / bots."""
     if bot_type in pm.BUSINESS_TYPES:
         return "businesses"
+    if bot_type in pm.RSS_TYPES:
+        return "rss-bots"
     if bot_type in pm.USER_TYPES:
         return "users"
     return "bots"
@@ -144,6 +146,17 @@ async def bots_page(request: Request):
     })
 
 
+@app.get("/rss-bots", response_class=HTMLResponse)
+async def rss_bots_page(request: Request):
+    if redir := _redirect_if_unauth(request):
+        return redir
+    items = _enrich([p for p in db.list_profiles() if p["bot_type"] in pm.RSS_TYPES])
+    return TEMPLATES.TemplateResponse(request, "list.html", {
+        "tab": "rss-bots", "items": items, "create_types": pm.RSS_TYPES,
+        "nav_active": "rss-bots",
+    })
+
+
 RELAY_KINDS = {"chat": "Chat Relay", "file": "File Relay", "message": "Message Relay"}
 
 

manager/profiles.py

@@ -139,10 +139,11 @@ def group_member_count(g: dict) -> int:
     return g.get("groupSummary", {}).get("currentMembers", 0)
 
 
-BOT_TYPES      = ["echo", "llm", "rss", "crypto", "broadcast", "support", "directory", "deadmans"]
+BOT_TYPES      = ["echo", "llm", "crypto", "broadcast", "support", "directory", "deadmans"]
 USER_TYPES     = ["user"]
 BUSINESS_TYPES = ["business"]  # cli accounts with a business address (per-customer group chats)
-ALL_TYPES      = BOT_TYPES + USER_TYPES + BUSINESS_TYPES
+RSS_TYPES      = ["rss"]       # feed bots that post to a channel (their own category)
+ALL_TYPES      = BOT_TYPES + USER_TYPES + BUSINESS_TYPES + RSS_TYPES
 
 
 @dataclass

manager/templates/base.html

@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@
       <!-- Group 1: accounts -->
       <a href="/users"    {% if nav_active == 'users'    %}class="active"{% endif %}><span class="ico"><i class="fa-solid fa-user"></i></span><span class="lbl">Users</span></a>
       <a href="/bots"     {% if nav_active == 'bots'     %}class="active"{% endif %}><span class="ico"><i class="fa-solid fa-robot"></i></span><span class="lbl">Bots</span></a>
+      <a href="/rss-bots" {% if nav_active == 'rss-bots' %}class="active"{% endif %}><span class="ico"><i class="fa-solid fa-rss"></i></span><span class="lbl">RSS Bots</span></a>
       <a href="/businesses" {% if nav_active == 'businesses' %}class="active"{% endif %}><span class="ico"><i class="fa-solid fa-briefcase"></i></span><span class="lbl">Business Groups</span></a>
       <a href="https://simplex.chat/file/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="ico"><i class="fa-solid fa-upload"></i></span><span class="lbl">File Upload</span></a>
       <!-- Group 2: relays -->

manager/templates/home.html

@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
     <span class="t-ico"><i class="fa-solid fa-robot"></i></span>
     <span class="t-title">Bots</span>
   </a>
+  <a class="tile" href="/rss-bots">
+    <span class="t-ico"><i class="fa-solid fa-rss"></i></span>
+    <span class="t-title">RSS Bots</span>
+  </a>
   <a class="tile" href="/businesses">
     <span class="t-ico"><i class="fa-solid fa-briefcase"></i></span>
     <span class="t-title">Business Groups</span>

manager/templates/list.html

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 {% import "_macros.html" as ui %}
-{% block title %}{{ 'Business Groups' if tab == 'businesses' else tab | title }} — SimpleX Manager{% endblock %}
+{% block title %}{{ 'Business Groups' if tab == 'businesses' else ('RSS Bots' if tab == 'rss-bots' else tab | title) }} — SimpleX Manager{% endblock %}
 
 {% block head %}
 <style>
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block content %}
-{% set new_label = 'User' if tab == 'users' else ('Business Group' if tab == 'businesses' else 'Bot') %}
+{% set new_label = 'User' if tab == 'users' else ('Business Group' if tab == 'businesses' else ('RSS Bot' if tab == 'rss-bots' else 'Bot')) %}
-{% set page_title = 'Business Groups' if tab == 'businesses' else tab | title %}
+{% set page_title = 'Business Groups' if tab == 'businesses' else ('RSS Bots' if tab == 'rss-bots' else tab | title) %}
 <div class="flex-between" style="margin-bottom: 24px;">
   <h1 style="margin:0;">{{ page_title }}</h1>
   <button class="btn btn-primary" onclick="openCreate()">
@@ -49,13 +49,23 @@
 </div>
 {% endif %}
 
+{% if tab == 'rss-bots' %}
+<div class="card bot-types-card" style="margin-bottom:24px;">
+  <h2 style="font-size:15px;margin-bottom:8px;">RSS Bots</h2>
+  <p class="muted" style="font-size:13px;">
+    RSS bots read from an RSS/Atom feed and post new items to a channel. To receive a feed,
+    share the bot's <strong>channel</strong> link with subscribers — open the bot and copy its
+    <strong>channel</strong> link, <strong>not</strong> the user address.
+  </p>
+</div>
+{% endif %}
+
 {% if tab == 'bots' %}
 <div class="card bot-types-card" style="margin-bottom:24px;">
   <h2 style="font-size:15px;margin-bottom:12px;">Available bot types</h2>
   <table>
     <tr><td><span class="tag">echo</span></td><td class="muted">Repeats every message back to the sender — handy for testing a connection end to end.</td></tr>
     <tr><td><span class="tag">llm</span></td><td class="muted">Chat with a local or remote LLM (OpenAI-compatible, e.g. Ollama). Give it context, it replies to your messages.</td></tr>
-    <tr><td><span class="tag">rss</span></td><td class="muted">Watches an RSS/Atom feed and broadcasts new posts to a channel it creates. Subscribers join the channel to receive them.</td></tr>
     <tr><td><span class="tag">crypto</span></td><td class="muted">Streams selected crypto prices (CoinGecko) to a channel on an interval. Pick coins &amp; currencies below.</td></tr>
     <tr><td><span class="tag">broadcast</span></td><td class="muted">Relays messages from authorized publishers out to all of the bot's contacts.</td></tr>
     <tr><td><span class="tag">support</span></td><td class="muted">Business inbox — auto-replies with a welcome message and collects incoming inquiries.</td></tr>
@@ -108,6 +118,9 @@
   {% elif tab == 'businesses' %}
   <strong>No business groups yet</strong>
   <p>Create a business group; each customer who connects gets their own group chat.</p>
+  {% elif tab == 'rss-bots' %}
+  <strong>No RSS bots yet</strong>
+  <p>Create an RSS bot to post a feed to a channel.</p>
   {% else %}
   <strong>No bots yet</strong>
   <p>Bots can echo messages, broadcast to subscribers, or run automated tasks.</p>
@@ -140,6 +153,20 @@
       <input type="text" name="welcome_message" placeholder="Thanks for reaching out! How can we help?">
     </div>
     {% endif %}
+    {% if tab == 'rss-bots' %}
+    <div class="field">
+      <label>Feed URL</label>
+      <input type="text" name="feed_url" placeholder="https://example.com/feed.xml">
+    </div>
+    <div class="field">
+      <label>How often to check the feed</label>
+      <div class="chk-grid">
+        <label class="chk"><input type="radio" name="rss_poll" value="3600" checked> Per hour</label>
+        <label class="chk"><input type="radio" name="rss_poll" value="86400"> Per day</label>
+        <label class="chk"><input type="radio" name="rss_poll" value="604800"> Per week</label>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    {% endif %}
     {% if tab == 'bots' %}
     <div class="field">
       <label>Bot Type</label>
@@ -228,27 +255,6 @@
         <input type="text" name="prohibited_message" placeholder="Only publishers can broadcast. Your message is deleted.">
       </div>
     </div>
-    <div id="rss-fields" style="display:none;">
-      <div style="border-top:1px solid var(--border);margin:4px 0 14px;padding-top:14px;">
-        <p class="muted" style="margin-bottom:12px;">
-          The bot watches this feed and broadcasts new posts to a channel it creates.
-          Share the channel link (from the bot's profile) with subscribers — new posts
-          appear there automatically.
-        </p>
-      </div>
-      <div class="field">
-        <label>Feed URL</label>
-        <input type="text" name="feed_url" placeholder="https://example.com/feed.xml">
-      </div>
-      <div class="field">
-        <label>How often to check the feed</label>
-        <div class="chk-grid">
-          <label class="chk"><input type="radio" name="rss_poll" value="3600" checked> Per hour</label>
-          <label class="chk"><input type="radio" name="rss_poll" value="86400"> Per day</label>
-          <label class="chk"><input type="radio" name="rss_poll" value="604800"> Per week</label>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
     <div id="crypto-fields" style="display:none;">
       <div style="border-top:1px solid var(--border);margin:4px 0 14px;padding-top:14px;">
         <p class="muted" style="margin-bottom:12px;">
@@ -355,7 +361,6 @@ function onTypeChange() {
   document.getElementById('deadmans-fields').style.display = (val === 'deadmans') ? 'block' : 'none';
   document.getElementById('directory-fields').style.display = (val === 'directory') ? 'block' : 'none';
   document.getElementById('broadcast-fields').style.display = (val === 'broadcast') ? 'block' : 'none';
-  document.getElementById('rss-fields').style.display = (val === 'rss') ? 'block' : 'none';
   document.getElementById('crypto-fields').style.display = (val === 'crypto') ? 'block' : 'none';
 }
 {% endif %}