First, make the IRC object. It takes 4 or 5 arguments. Host, port, nickname, real name, and an optional channel to join.

In a loop, run the IRC object's main() method, and save the return value. The return value is a tuple containing each line's sender, target, if it was an action, and the message body.

The bot's three main methods are join(), which takes the name of a channel to join, say(), which takes a name where to send the message and the message itself, and action(), which is the same.