9. Command Environment Variables

Whenever Gort executes a command, it automatically injects a number of variables into the process’ execution environment.

In general, Gort-related environment variables will be prefixed with GORT_.

• GORT_BUNDLE: The name of the bundle the current command is a member of.

• GORT_CHAT_HANDLE: The chat handle of the user executing the command. This is the bare handle: a Slack user “@user” will result in a value of “user”.

• GORT_COMMAND: The name of the current command being executed. Does not include the bundle; that is, when executing the command twitter:tweet, for example, GORT_COMMAND will equal “tweet”.

• GORT_INVOCATION_ID: A unique ID string uniquely identifying the invocation.

• GORT_ROOM: The chat room where the command was invoked. This is the bare room name: if it was executed in the “#general” channel, this value would be “general”. For direct messages, this will be the string “direct”.

• GORT_SERVICE_TOKEN: A unique token for accessing Gort’s service infrastructure.

• GORT_SERVICES_ROOT: Host and port for accessing Gort’s service infrastructure.

All other environment variables (e.g., PATH, USER, etc.) are inherited from the execution container.