diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.pyc
+rtmbot.conf
diff --git a/plugins/example/counter.py b/plugins/example/counter.py
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+++ b/plugins/example/counter.py
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+import time
+crontable = []
+outputs = []
+
+#crontable.append([.5,"add_number"])
+crontable.append([5,"say_time"])
+
+def say_time():
+    outputs.append(["D030GJLM2", time.time()])
diff --git a/plugins/example/repeat.py b/plugins/example/repeat.py
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+++ b/plugins/example/repeat.py
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+import time
+crontable = []
+outputs = []
+
+def process_message(data):
+    print data
+    if data['channel'].startswith("D"):
+        outputs.append([data['channel'], "from repeat1: " + data['text']])
+
diff --git a/plugins/example/repeat2.py b/plugins/example/repeat2.py
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+++ b/plugins/example/repeat2.py
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+import time
+crontable = []
+outputs = []
+
+def process_message(data):
+    print data
+    if data['channel'].startswith("D"):
+        outputs.append([data['channel'], "from repeat2: " + data['text']])
+
diff --git a/rtmbot.py b/rtmbot.py
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+++ b/rtmbot.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import glob
+import yaml
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+
+from slackclient import SlackClient
+
+class RtmBot(object):
+    def __init__(self, token):
+        self.token = token
+        self.bot_plugins = []
+        self.slack_client = None
+    def connect(self):
+        """Convenience method that creates Server instance"""
+        self.slack_client = SlackClient(self.token)
+        self.slack_client.connect()
+    def start(self):
+        self.connect()
+        self.load_plugins()
+        while True:
+            for reply in self.slack_client.read():
+                self.input(reply)
+                #print self.bot_plugins
+            self.crons()
+            self.output()
+            time.sleep(.1)
+    def input(self, data):
+        if "type" in data:
+            function_name = "process_" + data["type"]
+            for plugin in self.bot_plugins:
+                plugin.do(function_name, data)
+    def output(self):
+        for plugin in self.bot_plugins:
+            for output in plugin.do_output():
+                channel = self.slack_client.server.channels.find(output[0])
+                channel.send_message("%s" % output[1])
+            #plugin.do_output()
+            pass
+            #print self.bot_plugins[plugin].replies()
+    def crons(self):
+        for plugin in self.bot_plugins:
+            plugin.do_jobs()
+            pass
+                #print job
+    def load_plugins(self):
+        path = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])
+        sys.path.insert(0, path + "/plugins")
+        for plugin in glob.glob(path+'/plugins/*.py'):
+            name = plugin.split('/')[-1].rstrip('.py')
+#            try:
+            self.bot_plugins.append(Plugin(name))
+#            except:
+#                print "error loading plugins"
+
+class Plugin(object):
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        self.name = name
+        self.jobs = []
+        self.module = __import__(name)
+        self.register_jobs()
+        self.outputs = []
+    def register_jobs(self):
+        if 'crontable' in dir(self.module):
+            for interval, function in self.module.crontable:
+                self.jobs.append(Job(interval, eval("self.module."+function)))
+            print self.module.crontable
+    def do(self, function_name, data):
+        if function_name in dir(self.module):
+            eval("self.module."+function_name)(data)
+    def do_jobs(self):
+        for job in self.jobs:
+            job.check()
+    def do_output(self):
+        output = []
+        while True:
+            if 'outputs' in dir(self.module):
+                if len(self.module.outputs) > 0:
+                    output.append(self.module.outputs.pop(0))
+                else:
+                    break
+        return output
+
+class Job(object):
+    def __init__(self, interval, function):
+        self.function = function
+        self.interval = interval
+        self.lastrun = 0
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "%s %s %s" % (self.function, self.interval, self.lastrun)
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return self.__str__()
+    def check(self):
+        if self.lastrun + self.interval < time.time():
+            self.function()
+            self.lastrun = time.time()
+            pass
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    proc = {k[8:]: v for k, v in globals().items() if k.startswith("process_")}
+    config = yaml.load(file('rtmbot.conf', 'r'))
+
+    bot = RtmBot(config["SLACK_TOKEN"])
+    bot.start()
+