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 To run the bot simply use `node bin/tipbot` or `npm start`.
 
 ## Commands
+Commands are executed by messaging the bot. Commands that have channel:true in the config can be run with '!<command>' in the channel.
 
 | **Command** | **Arguments**     | **Description**
 |-------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------