diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 4057522..8fde616 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const path = require('path')
 const readline = require('readline')
 const json5 = require('json5')
 const matrix = require('matrix-js-sdk')
+const irc = require('matrix-org-irc')
 
 const createBot = require('./bot.js')
 const fileExists = require('./util/file_exists')
@@ -30,12 +31,37 @@ async function main () {
   const console = new Console({ readline: rl })
   await console.createLogFile(logdir)
 
-  const matrixClients = {}
-  for (const key in config.matrixClients) {
-    const client = matrix.createClient(config.matrixClients[key])
-    matrixClients[key] = client
+  for (const options of config.bots) {
+    // pass through the options to find irc channels
+    if (!options.irc || !config.ircClients || !config.ircClients[options.irc.client]) return
 
-    client.startClient()
+    config.ircClients[options.irc.client].channels ??= []
+    config.ircClients[options.irc.client].channels.push(options.irc.channel)
+  }
+
+  const matrixClients = {}
+  if (config.matrixClients) {
+    for (const key in config.matrixClients) {
+      const client = matrix.createClient(config.matrixClients[key])
+      matrixClients[key] = client
+
+      client.startClient()
+    }
+  }
+
+  const ircClients = {}
+  if (config.ircClients) {
+    for (const key in config.ircClients) {
+      const options = config.ircClients[key]
+      options.autoRejoin ??= true
+
+      const client = new irc.Client(options.server, options.nick, options)
+      ircClients[key] = client
+
+      client.on('motd', () => {
+        if (options.oper) client.send('oper', options.oper[0], options.oper[1])
+      })
+    }
   }
 
   const bots = []
@@ -47,6 +73,7 @@ async function main () {
       ...options
     }
     if (mergedOptions.matrix && typeof mergedOptions.matrix.client !== 'object') mergedOptions.matrix.client = matrixClients[mergedOptions.matrix.client]
+    if (mergedOptions.irc && typeof mergedOptions.irc.client !== 'object') mergedOptions.irc.client = ircClients[mergedOptions.irc.client]
 
     const bot = createBot(mergedOptions)
     bots.push(bot)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c950161..a2ebe18 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         "json5": "^2.2.3",
         "kahoot.js-api": "^2.4.0",
         "matrix-js-sdk": "^31.5.0",
+        "matrix-org-irc": "^3.0.0",
         "minecraft-protocol": "^1.26.5",
         "moment": "^2.29.1",
         "prismarine-nbt": "^2.2.0",
@@ -666,6 +667,12 @@
         "node": ">=4"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/chardet": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chardet/-/chardet-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-xVgPpulCooDjY6zH4m9YW3jbkaBe3FKIAvF5sj5t7aBNsVl2ljIE+xwJ4iNgiDZHFQvNIpjdKdVOQvvk5ZfxbQ==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/clone-response": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/clone-response/-/clone-response-1.0.2.tgz",
@@ -1823,6 +1830,18 @@
         "node": ">=10.19.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/iconv-lite": {
+      "version": "0.6.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.6.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4fCk79wshMdzMp2rH06qWrJE4iolqLhCUH+OiuIgU++RB0+94NlDL81atO7GX55uUKueo0txHNtvEyI6D7WdMw==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "safer-buffer": ">= 2.1.2 < 3.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.10.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/ieee754": {
       "version": "1.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ieee754/-/ieee754-1.2.1.tgz",
@@ -2429,6 +2448,34 @@
         "uuid": "dist/bin/uuid"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/matrix-org-irc": {
+      "version": "3.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/matrix-org-irc/-/matrix-org-irc-3.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-uSuyt7Uk9+AsrMnLoxFxqaIo+s6O0mjDT2DvUa1yS+i0oXTKagLdKbRvWrz1Zhn955oy3XdSzsk1D/uYH07+ww==",
+      "license": "GPL-3.0",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "chardet": "^2.0.0",
+        "iconv-lite": "^0.6.3",
+        "typed-emitter": "^2.1.0",
+        "utf-8-validate": "^6.0.3"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=20.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/matrix-org-irc/node_modules/utf-8-validate": {
+      "version": "6.0.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/utf-8-validate/-/utf-8-validate-6.0.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-xu9GQDeFp+eZ6LnCywXN/zBancWvOpUMzgjLPSjy4BRHSmTelvn2E0DG0o1sTiw5hkCKBHo8rwSKncfRfv2EEQ==",
+      "hasInstallScript": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "node-gyp-build": "^4.3.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=6.14.2"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/matrix-widget-api": {
       "version": "1.6.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/matrix-widget-api/-/matrix-widget-api-1.6.0.tgz",
@@ -2552,6 +2599,17 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/node-gyp-build": {
+      "version": "4.8.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gyp-build/-/node-gyp-build-4.8.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-OSs33Z9yWr148JZcbZd5WiAXhh/n9z8TxQcdMhIOlpN9AhWpLfvVFO73+m77bBABQMaY9XSvIa+qk0jlI7Gcaw==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "bin": {
+        "node-gyp-build": "bin.js",
+        "node-gyp-build-optional": "optional.js",
+        "node-gyp-build-test": "build-test.js"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/node-rsa": {
       "version": "0.4.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-rsa/-/node-rsa-0.4.2.tgz",
@@ -3242,6 +3300,16 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/rxjs": {
+      "version": "7.8.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rxjs/-/rxjs-7.8.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-AA3TVj+0A2iuIoQkWEK/tqFjBq2j+6PO6Y0zJcvzLAFhEFIO3HL0vls9hWLncZbAAbK0mar7oZ4V079I/qPMxg==",
+      "license": "Apache-2.0",
+      "optional": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "tslib": "^2.1.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/safe-buffer": {
       "version": "5.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.2.1.tgz",
@@ -3261,6 +3329,12 @@
         }
       ]
     },
+    "node_modules/safer-buffer": {
+      "version": "2.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/safer-buffer/-/safer-buffer-2.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-YZo3K82SD7Riyi0E1EQPojLz7kpepnSQI9IyPbHHg1XXXevb5dJI7tpyN2ADxGcQbHG7vcyRHk0cbwqcQriUtg==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/sdp-transform": {
       "version": "2.14.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sdp-transform/-/sdp-transform-2.14.2.tgz",
@@ -3642,6 +3716,13 @@
         "json5": "lib/cli.js"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/tslib": {
+      "version": "2.6.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-2.6.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-xNvxJEOUiWPGhUuUdQgAJPKOOJfGnIyKySOc09XkKsgdUV/3E2zvwZYdejjmRgPCgcym1juLH3226yA7sEFJKQ==",
+      "license": "0BSD",
+      "optional": true
+    },
     "node_modules/tweetnacl": {
       "version": "1.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tweetnacl/-/tweetnacl-1.0.3.tgz",
@@ -3666,6 +3747,15 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/typed-emitter": {
+      "version": "2.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typed-emitter/-/typed-emitter-2.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-g/KzbYKbH5C2vPkaXGu8DJlHrGKHLsM25Zg9WuC9pMGfuvT+X25tZQWo5fK1BjBm8+UrVE9LDCvaY0CQk+fXDA==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "optionalDependencies": {
+        "rxjs": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/unbox-primitive": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unbox-primitive/-/unbox-primitive-1.0.1.tgz",
@@ -3700,6 +3790,21 @@
         "punycode": "^2.1.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/utf-8-validate": {
+      "version": "5.0.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/utf-8-validate/-/utf-8-validate-5.0.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Z6czzLq4u8fPOyx7TU6X3dvUZVvoJmxSQ+IcrlmagKhilxlhZgxPK6C5Jqbkw1IDUmFTM+cz9QDnnLTwDz/2gQ==",
+      "hasInstallScript": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "optional": true,
+      "peer": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "node-gyp-build": "^4.3.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=6.14.2"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/util-deprecate": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/util-deprecate/-/util-deprecate-1.0.2.tgz",
@@ -4340,6 +4445,11 @@
         "supports-color": "^5.3.0"
       }
     },
+    "chardet": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chardet/-/chardet-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-xVgPpulCooDjY6zH4m9YW3jbkaBe3FKIAvF5sj5t7aBNsVl2ljIE+xwJ4iNgiDZHFQvNIpjdKdVOQvvk5ZfxbQ=="
+    },
     "clone-response": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/clone-response/-/clone-response-1.0.2.tgz",
@@ -5158,6 +5268,14 @@
         "resolve-alpn": "^1.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "iconv-lite": {
+      "version": "0.6.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.6.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4fCk79wshMdzMp2rH06qWrJE4iolqLhCUH+OiuIgU++RB0+94NlDL81atO7GX55uUKueo0txHNtvEyI6D7WdMw==",
+      "requires": {
+        "safer-buffer": ">= 2.1.2 < 3.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "ieee754": {
       "version": "1.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ieee754/-/ieee754-1.2.1.tgz",
@@ -5603,6 +5721,27 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "matrix-org-irc": {
+      "version": "3.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/matrix-org-irc/-/matrix-org-irc-3.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-uSuyt7Uk9+AsrMnLoxFxqaIo+s6O0mjDT2DvUa1yS+i0oXTKagLdKbRvWrz1Zhn955oy3XdSzsk1D/uYH07+ww==",
+      "requires": {
+        "chardet": "^2.0.0",
+        "iconv-lite": "^0.6.3",
+        "typed-emitter": "^2.1.0",
+        "utf-8-validate": "^6.0.3"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "utf-8-validate": {
+          "version": "6.0.4",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/utf-8-validate/-/utf-8-validate-6.0.4.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-xu9GQDeFp+eZ6LnCywXN/zBancWvOpUMzgjLPSjy4BRHSmTelvn2E0DG0o1sTiw5hkCKBHo8rwSKncfRfv2EEQ==",
+          "requires": {
+            "node-gyp-build": "^4.3.0"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "matrix-widget-api": {
       "version": "1.6.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/matrix-widget-api/-/matrix-widget-api-1.6.0.tgz",
@@ -5702,6 +5841,11 @@
         "whatwg-url": "^5.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node-gyp-build": {
+      "version": "4.8.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gyp-build/-/node-gyp-build-4.8.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-OSs33Z9yWr148JZcbZd5WiAXhh/n9z8TxQcdMhIOlpN9AhWpLfvVFO73+m77bBABQMaY9XSvIa+qk0jlI7Gcaw=="
+    },
     "node-rsa": {
       "version": "0.4.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-rsa/-/node-rsa-0.4.2.tgz",
@@ -6207,11 +6351,25 @@
         "glob": "^7.1.3"
       }
     },
+    "rxjs": {
+      "version": "7.8.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rxjs/-/rxjs-7.8.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-AA3TVj+0A2iuIoQkWEK/tqFjBq2j+6PO6Y0zJcvzLAFhEFIO3HL0vls9hWLncZbAAbK0mar7oZ4V079I/qPMxg==",
+      "optional": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "tslib": "^2.1.0"
+      }
+    },
     "safe-buffer": {
       "version": "5.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.2.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-rp3So07KcdmmKbGvgaNxQSJr7bGVSVk5S9Eq1F+ppbRo70+YeaDxkw5Dd8NPN+GD6bjnYm2VuPuCXmpuYvmCXQ=="
     },
+    "safer-buffer": {
+      "version": "2.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/safer-buffer/-/safer-buffer-2.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-YZo3K82SD7Riyi0E1EQPojLz7kpepnSQI9IyPbHHg1XXXevb5dJI7tpyN2ADxGcQbHG7vcyRHk0cbwqcQriUtg=="
+    },
     "sdp-transform": {
       "version": "2.14.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sdp-transform/-/sdp-transform-2.14.2.tgz",
@@ -6485,6 +6643,12 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "tslib": {
+      "version": "2.6.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-2.6.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-xNvxJEOUiWPGhUuUdQgAJPKOOJfGnIyKySOc09XkKsgdUV/3E2zvwZYdejjmRgPCgcym1juLH3226yA7sEFJKQ==",
+      "optional": true
+    },
     "tweetnacl": {
       "version": "1.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tweetnacl/-/tweetnacl-1.0.3.tgz",
@@ -6503,6 +6667,14 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-fest/-/type-fest-0.8.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-4dbzIzqvjtgiM5rw1k5rEHtBANKmdudhGyBEajN01fEyhaAIhsoKNy6y7+IN93IfpFtwY9iqi7kD+xwKhQsNJA=="
     },
+    "typed-emitter": {
+      "version": "2.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typed-emitter/-/typed-emitter-2.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-g/KzbYKbH5C2vPkaXGu8DJlHrGKHLsM25Zg9WuC9pMGfuvT+X25tZQWo5fK1BjBm8+UrVE9LDCvaY0CQk+fXDA==",
+      "requires": {
+        "rxjs": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "unbox-primitive": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unbox-primitive/-/unbox-primitive-1.0.1.tgz",
@@ -6531,6 +6703,16 @@
         "punycode": "^2.1.0"
       }
     },
+    "utf-8-validate": {
+      "version": "5.0.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/utf-8-validate/-/utf-8-validate-5.0.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Z6czzLq4u8fPOyx7TU6X3dvUZVvoJmxSQ+IcrlmagKhilxlhZgxPK6C5Jqbkw1IDUmFTM+cz9QDnnLTwDz/2gQ==",
+      "optional": true,
+      "peer": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "node-gyp-build": "^4.3.0"
+      }
+    },
     "util-deprecate": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/util-deprecate/-/util-deprecate-1.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4a89cb1..2d176ed 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     "json5": "^2.2.3",
     "kahoot.js-api": "^2.4.0",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "^31.5.0",
+    "matrix-org-irc": "^3.0.0",
     "minecraft-protocol": "^1.26.5",
     "moment": "^2.29.1",
     "prismarine-nbt": "^2.2.0",
diff --git a/plugins/anti_stuff.js b/plugins/anti_stuff.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b1d97e5..0000000
--- a/plugins/anti_stuff.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-function inject (bot) {
-  bot.on('login', () => {
-    bot.chat.queue.push('/commandspy:commandspy on')
-    // bot.chat.queue.push('/essentials:vanish enable')
-    bot.chat.queue.push('/essentials:god enable')
-  })
-
-  bot.on('cspy', (player, command) => {
-    if (command.startsWith('/')) { command = command.slice(1) }
-    const args = command.split(' ')
-    command = args.shift()
-
-    switch (command) {
-      case 'icu':
-      case 'icontrolu:icu':
-        if (args[0] === 'control' && (bot.username.startsWith(args[1]) || args[1] === bot.uuid)) { bot.core.run(`essentials:sudo ${player.uuid} icontrolu:icu stop`) }
-    }
-  })
-
-  bot.on('chat', (message) => {
-    if (/\u00a76Vanish for .*\u00a76: disabled/.test(message.raw)) {
-      bot.core.run(`sudo ${bot.uuid} essentials:vanish enable`)
-    } else if (/§6God mode§c disabled§6./.test(message.raw)) {
-      bot.core.run(`sudo ${bot.uuid} essentials:god enable`)
-    } else if (/§rSuccessfully disabled CommandSpy/.test(message.raw)) {
-      bot.core.run(`sudo ${bot.uuid} commandspy:commandspy on`)
-    } else if (/§6Your nickname is now .*§6./.test(message.raw)) {
-      bot.core.run(`essentials:nick ${bot.uuid} off`)
-    }
-  })
-
-  bot.on('player_added', (player) => {
-    if (player.uuid === bot.uuid && player.username !== bot.username) bot.core.run(`essentials:sudo ${bot.uuid} username ${bot.username}`)
-  })
-
-  bot.on('packet.game_state_change', (packet) => {
-    switch (packet.reason) {
-      case 3:
-        if (packet.gameMode !== 1) { bot.chat.queue.push('/minecraft:gamemode creative @s[type=player]') }
-        break
-      case 4:
-        bot._client.write('client_command', { payload: 0 })
-    }
-  })
-
-  bot.on('packet.update_health', (packet) => {
-    if (packet.health <= 0) { bot._client.write('client_command', { payload: 0 }) }
-  })
-
-  bot.on('packet.declare_commands', () => bot.chat.queue.push(bot.brand === 'kaboom' ? '/op @s[type=player]' : '/trigger opme')) // assumes that the vanilla server has an 'opme' trigger
-}
-
-module.exports = inject
diff --git a/plugins/chat.js b/plugins/chat.js
index 7b2f071..f0f1baf 100644
--- a/plugins/chat.js
+++ b/plugins/chat.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const plainStringify = require('../util/chat/stringify/plain')
 const colorCodeStringify = require('../util/chat/stringify/color_code')
 const htmlStringify = require('../util/chat/stringify/html')
 const ansiStringify = require('../util/chat/stringify/ansi')
+const ircStringify = require('../util/chat/stringify/irc')
 
 const vanillaParser = require('../util/chat/message_parser/vanilla')
 const kaboomParser = require('../util/chat/message_parser/kaboom')
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ function inject (bot) {
   setInterval(() => {
     if (!bot.loggedIn) return
 
+    bot.emit('chat_queue_tick')
+
     const message = bot.chat.queue.shift()
     if (message != null) {
       if (message[0] === '/') bot.chat.command(message.substring(1))
@@ -118,6 +121,7 @@ function inject (bot) {
     bot.emit('chat_color_code', colorCodeStringify(message, stringifyOptions), message)
     bot.emit('chat_ansi', ansiStringify(message, stringifyOptions), message)
     bot.emit('chat_html', htmlStringify(message, stringifyOptions), message)
+    bot.emit('chat_irc', ircStringify(message, stringifyOptions), message)
 
     if (bot.chat.shouldLog(message)) bot.console.log(message)
   })
diff --git a/plugins/irc.js b/plugins/irc.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8951b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/irc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+const irc = require('matrix-org-irc')
+const ircStringify = require('../util/chat/stringify/irc')
+const CommandSource = require('../util/command/command_source')
+
+function inject (bot, options) {
+  if (!options.irc?.enabled) return
+
+  bot.irc = {
+    client: options.irc.client,
+    channel: options.irc.channel,
+    commandPrefix: options.irc.commandPrefix,
+    receivedMotd: false
+  }
+
+  if (!bot.irc.client) {
+    bot.irc.client = new irc.Client(options.irc.server, options.irc.nick, options.irc)
+  }
+
+  const ircPrefix = {
+    text: 'ChipmunkBot IRC',
+    hoverEvent: {
+      action: 'show_text',
+      value: [
+        'Server: ',
+        String(bot.irc.client.server),
+        '\nChannel: ',
+        String(bot.irc.channel)
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+
+  bot.on('chat_irc', (string, msg) => {
+    if (!bot.irc.receivedMotd || !bot.chat.shouldLog(msg)) return
+    bot.irc.client.say(bot.irc.channel, string)
+  })
+
+  bot.irc.client.on('motd', () => {
+    bot.irc.receivedMotd = true
+    bot.irc.client.once('end', () => { bot.irc.receivedMotd = false })
+  })
+
+  bot.irc.client.on('message' + bot.irc.channel, (sender, msg, command) => {
+    const senderText = {
+      text: sender,
+      insertion: command.prefix,
+      hoverEvent: {
+        action: 'show_text',
+        value: command.prefix
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (msg.startsWith(bot.irc.commandPrefix)) {
+      function sendFeedback (text, broadcast) {
+        const string = ircStringify(text, { lang: bot.registry?.language })
+        bot.irc.client.say(bot.irc.channel, sender + ': ' + string)
+      }
+
+      const source = new CommandSource({ bot, permissionLevel: 0, sendFeedback, displayName: senderText })
+      bot.commands.execute(msg.substring(bot.irc.commandPrefix.length), source)
+
+      return
+    }
+
+    bot.fancyMsg(ircPrefix, senderText, msg)
+  })
+
+  bot.irc.client.on('error', error => bot.console.error('IRC Error:\n' + error.stack || error))
+}
+
+module.exports = inject
diff --git a/plugins/self_care.js b/plugins/self_care.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c194c2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/self_care.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+const util = require('util')
+
+const COMMANDSPY_ENABLED_MESSAGE = { extra: [ 'Successfully ', 'enabled', ' CommandSpy' ], text: '' }
+const COMMANDSPY_DISABLED_MESSAGE = { extra: [ 'Successfully ', 'disabled', ' CommandSpy' ], text: '' }
+
+function inject (bot) {
+  let permissionLevel, gamemode, commandSpyEnabled, vanished, godEnabled
+
+  bot.on('packet.login', packet => {console.log(packet)
+    permissionLevel = 0
+    gamemode = packet.gameMode
+    commandSpyEnabled = false
+    vanished = false
+    godEnabled = false
+  })
+
+  bot.on('chat_queue_tick', () => {
+    if (permissionLevel === 0) bot.chat.queue.unshift('/op @s[type=player]')
+    else if (gamemode !== 1) bot.chat.queue.unshift('/gamemode creative')
+    else if (!commandSpyEnabled) bot.chat.queue.unshift('/c on')
+  })
+
+  bot.on('packet.entity_status', packet => {
+    if (packet.entityStatus < 24 || packet.entityStatus > 28) return
+    permissionLevel = packet.entityStatus - 24
+  })
+
+  bot.on('system_chat', (message) => {
+    if (util.isDeepStrictEqual(message, COMMANDSPY_ENABLED_MESSAGE)) commandSpyEnabled = true
+    else if (util.isDeepStrictEqual(message, COMMANDSPY_DISABLED_MESSAGE)) commandSpyEnabled = false
+  })
+
+  bot.on('player_added', (player) => {
+    if (player.uuid === bot.uuid && player.username !== bot.username) bot.core.run(`essentials:sudo ${bot.uuid} username ${bot.username}`)
+  })
+
+  bot.on('packet.game_state_change', (packet) => {
+    switch (packet.reason) {
+      case 3:
+        gamemode = packet.gameMode
+        break
+      case 4:
+        bot._client.write('client_command', { payload: 0 })
+    }
+  })
+
+  bot.on('packet.respawn', packet => {
+    gamemode = packet.gameMode
+  })
+
+  bot.on('packet.update_health', (packet) => {
+    if (packet.health <= 0) bot._client.write('client_command', { payload: 0 })
+  })
+}
+
+module.exports = inject
diff --git a/util/chat/stringify/irc.js b/util/chat/stringify/irc.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b85f56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/chat/stringify/irc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+const { colors, formatting, reset } = require('../formatting.json')
+const { normalize, intToRgb, getChangedFormatting } = require('../utility')
+
+const colormap = {
+  white: '\x0F\x0300',
+  black: '\x0F\x0301',
+  dark_blue: '\x0F\x0302',
+  dark_green: '\x0F\x0303',
+  red: '\x0F\x0304',
+  dark_red: '\x0F\x0305',
+  dark_purple: '\x0F\x0306',
+  gold: '\x0F\x0307',
+  yellow: '\x0F\x0308',
+  green: '\x0F\x0309',
+  dark_aqua: '\x0F\x0310',
+  aqua: '\x0F\x0311',
+  blue: '\x0F\x0312',
+  light_purple: '\x0F\x0313',
+  dark_gray: '\x0F\x0314',
+  gray: '\x0F\x0315',
+}
+const formatmap = {
+  bold: '\x02',
+  underlined: '\x1F',
+  italic: '\x1D',
+  strikethrough: '\x1E',
+  obfuscated: ''
+}
+const resetCode = '\x0F'
+
+const colorcodemap = Object.fromEntries(colors.map(color => [color.code, colormap[color.name]]))
+const formatcodemap = Object.fromEntries(formatting.map(format => [format.code, formatmap[format.name]]))
+
+function ircStringify (text, { lang = {}, previousText, parent } = {}) {
+  text = normalize(text)
+
+  let string = getFormatting(text, previousText, parent)
+
+  if (text.text != null) string += preprocessText(text.text)
+  else if (text.translate != null) {
+    let format
+    if (Object.hasOwn(lang, text.translate)) format = lang[text.translate]
+    else if (text.fallback != null) format = text.fallback
+    else format = text.translate
+
+    const _with = text.with || []
+    let i = 0
+
+    string += preprocessText(format).replace(/%(?:(\d+)\$)?(s|%)/g, (g0, g1) => {
+      if (g0 === '%%') return '%'
+
+      const idx = g1 ? parseInt(g1) : i++
+      if (_with[idx]) {
+        return ircStringify(_with[idx], { lang, previousText: text, parent: text }) + getFormatting(text, _with[idx], parent)
+      }
+
+      return ''
+    })
+  }
+  else if (text.selector != null) string += preprocessText(text.selector)
+  else if (text.keybind) {
+    // TODO
+  }
+
+  if (text.extra) {
+    let previousChild = text
+    for (const child of text.extra) {
+      string += ircStringify(child, { lang, previousText: previousChild, parent: text })
+      previousChild = child
+    }
+  }
+
+  return string
+}
+
+function getFormatting (text, previousText, parent) {
+  const format = getChangedFormatting(text, previousText, parent)
+  let string = ''
+
+  if ('color' in format) {
+    if (format.color && format.color[0] === '#') {
+      const hex = format.color.substring(1).padStart(6, '0')
+      string += '\x0F\x04' + hex
+    }
+    else if (colormap[format.color]) string += colormap[format.color]
+    else if (parent) string += resetCode
+  }
+
+  if (format.bold) string += formatmap.bold
+  if (format.italic) string += formatmap.italic
+  if (format.underlined) string += formatmap.underlined
+  if (format.strikethrough) string += formatmap.strikethrough
+  if (format.obfuscated) string += formatmap.obfuscated
+
+  return string
+}
+
+function preprocessText (input) {
+  let string = ''
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < input.length; i++) {
+    const c = input[i]
+
+    if (c === '§') {
+      if ((i + 1) >= input.length) break
+
+      const code = input.substring(i, i + 2)
+      i++
+
+      if (colorcodemap[code]) string += colorcodemap[code]
+      else if (formatcodemap[code]) string += formatcodemap[code]
+      else if (code === '\xa7r') string += resetCode
+
+      continue
+    }
+    else string += c
+  }
+
+  return string
+}
+
+module.exports = ircStringify