The same AI that lets bots chat now lets them take orders. Whisper a bot you own in plain language — “follow me”, “wait here a sec”, “attack that” — in any language, typos and all, and it does it and answers in character. No command syntax, no magic words. The classic $-prefixed bot commands still work exactly as before; this just adds a natural way to give them.

Turn it on

It's off by default and rides on the AI-chat system, so both switches need to be on. In mod_wowlegends.conf (or the App's Realm Tuning):

WowLegends.AiChat.Enabled    = 1   # AI chat must be on (bots need a brain to understand you)
WowLegends.AiCommand.Enabled = 1   # let players command their own bots in plain language

If you haven't set up AI chat yet, start with the AI Chat guide — hosted AI, your own Ollama, or your own API key. Talk-and-command works with any of them.

Just talk to your bot

Whisper a bot you own — in any language, any phrasing — and it obeys, answering you in character:

/w Hikafer follow me
/w Hikafer wait here a sec ok?
/w Hikafer attack that        # target an enemy first
/w Hikafer folge mir          # any language works — it even replies in German

Common phrases like “follow me”, “stay here” and “attack” are recognized instantly and for free — no AI round-trip. Anything less obvious is understood by the AI (one order = one reply, i.e. one hosted credit, or free on your own Ollama). Ask a question — “will you follow me later?” — and you get a conversation, not obedience.

What it understands — 14 orders

However you phrase them, orders map to these actions:

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  follow, stay, home (go home / stop following), reset
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  attack, tank, pull (tank bots only) — these act on your current target, so target an enemy first
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  flee, grind (go farm nearby), heal (healers prioritise you)
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  summon, revive, release, drink (sit and drink/eat)

Limits & safety

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  Only your own bots obey you. Whispers to bots you don't own stay ordinary conversation.
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  Bots know their limits — and say so. Ask a rogue to pull and you'll get “I'm a rogue, not a tank. Go find a warrior to do that.” Never a false “on it”, never silence.
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  Safe by construction. A strict whitelist means even a strange AI reply can, at worst, make a bot talk — never take an action you didn't ask for.
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  Understanding scales with your model. Hosted and large models are near-perfect; a tiny local model may just answer in chat instead of acting — a safe fail, never a wrong one.

Server owner notes config

Turn it on with WowLegends.AiCommand.Enabled = 1 (needs WowLegends.AiChat.Enabled = 1), then restart the worldserver or .reload config. There's nothing else to tune — players opt in simply by talking to their bots. Every player keeps the classic $-prefixed bot commands whether this is on or off.

Flip the switch, whisper your bot in your own words, and let it get to work. It's listening.