---
title: run the chatbot
---

1. You must first configure matrix login, every variable in [the_reference](../reference/chatbot_configuration.md) is mandatory.

```env
CRIEUR_MATRIX_USER=user
CRIEUR_MATRIX_PASSWORD=password
CRIEUR_MATRIX_HOMESERVER=https://homeserv.er
CRIEUR_MATRIX_ROOM=roomid
```

You can put it in a `.env` file.

2. run the chatbot
```
cargo run --release --bin crieur-chatbot
```