The "center" subcommand moves the geographic center of an area. The size of the area remains the same. The parameters are:

To delete an area, use the "delete" subcommand. You don't have to type the exact name of the area to be deleted. The research bot just needs enough information to uniquely identify the area to be deleted.

Before deleting the area, the research bot will prompt you to confirm the deletion.

To see the full details for an area, use the "details" subcommand.

To see a list of all areas, use the /area list command.

To see a list of all areas that have been created, use the "list" subcommand. If you would like to see the full details for a single area, use the /area details command.

Every Pokémon GO community can create one or more geographic areas. Before tasks can be published to a Telegram group or channel, an area must be specified to indicate where the tasks are located.

Area management is done with the /area command. Use the "new" subcommand to create a new area. The parameters are:

The "radius" subcommand changes the size of an area. The parameters are:

The /communityname command sets the name of your local Pokémon GO community. Using this command is optional, but recommended.

Other users who report tasks with the Research Bot will see this community name. When they see a community name that they recognize, they will feel more comfortable knowing they are connecting to the right community.

To see your current community name, use the /communityname command without any parameters.

The /delete command permanently deletes a task. The task must have been reported on the same day (otherwise it would have been archived). Also, the task must have been reported by someone in your community.

The single parameter of the /delete command is a unique task ID. You can find IDs of your community tasks on the admin map (find a link to the admin map with the /links command.)

Once the task is deleted, it is removed from the field research map.

The result of the /export command is a unique key for your group. This key can be used to restore a lost connection to your research list, or to migrate PokeResearchAdminBot to a different chat.

The export key is essentially a password, so be sure to keep it secret and in a safe location. Do not share this value with other members of your community. Also, because everyone in the chat with PokeResearchAdminBot can invoke /export, be sure you trust all the members in the chat.

Task groups separate certain tasks from the entire list of tasks. The way these tasks are differentiated are by their rewards. For example, a task group can be created that contains all tasks that reward Rare Candy, Larvitar, or any combination of rewards.

Using the "add" subcommand to add a reward item to a task group:

By default, all tasks with the given reward are assigned to the task group regardless of quantity. However, you can also indicate the minimum number of rewards that a task must have in order to be assigned to the task group.

Using the "add" subcommand to add a specific Pokémon Encounter to a task group:

If you want to assign all Pokémon Encounters, regardless of the type of Pokémon, to the task group, use the "add" command with "pokemon" as the parameter instead.

To delete a task group, use the "delete" subcommand. You don't have to type the exact name of the group to be deleted. The research bot just needs enough information to uniquely identify the group to be deleted.

Before deleting the group, the research bot will prompt you to confirm the deletion.

To see the full details for a single task group, use the "details" subcommand. This will include all the rewards and Pokémon added with the /group add command.

To see a list of all task groups, use the /group list command.

To see a list of all task groups that have been created, use the "list" subcommand. If you would like to see the full details for a single task group, use the /group details command.

Every Pokémon GO community can create one or more task groups. Each group can be configured with different types of tasks and those tasks can be published to specific Telegram channels when a member reports them. The groups can also be used as filters on your community research map.

Group management is done with the /group command. Use the "new" subcommand to create a new group.

Using the "remove" subcommand to remove a specific reward item from a group:

Using the "remove" subcommand to remove a specific Pokémon from a group:

The /import command takes an export key and moves administrative capabilities from an old chat to the current chat. There are several scenarios for wanting to do this.

First, you may be in the process of reorganizing your Telegram groups, and you want to move PokeResearchAdminBot, and all its capabilities, to a new group. The first step of this process is to run /export in the old Telegram group. (You did this anyway because the tutorial said to do it as one of the first steps in setting up the PokeResearchAdminBot, right?!) Then, go to the new Telegram group, add PokeResearchAdminBot to the group, and run the /import command with the export key.

The second scenario is when you've somehow lost access to PokeResearchAdminBot's Telegram group. Perhaps someone accidentally deleted your Telegram group. The steps for recovery are exactly the same as the first scenario because you remembered to backup the export key, right? (You should be getting the hint to backup the export key by now.)

The third scenario is when you just need to change the export key. This could happen because perhaps a member was kicked out of the admin group and you want to make sure they don't have the export key.

To change the key, simply execute the /import command in the same Telegram Group. Remember to make note of the new export key, and of course, back it up in a secret, secure place.

The Research Bot supports multiple languages besides English. To change the bot's language, use the /language command. You can either use your native language name (e.g. "Deutsch") or the English name of the language (e.g. "German").

To see your current language, use the /language command with no parameters.

The Research Bot supports the following languages:

		Language	English Name
		English	English
		Français	French
		Deutsch	German
		bahasa Indonesia	Indonesian
		Português	Portuguese
		Español	Spanish

The /links command prints a list of useful links that you can use inside or outside of Telegram. You can choose to provide these links to your community to interact with the various PokeResearch bots.

In the following example, MYREADKEY will automatically be replaced with your /readkey.

Some tasks can reward more than one type of Pokémon. Fortunately, everyone who receives a task from the same PokéStop will receive the exact same Pokémon.

To specify which Pokémon was received from a specific PokéStop, use the /pokemon command. The single parameter of the /pokemon command is a unique task ID. You can find IDs of your community tasks on the admin map (find a link to the admin map with the /links command.)

When a task is reported, the research bot has the capability of identifying nearby communities and posting those tasks to Telegram groups and/or channels. The /publish command is how you tell the research bot which tasks to publish to which Telegram groups/channels.

Some important definitions: A Telegram group (or supergroup) allows users to join and post messages to it. A Telegram channel allows users to subscribe to it, but messages can only be posted by channel administrators.

To publish tasks to a Telegram group (or supergroup), a group administrator must execute the /publish command in the same Telegram group. However, because of the nature of Telegram channels, to publish to a Telegram channel, you must execute the /publish command in the research bot admin group.

If you have more than one group or area, you will be prompted to choose one of each.

The result of the /readkey command is a unique key for your group. At first glance this seems really similar to the results of the /export key. But there are a few differences:

First, while the export key is secret, the read key can be shared publicly. No need to keep it secret.

Second, the export key is used by the /import command, but the read key is used by PokeResearchBot's /readkey command.

And finally, the export key can only be imported once, but the read key can be imported an unlimited number of times. This is an important distinction. It means that only one Telegram group can administer your community. However many Telegram users can report tasks for your community.

Most times, you won't need to use the read key explicitly. In the /links message both links contain the read key as a URL parameter. It is far easier to use the /links command than constructing your own URLs manually.

Changes the default location of your community's research map. This is the location that the map opens to when first opening the map in your browser.

The location must be specified as latitude and longitude. For example: 12.234,5.678. The comma in between the coordinates is optional. Also, surrounding parenthesis are optional to support copying and pasting from certain Google Maps platforms.

Changes the default zoom level of your community's research map. Zoom levels control how big of an area Google Maps displays in your browser.

The default zoom level is 13. Higher numbers zoom closer in to cities and even city blocks. Lower numbers zoom further out to regions and even countries.

Use the /subscriptions command to see a list of all subscriptions created with the /publish command.

Use the /unpublish command to remove a subscription created previously by the /publish command. The single parameter is the Subscription ID that was generated when the subscription was created. To identify an exisiting subscription ID, use the /subscriptions command.