CTCP Internet-Draft
reddit / irc

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Daniel_Oaks · 2017-05-30 17:35

Hey everyone! If you've used IRC, you've used CTCP. From VERSION
requests to /me, it's well-used by clients.

However, some of the most referenced CTCP specifications are over two
decades old now. They describe features that never actually made it to
production (or at least aren't implemented by clients these days), and
have information that's flat-out incorrect.

This specification describes what's actually been implemented out
there by bots, clients and bouncers. I'm hoping it can help new (and
existing) client authors to write clean, safe, and widely-
interoperable CTCP implementations.

Please feel free to give it a read! If you have any feedback or
questions please reply, send me an email at <daniel@danieloaks.net>,
or open an issue on the [issue
tracker!](https://github.com/DanielOaks/irc-rfcs/issues)

https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-oakley-irc-ctcp-00