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+  first create a configuration file, say config.json, that looks like follows:
+
+    {
+      "nick": "somenick",
+      "useNickServ": false
+    }
+
+  or, if the nick is registered with NickServ, then:
+
+    {
+      "nick": "somenick",
+      "pass": "somepass"
+    }
+
+  then enter the Nix shell for development:
+
+    cabal2nix . > default.nix && nix-shell -I stockholm=~/stockholm
+
+  and run the REPL:
+
+    build
+    run config.json
+
+  or, interactively:
+
+    ghci -isrc -Wall src/main.hs
+    withArgs ["config.json"] main
+    :r
+