Match Modes

• exact matches the full typed command.
• starts with matches the beginning of the command and exposes the rest as matches[2].
• contains matches text anywhere in the command.
• regex enables JavaScript regular expressions and capture groups.

Example

Pattern: kt
Match: starts with

target = matches[2]
echo("<green>Target:<reset> " .. target)
send("kill " .. target)

Typing kt orc sets the PlayMUD.online variable target to orc, echoes colored feedback, and sends kill orc.

Actions

send("look")
send("look", 1) -- silent local echo

echo("<green>Green<reset> normal")
echo("<#12FA00>TrueColor<reset>")

Use Echo Colors for named colors and TrueColor tags. Echo output does not run triggers.

Variables

Global assignments write PlayMUD.online variables. They autosave with the current profile and can be used later as {target} in normal commands, aliases, hotkeys, and triggers.

target = "orc"
send("consider " .. target)

Use state.name for private Lua state that belongs only to that one alias.

Shared Helpers

Reusable functions belong in enabled Scripts. Lua aliases load enabled Scripts before running, so an alias can call functions such as luashow() directly.

-- Shared Script
function luashow(text)
  echo("<cyan>" .. text .. "<reset>")
end

-- Lua Alias
luashow(matches[1])

Safety Limits

Lua aliases compile before they can be enabled. Runtime action limits are shared with Lua triggers and configured in web/src/modules/lua/config.js.