feat: work around discordrb's ignore_bots with whitelist behavior

config/global.yml.example

@@ -50,4 +50,7 @@ modules:
 
 default_prefix: '.'
 
+bot_id_allowlist:
+  - 204255221017214977
+
 # vim: ft=yaml

lib/init.rb

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def self.init_bot
       name: 'QueryBot',
       prefix: method(:cmd_prefix),
       fancy_log: true,
-      ignore_bots: true,
+      ignore_bots: false,
       no_permission_message: 'You are not allowed to do that',
       help_command: false,
       intents: Discordrb::INTENTS.keys - %i[
@@ -78,3 +78,18 @@ def self.run!
   end
   # rubocop: enable Metrics/MethodLength, Metrics/AbcSize
 end
+
+# monkey-patch for reimplementing ignore_bot with a whitelist
+module CommandEventIntercept
+  def call(event, arguments, _chained = false, _check_permissions = true)
+    return if event.author.bot_account && !(QBot.config.bot_id_allowlist.include? event.author.id)
+
+    super(event, arguments, _chained, _check_permissions)
+  end
+end
+
+module Discordrb::Commands
+  class Command
+    prepend CommandEventIntercept
+  end
+end