A Slack bot which announces the schedule of a software release train. Can be deployed to Cloud Foundry or any other server/platform.

• Announces one day before the release train leaves that people should get their releases ready
• Announces on time that the release train is leaving
• Can be asked for the next scheduled departure of the release train
• Can be asked for the current schedule of release trains

Train Conductor is configured using environment variables:

• SLACK_API_TOKEN - Your Slack API token
• SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL- The webhook to use (must be configured to use the correct channel)
• START_DATE - When the release train leaves for the first time (e.g. "16/03/2016")
• SCHEDULE_TIME - The time of day on which the train leaves (e.g. "14:00")
• INTERVAL_DAYS - How many days between departures
• SLACK_CHANNEL- Optional. The slack channel to use (defaults to "#release")