# Instantly copy any other buy bot in seconds

# Instantly copy any other buy bot in seconds

`/forkbuybot` in Telegram and pasting a buy post into the dashboard's body editor both import the layout only — never groups, never the on/off switch.

## Direct steps to copy another buy bot's layout

`/forkbuybot` takes a pasted or forwarded buy post. If the bot already has a token, it replies with the forked layout rendered on your token's latest buy — the same post View Layout shows — then opens the post-fork wizard.

#### The two fork prompts

| Input | Output |
| --- | --- |
| Never styled | `Gotchu. Paste a buy bot post right here by forwarding it or pasting it in. Also, I can create a premium coin emoji for you, just send /newpack if you need one for the buybot.` |
| Already styled | `Bet. Let's fork a new buy bot. This will overwrite the existing styling for $MSAI. Forward a message from the bot where it announces a buy, and we'll configure it ASAP.` |

*"for $MSAI" is left out when the symbol isn't known yet.*

| Setting | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Body | Replaced with the pasted layout. |
| Header | Cleared — the custom body takes over the whole layout. |
| Size emoji | Replaced only when the pasted post has a recognisable size emoji. |
| Media | Written only when the post has media and the bot is not in random gallery mode — see Forking into a random-mode bot. |

> **Warning**
>
> It never turns the bot on and never adds a group — send `/enablebuybot` in the group afterward.

## Project links after a fork

Any project link you have set replaces the matching link in the forked body, buttons and extra links. A slot you haven't set keeps the other project's link as pasted until you fill in yours.

Right after a fork, the contract address is asked for first; the DexScreener lookup also supplies the project links.

## Forking into a random-mode bot

Random gallery image mode survives a fork. If the bot is already in random mode, the pasted post's media is left out rather than switching the bot to fixed media, and the bot replies `Kept the random gallery image — the post's media was left out.`

- [Customizing the media attached to your buy bot](/buy-bot/buybot-msg-media)

## Paste-to-import (the dashboard's fork)

The dashboard has no fork button; paste the buy post into the body editor instead.

| Surface | When the paste doesn't look like a buy post |
| --- | --- |
| Telegram (`/forkbuybot`) | Replies `That doesn't look like a buy post — paste the whole message from the other bot.` Nothing is written. |
| Dashboard body editor | Leaves the pasted text in the editor as pasted. No message is shown. |

> **Note**
>
> Every surviving link is either matched to one of the 8 project-link slots or reduced to plain text.