Init Manga Assistant — Supported Questions

1. Basic Usage

• How do I follow a manga? → Click the “Follow” button on the manga page. You can also add it to a Playlist.
• Continue reading where I left off? → The Assistant shows your last read chapter, with a quick-jump button.
• Which followed manga have new chapters? → The Assistant lists followed manga with unread chapters.
• What did I read recently? → Shows Chapter X directly at the view section (clean UI), linked to the chapter.
• What did I unlock recently? → Shows Chapter X in the same compact style, linking to the unlocked chapter.
• Comment features? → Emoji, purchased stickers, spoiler tag, and @mention users.
• Is there any text formatting syntax in comments? → Supports *bold*, `italic`, ~strikethrough~, ^highlight^ when inline formatting is enabled.
• Which mangas are scheduled for release today? → The Assistant shows mangas releasing today (uses the website timezone).
• Which mangas are scheduled for release tomorrow? → Automatically calculates tomorrow’s date based on the site timezone and returns the list.
• Which mangas have scheduled chapters? → Shows up to 10 upcoming chapters globally (sorted by scheduled release time).

2. Account Information

• Check daily check-in status → Shows your streak and today’s reward.
• Reading streak → Counts consecutive reading days.
• Account overview → Username, Level + EXP, Coin, Cash, check-in streak, reading streak, messages.
• VIP info → Expiration date, total purchases, total VIP days, spending summary.
• My Badges → Displays unlocked badges.
• Upcoming badges → Shows progress bar and remaining requirements.
• Inbox → View up to 100 recent messages.
• Who am I following? → The Assistant shows a list of authors/teams you follow as clickable buttons (tap to open their page).
• My recent comments → Assistant displays your latest comments.
• My recent reviews → Assistant displays your latest reviews on manga.
• How do I become friends? → Simply follow each other. When both users follow back, you automatically become friends and appear in the “Friends” tab on your profile.

3. Points – Level – Achievements

• How is EXP calculated? → Level 1 requires 1000 EXP; each level adds +500 EXP.
  Formula: required_exp(level) = 1000 + (level – 1) × 500
• Level-up rewards → Gain Coins using: 100 + (level × 10). VIP gains bonus EXP.
• What can Coins be used for? → Buy VIP, stickers, avatar frames, name effects, unlock paid chapters…
• Power Stone usage? → Boost manga ranking.
  Formula earned monthly: floor(level / 5) + 1
• Reading streak rewards → The longer you read, the bigger the reward (3 → 1000 days).
• Reading challenges → Read enough chapters to earn EXP / Coins / Cash.
• How are daily check-in rewards calculated? → First reward when you check in (EXP + Coin/Cash); second reward after staying online long enough; maintain a streak to receive milestone bonuses (the Assistant shows exact numbers and a milestone table).

4. Currency & VIP (Economy)

• How to earn Coin / Cash?
  • Daily check-in
  • Valid comments (daily limit)
  • Stay online long enough
  • Invite friends
  • Redeem Code
  • Special events
  • Optional: recharge if enabled
• VIP benefits
  • No ads
  • Bonus EXP and Coin
  • Early access to VIP chapters
  • Private chapters without password
  • Purchase via Coin: 7 / 30 / 90 / 180 / 360 days, or lifetime
• What is a Loot Box? → Random loot when reading chapters: EXP, Coins, Cash, stickers, frames, visual effects.
• What is a Redeem Code? → Enter code to get Coin/Cash (given during events).

5. Manga Rankings

• Most viewed today
• Top this week / this month
• Yesterday / last week / last month
• All-time ranking
• Most searched manga

6. Trending (Live data)

• What are people reading right now? → Live Pulse: real-time active readers.
• What manga is trending? → Based on rising views + interactions.

7. Recommendations

• What should I read next? → Based on reading history and favorite genres.
• Near completion manga → You’re close to finishing these.
• Similar manga → Based on genre, author, user behaviors.
• Short reads → ≤ 20 chapters.
• Completed short reads → ≤ 20 chapters, 100% completed.
• Long series → ≥ 100 chapters.
• Never read before → Removes all manga you ever opened.
• What are my friends reading right now? → Get recommendations based on the titles most frequently read by your friends in real time.

8. Analytics & Profile

• Am I addicted to manga? → Analyzes chapter count in last 7 days and gives rating.
• Your yearly reading summary → Total chapters, highest month, favorite genres…

9. UI & Shortcuts

• Open Assistant: Alt + /
• Open Search: Ctrl + /
• Switch chapter: ← / →
• More shortcuts:
  Alt + U (Profile),
  Alt + V (VIP),
  Alt + I (Inbox),
  Alt + C (Redeem Code)…

10. Store & Navigation (Assistant auto-redirect)

• Buy Stickers → Assistant shows: “Click here to go: Stickers”
• Buy Badges → Same behavior as Stickers.
• Buy Avatar Frames → Same behavior.
• Buy Effects → Same behavior.
• Where can I view or manage my purchased items? → Open the Inventory to manage your Stickers, Frames, and Effects with instant apply/remove actions without page reload.
• Open Loot Box store → Same behavior.
• Lucky Wheel → Redirects only if the Lucky Wheel page exists and spinning is enabled.
• Important: Auto-redirect happens only on NEW replies.
  When loading from chat history → no redirect.

11. General

• What day is today?
• Today’s date
• Current time? (live clock)

12. Extend Questions via Filter (Developer Feature)

The Assistant is not limited to the predefined list of questions. You can freely extend, modify, or remove questions without touching the theme core. Init Manga exposes a
dedicated filter that allows developers to inject their own questions into the Assistant:

init_manga_assistant_questions

By using this filter, you can append new items to the questions array. Each question is defined by the following properties: key, desc (display text),
handler (callable function name), category (used for organizing questions), and type (response format: text/html).

The Assistant automatically detects the new question if the handler exists and is callable.

Requirements:

• The handler must exist and be callable (is_callable() must return true).
• No modification to theme core is needed — the filter merges custom questions into the system.
• Recommended order when writing code: define handler → add_filter.

Example — adding a simple custom question:

// 1) Create a handler (this function defines the Assistant’s reply)
function init_manga_assistant_handle_say_hello( $payload ) {
    $title = esc_html__( 'Hello there! 👋', 'init-manga' );
    $msg   = esc_html__( 'This is a custom question injected via filter.', 'init-manga' );

    $html = sprintf(
        '<div class="ima-answer"><strong>%s</strong><p>%s</p></div>',
        $title,
        $msg
    );

    return ['type' => 'html', 'data' => $html];
}

// 2) Register your new question into the Assistant
add_filter( 'init_manga_assistant_questions', function( $items ) {
    $items[] = [
        'key'       => 'say_hello_demo',
        'desc'      => __( 'Say hello (demo via filter)', 'init-manga' ),
        'handler'   => 'init_manga_assistant_handle_say_hello',
        'category'  => 'developer',
        'type'      => 'html',
    ];
    return $items;
}, 10 );

Once this code is added, the Assistant will include this new question and treat it as part of the built-in Q&A set. This makes the Assistant extensible and adaptable to each site’s unique logic — whether for events, community features, or internal workflow.