Help:Bots

Bots, or Robots are software applications that perform automated tasks on the internet. Most often, they run tasks that are simple and structurally repetitive, much quicker than a human could do alone.

Policy
Personal bots provisions require prior consent from FamilySearch management.

Running your own bot
The Python wikipediabot is a collection of tools that automate work on MediaWiki sites

Frameworks and interfaces for bot development

 * See Code

MediaWiki API is for convenient access to machine-readable data.