diff --git a/persona/skills/simplereply.py b/persona/skills/simplereply.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+from typing import List
+import persona
+from persona import PersonaBaseSkill
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+import datetime
+import logging
+import random
+import os
+import re
+
+BACKOFF_SEC = 10
+SIMPLE_REPLIES = {
+	'^😘🍕$': ['😘🍕'],
+	'^🍕😘$': ['😘🍕'],
+	'^Why did the .* cross the road\?': ['To get to the other side!'],
+	'^Hello$': ['Hello!','Howdy!','Hello there!','What\'s up!','Hi there!']
+}
+class PersonaSkill(PersonaBaseSkill) :
+	"""A skill to automatically respond to specific keyword combinations.'"""
+
+	def __init__(self) :
+		self.last_check = datetime.datetime.now().timestamp() - BACKOFF_SEC
+		self.log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+		self.log = logging.LoggerAdapter(self.log,{'log_module':'simplereply'})
+
+	def match_intent(self,message: Message) -> Bool :
+		# Don't respond if you've responded already recently
+		if datetime.datetime.now().timestamp() < (self.last_check + BACKOFF_SEC) :
+			self.log.warn('Responding too fast, not responding again.')
+			return False
+		for trigger in SIMPLE_RELIES.keys() :
+			matches = re.search(SIMPLE_RELIES[trigger], message.text)
+			if matches :
+				return True
+		return False
+
+
+	def respond(self, message: Message) -> Message :
+		"""Respond to a message by generating another message."""
+		try :
+			for trigger in SIMPLE_RELIES.keys() :
+				matches = re.search(SIMPLE_REPLIES[trigger], message.text)
+				if matches :
+					response_options = SIMPLE_REPLIES[trigger]
+					break
+			response_text = random.choice(response_options)
+			response = SIMPLE_REPLIES[message.text]
+			return persona.Message(
+				text=response,
+				sender_identifier=message.sender_identifier,
+				chat_identifier=message.chat_identifier,
+				attachments=[],
+				timestamp=datetime.datetime.now()+datetime.timedelta(seconds=random.randrange(5,15)),
+				recipients=[message.sender_identifier],
+				identifier=None,
+				meta={}
+			)
+		except Exception as e :
+			raise persona.PersonaResponseException(str(e))