"ircbridge" is a connection between the #tcl channel on irc.openprojects.net and the "Tcl'ers chat" - davidw.
Is this a long running process, or something that someone has to be around and run?
Well, it could be installed permanently somewhere, but at the moment I run it on my own machine. - davidw
Are there any commands available via the bridge to gather info about the person speaking - sort of the equivalent of /userinfo on the chat side?
Not at the moment. It wouldn't be hard to add them. If people are interested, I will make the code public somewhere - davidw.