It’s the golden age of sports Twitter bots.

The New York Times now second-guesses NFL coaches’ play calls in real time with @NYT4thDownBot. If you’re flipping between NCAA tournament games, @NailbiterBot will let you know when a game gets tight.

Add to the list @ReplayLastGoal, whose purpose you can determine from its Twitter bio: “Twitter bot that automatically tweets the video replay and animated GIF of the latest #Worldcup goal.”

Goal for United States! #USA 2-1 #POR #WorldCup Video: http://t.co/7l2WbVqZ39 http://t.co/3p3ij303tI

— Replay Last Goal (@ReplayLastGoal) June 22, 2014

The open source project is from Xavier Damman, cofounder of Storify. The code’s up on GitHub, where he explains how the bot works:

It connects to a video live stream (that you need to provide) and keeps a buffer of about one minute worth of video. When a given twitter account tweets (by default @GoalFlash), it uses the buffer to generate a video of the goal and then tweets it.

It’s not quite highlight nirvana. The videos expire after 60 minutes. (If you really need that video, View Source is your friend.)

@panzer it's arbitrary. The point is that after 60mn other sites offer highlights. I don't want to steal traffic from them.

— Xavier Damman (@xdamman) June 21, 2014

And @ReplayLastGoal occasionally goes down or tweets out plays that aren’t actually goals. (In all fairness, Ronaldo probably should’ve scored there for Portugal.)

Goal for Portugal! #POR 1-0 #GHA #GoalFlash HD Video: http://t.co/zF2IcgBf4s http://t.co/bmJslRxfiX

— Replay Last Goal (@ReplayLastGoal) June 26, 2014

@ReplayLastGoal @AntDeRosa That wasn't a goal. It's still scoreless there.

— Jeremy Binckes (@jbinckes) June 26, 2014

The bot @GoalFlash is temporary down. As a result, we are unable to automatically tweet a video replay. Sorry for the inconvenience.

— Replay Last Goal (@ReplayLastGoal) June 25, 2014

It’s well known that the rise of DVRing and online streaming has put a premium on live events — the kind that can actually put a lot of viewers in front of a flatscreen at the same time. That’s driven the incredible price increase for sports broadcasting rights. Seeing an animated GIF in your Twitter feed isn’t the same thing as watching a live soccer match, of course — but bots like these (and the many, more sophisticated ones that will follow) let you experience some small part of the in-the-moment experience away from your TV.