My local irc bot isnt assigning operator status to users anymore

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$msgtags is the built in mIRC support for handling IRCv3 tags in it’s scripting language. If it’s not available you should certainly update the mIRC client you are using.

EDIT: (include badge check instead)

ON *:TEXT:!echotest:#matt_thomas: {
  if ($msgtags(badges).key == broadcaster/1) || ($msgtags(badges).key == moderator/1 )) {
    msg # echotest
  }
}

Inlcudes broadcaster badge assuming you want the broadcaster to have the same access.