$.ajax({
    url: "//localhost:3000/api/tokens",
    type: "POST",
    data: JSON.stringify({
      user: {
        email: 'admin@admin.com',
        password: 'password123'
      }
    }),
    contentType: "application/json"
})
.then(data => data.token.encoded)         // OK
.then(token => Farmbot({ token: token })) // OK
.then(function(bot){                      // OK
  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
    bot.connect(function(){ resolve(bot); });
  });
}, errorr)
.then(function(bot){ // NOT OK!
  // passes in an unresolved promise object, which is useless.
  //
  bot; // => {[[PromiseStatus]]: "pending", [[PromiseValue]]: undefined}
});

// ...
.then(function(bot){
  return $.Deferred(function(defer) {
    bot.connect(function(){ defer.resolve(bot); });
  });
}, errorr)
// ...

Promise.resolve($.ajax({
  // ...
}))
.then(data => data.token.encoded)
// ...

var jqPromise = $.ajax({
    url: "//localhost:3000/api/tokens",
    type: "POST",
    data: JSON.stringify({
      user: {
        email: 'admin@admin.com',
        password: 'password123'
      }
    }),
    contentType: "application/json"
})
.then(data => data.token.encoded)         // OK
.then(token => Farmbot({ token: token })) // OK

;

var es6Promise = Promise.resolve(jqPromise); // convert to ES6 promise

es6Promise.then(function(bot){                      // OK
  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
    bot.connect(function(){ resolve(bot); });
  });
}, errorr)
.then(function(bot){ // will not pass in unfulfilled promise

  // process bot value

});