Build your own Discord bot using ChatGPT

Warning

2023-02-10 Update: ChatGPT model but requires payment

2023-02-08 Update: ChatGPT API is highly unstable now

2023-02-03 Update: ChatGPT API working again

2023-02-02 Update: OpenAI has closed ChatGPT API, temporarily switching to using GPT-3 model

2023-02-01 Update: Now using the official ChatGPT API

• /chat [message] Chat with ChatGPT!
• /private ChatGPT switch to private mode
• /public ChatGPT switch to public mode
• /replyall ChatGPT switch between replyall mode and default mode
• /reset Clear ChatGPT conversation history

• public mode (default) the bot directly reply on the channel

  

• private mode the bot's reply can only be seen by the person who used the command

  

• replyall mode the bot will reply to all messages in the server without using slash commands

  Warning The bot will easily be triggered in replyall mode, which could cause program failures

1. pip install -r requirements.txt
2. Rename the file .env.dev to .env

1. Go to https://discord.com/developers/applications create an application

2. Build a Discord bot under the application

3. Get the token from bot setting

   

4. Store the token to .env under the DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN

   

5. Turn MESSAGE CONTENT INTENT ON

   

6. Invite your bot to your server via OAuth2 URL Generator

   

1. Go to https://beta.openai.com/account/api-keys

2. Click Create new secret key

   

3. Store the SECRET KEY to .env under the OPENAI_KEY

1. Open a terminal or command prompt
2. Navigate to the directory where you installed the ChatGPT Discord bot
3. Run python3 main.py to start the bot

1. Build the Docker image & Run the Docker container docker compose up -d

2. Inspect whether the bot works well docker logs -t chatgpt-discord-bot

   Stop the bot:

   • docker ps to see the list of running services
   • docker stop <BOT CONTAINER ID> to stop the running bot

• A starting prompt would be invoked when the bot is first started or reset

• You can set it up by modifying the content in starting-prompt.txt

• All the text in the file will be fired as a prompt to the bot

• Get the first message from ChatGPT in your discord channel!

  1. Right-click the channel you want to recieve the message, Copy ID

     

  2. paste it into .env under DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID