I’m working on a Discord bot using discord.py and I’m stuck with a couple of things:
- How do I change the descriptions for commands in the default help command?
- Is it possible to organize commands into categories like ‘Music’ in the help list?
I’m pretty new to Python but I’ve coded in other languages before. Here’s a snippet of my code:
bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!', description='My Cool Bot')
bot.add_cog(MusicStuff(bot))
@bot.event
def on_ready():
print(f'Bot is ready! Logged in as {bot.user.name}')
@bot.command()
def hello(ctx):
await ctx.send('Hey there!')
For example, how would I add a description to the ‘hello’ command? Where exactly should I put it?
Any help would be awesome! Thanks in advance!
Hey Mike71, I’ve been through the same struggle with Discord bots. Here’s what I’ve learned:
For command descriptions, you can add them right in the command decorator. Like this:
@bot.command(description=‘Says hello to the user’)
async def hello(ctx):
await ctx.send(‘Hey there!’)
As for categories, Cogs are your best friend. They’re like modules for your bot. You can create a Music cog like this:
class Music(commands.Cog):
def init(self, bot):
self.bot = bot
@commands.command(description='Plays a song')
async def play(self, ctx, url):
# Your play logic here
Then just add it to your bot with bot.add_cog(Music(bot)).
This way, all your music commands will be grouped together in the help menu. It really helps keep things organized as your bot grows. Trust me, you’ll thank yourself later!
To change command descriptions in the default help command, you can add a docstring to your command function. For the ‘hello’ command, it would look like this:
@bot.command()
async def hello(ctx):
"""Greets the user with a friendly message."""
await ctx.send('Hey there!')
As for organizing commands into categories, you can use Cogs. You’ve already added a MusicStuff cog, which is great. Here’s how you can structure it:
class MusicStuff(commands.Cog):
def __init__(self, bot):
self.bot = bot
@commands.command()
async def play(self, ctx, url):
"""Plays a song from the given URL."""
# Your play logic here
This way, all commands in the MusicStuff cog will be grouped under ‘Music’ in the help command. Hope this helps!
yo mike, for command descriptions, try this:
@bot.command(brief=‘Quick hello’, description=‘Sends a friendly greeting’)
async def hello(ctx):
await ctx.send(‘Hey there!’)
for categories, use Cogs like MusicStuff. put related commands in there and they’ll show up grouped in the help menu. makes things way neater!