How to set command categories in Discord bot help menu?

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Help with Discord bot command grouping

I’m working on a Discord bot and I’ve noticed that all my commands are showing up under ‘No category’ in the help menu. I’d like to organize them better. Is there a way to assign categories to different commands?

Here’s an example of one of my commands:

@bot.command()
async def echo(ctx, message: str):
    """Repeats your message"""
    await ctx.send(message)
    print(f'User echoed: {message}')

How can I make this command appear under a specific category in the help menu? Any tips or code examples would be really helpful. Thanks!

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I’ve found that using command.group() can be an effective way to categorize commands without the need for Cogs. Here’s how you could modify your existing code:

from discord.ext import commands

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!')

@bot.group(name='utilities')
async def utilities(ctx):
    if ctx.invoked_subcommand is None:
        await ctx.send('Invalid utilities command passed...')

@utilities.command()
async def echo(ctx, message: str):
    """Repeats your message"""
    await ctx.send(message)
    print(f'User echoed: {message}')

This approach creates a ‘utilities’ category in your help menu, with ‘echo’ as a subcommand. It’s straightforward and doesn’t require significant restructuring of your existing code.

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yo, u can use cogs for that! just create different cogs for each category and put ur commands in them. it’s like organizing ur stuff into diff folders. here’s a quick example:

from discord.ext import commands

class Fun(commands.Cog):
    @commands.command()
    async def echo(self, ctx, message):
        await ctx.send(message)

then add the cog to ur bot. hope this helps!

4

I’ve actually implemented command categories in my Discord bot recently, and I can share what worked for me. Instead of using Cogs, I found it simpler to use the ‘help_command’ attribute of the bot. Here’s how I did it:

class CustomHelp(commands.HelpCommand):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.command_attrs['cooldown'] = commands.Cooldown(1, 3.0, commands.BucketType.user)

    async def send_bot_help(self, mapping):
        embed = discord.Embed(title='Bot Commands')
        for cog, commands in mapping.items():
            command_signatures = [self.get_command_signature(c) for c in commands]
            if command_signatures:
                cog_name = getattr(cog, 'qualified_name', 'No Category')
                embed.add_field(name=cog_name, value='\n'.join(command_signatures), inline=False)
        await self.get_destination().send(embed=embed)

bot.help_command = CustomHelp()

This approach allows you to customize the help menu and group commands by their Cog (category). You can then assign commands to different Cogs as needed. It’s been working great for my bot, and users find it much easier to navigate.