ChatGPT Discord Bot

Build your own Discord bot with multiple AI providers

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[!IMPORTANT]

Major Refactor (2025/07): - 5 AI Providers: Free (g4f), OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok - No Cookie Authentication: Removed unreliable cookie-based auth for free providers

Chat

Setup

Prerequisites

• Python 3.9 or later
• Rename the file .env.example to .env
• Running pip3 install -r requirements.txt to install the required dependencies
• Optional: API keys for premium providers (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok)

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Step 1: Create a Discord bot

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

1. Turn MESSAGE CONTENT INTENT ON

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

Step 2: Run the bot on the desktop

1. Open a terminal or command prompt

2. Navigate to the directory where you installed the ChatGPT Discord bot

3. Run python3 main.py or python main.py to run the bot

Step 2: Run the bot with Docker

1. Build the Docker image & run the Docker container with 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

Have a good chat!

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Provider Configuration

Free Provider (unstable)

Outdated model, close to GPT-3.5 or GPT-4 capabilities

No configuration required

Premium Providers (Optional)

OpenAI

1. Obtain your API key from https://platform.openai.com/api-keys
2. Add to .env: OPENAI_KEY=your_api_key_here

Claude (Anthropic)

1. Get API key from https://console.anthropic.com/
2. Add to .env: CLAUDE_KEY=your_api_key_here

Gemini (Google)

1. Get API key from https://ai.google.dev/
2. Add to .env: GEMINI_KEY=your_api_key_here

Grok (xAI)

1. Get API key from https://x.ai/api
2. Add to .env: GROK_KEY=your_api_key_here

Use /provider command in Discord to switch between available providers

Image Generation

Image generation is now integrated with the provider system:

OpenAI DALL-E 3

• Requires OpenAI API key
• High-quality image generation
• Use /draw [prompt] openai

Google Gemini

• Requires Gemini API key
• Free tier available
• Use /draw [prompt] gemini

Fallback Options

• If premium providers are unavailable, the bot will attempt to use free alternatives
• Image generation capabilities vary by provider availability

Optional: Setup system prompt

• A system prompt would be invoked when the bot is first started or reset
• You can set it up by modifying the content in system_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!

• Go Discord setting turn developer mode on

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

  ![channel-id](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/89479282/207697217-e03357b3-3b3d-44d0-b880-163217ed4a49.PNG)
  

• paste it into .env under DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID

Optional: Disable logging

• Set the value of LOGGING in the .env to False

Commands

Core Commands

• /chat [message] - Chat with the current AI provider
• /provider - Switch between AI providers (Free, OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok)
• /draw [prompt] [model] - Generate images with specified provider
• /reset - Clear conversation history
• /help - Display all available commands

Persona Commands

• /switchpersona [persona] - Switch AI personality (admin-only for jailbreaks)
• standard - Standard helpful assistant
• creative - More creative and imaginative responses
• technical - Technical and precise responses
• casual - Casual and friendly tone
• jailbreak-v1 - BYPASS mode (admin only)
• jailbreak-v2 - SAM mode (admin only)
• jailbreak-v3 - Developer Mode Plus (admin only)

Bot Behavior

• /private - Bot replies only visible to command user
• /public - Bot replies visible to everyone (default)
• /replyall - Bot responds to all messages in channel (toggle)

Security Features

Admin-Only Jailbreak Access

Jailbreak personas require admin privileges for enhanced security:

1. Set ADMIN_USER_IDS in .env with comma-separated Discord user IDs
2. Only admin users can access jailbreak personas
3. Regular users see only safe personas in /switchpersona

Warning Jailbreak personas may generate content that bypasses normal AI safety measures. Admin access required.

Environment Security

• No cookie-based authentication (removed for reliability)
• Secure API key management via environment variables
• Docker security hardening with non-root user
• Read-only filesystem for container security