rustchain-discord-bot

rustchain-discord-bot is a Discord bot designed to interact with users in real-time chat within a Discord thread using the /chat command. By default, the bot integrates with OpenAI to leverage various GPT models for dynamic and rich conversations. The underlying code is based on the Rust crate llm-chain, which is inspired by LangChain.

Features

• Real-time chat interaction using the /chat command.
• Integration with OpenAI for conversation abilities.
• Customizable bot name and OpenAI model configurations.
• Extensible to LLM chains via llm-chain.

Setup

1. Discord Developer Portal Configuration

• Step 1: Navigate to Discord Developer Portal.

• Step 2: Click on the New Application button to create a new application.

• Step 3: Click on the Bot section on the left sidebar.. Under the Privileged Gateway Intents section, ensure the Message Content Intent is enabled. Alternatively, you may use the Permissions intent with a value of 326417590272.

• Step 4: Reset bot token.

  • Still on the Bot section
  • Reset the bot token.
  • Create a copy of example.env and rename it to .env.
  • Fill in the value of DISCORD_TOKEN with your bot token.
  • Ensure your bot's name here matches the bot name specified in the config.rs under the variable BOT_NAME.

• Step 5: Invite the bot to your server

  • In the OAuth2 section, subsection URL Generator, create an invite URL and save it.
    • For bot permissinos, replicate those from step 3 (or at minimum Send Messages, Create Public Threads, Send Messages in Threads, Manage Messages, Read Message History, Use Slash Commands)
  • Open this URL in a browser to add the bot to your server.

2. Bot Configuration

• Navigate to the config.rs file to set your bot name and OpenAI model.
• Additional LLM settings, such as temperature, can be added in llm.rs under the options function.

3. Running the Bot

• Build and run the bot using the command: cargo run.