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src/discord_bot/bot.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from discord import Intents, Activity, ActivityType
 from discord.ext.commands import Bot
 
+from easy_messages.add_commands import add_easy_commands
 from . import settings
 
 
@@ -17,4 +18,5 @@ async def build_bot() -> Bot:
     )
     for cog_cls in settings.COGS:
         await b.add_cog(cog_cls(b))
+    add_easy_commands(b)
     return b

src/easy_messages/add_commands.py

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+from typing import Any, Sequence
+
+from discord.app_commands import Command
+from discord.ext import commands
+from discord.ext.commands import Bot, Context
+
+from discord_bot.checks import is_in_channel
+from . import settings
+
+def _build_command(name: str, channels: set[str] | None, response: Sequence[str]) -> Command[Any, Any, Any]:
+    async def _(ctx: Context[Bot]) -> None:
+        for resp in response:
+            await ctx.send(resp)
+
+    f = _
+    f.__name__ = name
+    if channels:
+        f = is_in_channel(channels)(f)
+
+    return commands.command(name=name)(f)
+
+def add_easy_commands(bot: Bot) -> None:
+    for command in settings.COMMANDS:
+        bot.add_command(_build_command(*command))

src/easy_messages/cog.py

@@ -13,15 +13,11 @@
 
 
 class EasyCog(BaseCog):
-    def __new__(cls, bot: Bot) -> Any:
-        for cmd in settings.COMMANDS:
-            cls.__cog_commands__.append(build_command(*cmd))
-        return super().__new__(cls, bot)
-
+    """ Attributes are dynamically defined on import """
 
 def build_command(
     name: str, channels: Optional[set[str]], response: Sequence[str]
-) -> Command[EasyCog, Any, Any]:
+) -> None:
     async def _(self: EasyCog, ctx: Context[Bot]) -> None:
         for resp in response:
             await ctx.send(resp)
@@ -31,4 +27,7 @@ async def _(self: EasyCog, ctx: Context[Bot]) -> None:
     if channels:
         f = is_in_channel(channels)(f)
 
-    return commands.command(name=name)(f)
+    setattr(EasyCog, name, commands.command(name=name)(f))
+
+for cmd in settings.COMMANDS:
+    build_command(*cmd)

src/gam/settings/_gam.py

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 
 DISCORD_COGS = [
     "lmgtfy.cog.LMGTFYCog",
-    "easy_messages.cog.EasyCog",
     "social_score.cog.SocialScoreCog",
     "gam_coins.cog.GamCoinsCog",
     "discord_bot.cog.UserTrackingCog",