this project is a proof of concept showcasing a text to programatic command using a discord botfor user inputs.
the project has been discontinued and havent receivend any update for aproximatly 2 years. API evolved and some of them were completly shut down. This code might not work anymore. If the code is still working (unlikely) you will also need to modify 1 line otherwise it would crash. Line 75 is trying to send a message to a specific user on startup. the user id has been redacted. you need to replace XXXXX with a proper discord userid.
- get a discord token and an openai api key
- open .env and provide the credentials
- run with nodejs using this command
node main - send a message starting with ! so the bot will interpret this message
- try it out!
during the early rise of AI and the launch of an affordable openai api, i wanted to test its capabilities and integrated it on discord to get a chatbot that is able to execute commands. A few months later this "programatic command" feature was added in the official openai api using two elements:
- Json responses (the model is always returning valid json objects) allowing us to get reliable answers.
- Functions calls (allowing the model to call 3rd party functions through the tought process) allowing us to implement directly in a safer way functions that can be called inside of a response. One element that makes it really good is that the response to the function call can be directly used by the model to forge a better user friendly answer.