Basic Discord Agent

basic.py

"""
Basic Discord Agent
===================

Runs a simple Agno-powered Discord bot.
"""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.integrations.discord import DiscordClient
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
basic_agent = Agent(
    name="Basic Agent",
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-4o"),
    add_history_to_context=True,
    num_history_runs=3,
    add_datetime_to_context=True,
)

discord_agent = DiscordClient(basic_agent)


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Discord Bot
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    discord_agent.serve()

Run the Example

Set up your virtual environment

uv venv --python 3.12
source .venv/bin/activate

uv venv --python 3.12
.venv\Scripts\activate

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U agno discord discord.py openai

Export environment variables

export DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN="your_discord_bot_token_here"
export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"

$Env:DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN="your_discord_bot_token_here"
$Env:OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key_here"

Run the example

Save the code above as basic.py, then run:

python basic.py

Full source: cookbook/integrations/discord/basic.py

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