Basic Discord Agent

Runs a simple Agno-powered Discord bot.

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

1. Set up your virtual environment

   Mac

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

   uv venv --python 3.12
   .venv\Scripts\activate
   
2. Install dependencies

   uv pip install -U agno discord discord.py openai
   
3. Export environment variables

   Mac/Linux

   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"
   
4. Run the example

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

   python basic.py
   

Full source: cookbook/05_agent_os/interfaces/discord/basic.py