Adding custom commands

[xyzelectronic]

I think the addition of more commands would be helpful. For example an input of /prompts could generate a short guide for getting better responses, something along the lines of:

Context: a simple sentence to help ChatGPT understand the context you want it to be. A simple way is to write “Act as a …”.
Instruction: what you want to get out of ChatGPT.
Details: optional, here you can specify the tone of voice or formatting you want.
Input: the input data you want ChatGPT to respond to, this can be included in the instruction too if it’s short.

Unfortunately I only have the knowledge to get this program running, not to alter it.

Would the code be inserted into the telegram.py program and then set up through botfather?

[AlexHTW]

Hi, you can add commands in the bot/telegram_bot.py file.
You have to add your command to self.commands, for example after line 43. for example:

        self.commands = [
            BotCommand(command='help', description=localized_text('help_description', bot_language)),
            BotCommand(command='reset', description=localized_text('reset_description', bot_language)),
            BotCommand(command='image', description=localized_text('image_description', bot_language)),
            BotCommand(command='stats', description=localized_text('stats_description', bot_language)),
            BotCommand(command='resend', description=localized_text('resend_description', bot_language)),
            BotCommand(command='prompts', description='Helpful tips for your prompts')
        ]

and to the appliocation CommandHandler in the run function (after line 749), for example:

        application = ApplicationBuilder() \
            .token(self.config['token']) \
            .proxy_url(self.config['proxy']) \
            .get_updates_proxy_url(self.config['proxy']) \
            .post_init(self.post_init) \
            .concurrent_updates(True) \
            .build()

        application.add_handler(CommandHandler('reset', self.reset))
        application.add_handler(CommandHandler('help', self.help))
        application.add_handler(CommandHandler('image', self.image))
        application.add_handler(CommandHandler('start', self.help))
        application.add_handler(CommandHandler('stats', self.stats))
        application.add_handler(CommandHandler('resend', self.resend))
        application.add_handler(CommandHandler('prompts', self.prompts))
        application.add_handler(CommandHandler(
            'chat', self.prompt, filters=filters.ChatType.GROUP | filters.ChatType.SUPERGROUP)
        )

Finally you have to add a new function for your command, for example after the help function, after line 71.

    async def prompts(self, update: Update, _: ContextTypes.DEFAULT_TYPE) -> None:
        """
        Shows the prompts text.
        """
        bot_language = self.config['bot_language']
        prompts_text = (
            "Context: a simple sentence to help ChatGPT understand the context you want it to be. "
            "A simple way is to write “Act as a …”.\n"
            "Instruction: what you want to get out of ChatGPT.\n"
            "Details: optional, here you can specify the tone of voice or formatting you want.\n"
            "Input: the input data you want ChatGPT to respond to, this can be included in the "
            "instruction too if it’s short."
        )

        await update.message.reply_text(prompts_text, disable_web_page_preview=True)

Then you restart your bot and it should be there, no botfather interaction required.

[xyzelectronic]

It worked! Thank you!!!

[AlexHTW]

Awesome! Happy to hear :)