diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+# Ignore the virtual environment
+venv
+
+# Ignore the .env file for security reasons (you should handle secrets securely)
+.env
+
+# Ignore Python cache files
+__pycache__
+*.pyc
diff --git a/.env b/.env
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+++ b/.env
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+DISCORD_TOKEN=MTI0NDM1NjA1OTQzNTQ5OTUyMA.GIdL5i.6CWx3rvb9JSrCjlAr3OqHfte2SfGHUM79i2y4w
+OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-proj-DT1hBidCoRhhwHF1LT0RT3BlbkFJXE5dRygQkJUxrX9hOWqN
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+++ b/Dockerfile
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+# Use the official Python image from the Docker Hub
+FROM python:3.9-slim
+
+# Set environment variables
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+# Set the working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the requirements file to the working directory
+COPY requirements.txt .
+
+# Install the dependencies
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Copy the rest of the application code to the working directory
+COPY . .
+
+# Command to run the bot
+CMD ["python", "bot.py"]
diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
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+++ b/bot.py
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+import os
+import discord
+from openai import AsyncOpenAI
+from discord.ext import commands
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+# Load environment variables from .env file
+load_dotenv()
+DISCORD_TOKEN = os.getenv('DISCORD_TOKEN')
+OPENAI_API_KEY = os.getenv('OPENAI_API_KEY')
+aclient = AsyncOpenAI(api_key=OPENAI_API_KEY)
+# Initialize OpenAI API
+
+# Set up the bot with the message content intent
+intents = discord.Intents.default()
+intents.message_content = True  # Ensure the bot can read message content
+bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!', intents=intents)
+
+@bot.event
+async def on_ready():
+    print(f'Bot is ready. Logged in as {bot.user}')
+
+@bot.event
+async def on_message(message):
+    # Log the message content for debugging
+    print(f'Message from {message.author}: {message.content}')
+
+    # Process commands if the message is not from the bot itself
+    if message.author == bot.user:
+        return
+    await bot.process_commands(message)
+
+@bot.command(name='bot')
+async def ask_gpt(ctx, *, question: str):
+    try:
+        # Send the question to GPT-4o using the new OpenAI API
+        response = await aclient.chat.completions.create(model="gpt-4o",
+        messages=[
+            {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant. You exist inside a discord server"},
+            {"role": "user", "content": question}
+        ])
+        answer = response.choices[0].message.content.strip()
+
+        # Send the response back to the Discord channel
+        await ctx.send(answer)
+    except Exception as e:
+        await ctx.send("An error occurred while processing your request.")
+        print(f'Error: {e}')
+
+# Run the bot
+bot.run(DISCORD_TOKEN)
+
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+++ b/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3.8'
+
+services:
+  discord-bot:
+    network_mode: bridge
+    build: .
+    container_name: discord-bot
+    env_file: 
+      - .env
+    volumes:
+      - .:/app
+    command: ["python", "bot.py"]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
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+OpenAI
+python-dotenv
+discord