Roast feature works, its not content aware yet but it does work. Message cooldows have been added. Custom cooldown messages have been added.

emojis are broken in these mesages. Could have something to do with YAML file being used

README.md

@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ A structured build plan for developing and deploying the AlphaBot Discord compan
 ---
 
 ### 🔥 Day 4 – Roast Command
-- [ ] Build `!roast @user` with AI-generated replies
-- [ ] Style roast output with selected personality
+- [x] Build `!roast @user` with AI-generated replies
+- [x] Style roast output with selected personality
 - [ ] Add cooldown to prevent spam (optional)
 
 ---

bot.py

@@ -1,9 +1,26 @@
+# bot.py
+
 import os
 import discord
+import yaml
 from discord.ext import commands
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from ai import get_ai_response
 from personality import apply_personality, set_persona
+from discord.ext.commands import (
+    cooldown,
+    BucketType,
+    CooldownMapping,
+    CommandOnCooldown
+)
+import yaml
+
+with open("settings.yml", "r") as f:
+    settings = yaml.safe_load(f)
+
+ROAST_COOLDOWN_SECONDS = settings["cooldowns"]["roast"]
+GLOBAL_COOLDOWN_SECONDS = settings["cooldowns"]["global"]
+COOLDOWN_MSG_TEMPLATE = settings["messages"]["cooldown"]
 
 load_dotenv()
 TOKEN = os.getenv("DISCORD_TOKEN")
@@ -14,8 +31,26 @@ intents.message_content = True
 bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix="!", intents=intents)
 
 @bot.event
-async def on_ready():
-    print(f"✅ Logged in as {bot.user.name}")
+async def on_command_error(ctx, error):
+    if isinstance(error, CommandOnCooldown):
+        retry_secs = round(error.retry_after, 1)
+        msg = COOLDOWN_MSG_TEMPLATE.replace("{seconds}", str(retry_secs))
+        print("🕒 Chill, mortal. You must wait 11.6s before trying again. 😼")
+        await ctx.send(msg)
+    else:
+        raise error
+
+# Global cooldown bucket
+global_cooldown = CooldownMapping.from_cooldown(1, GLOBAL_COOLDOWN_SECONDS, BucketType.user)
+
+@bot.check
+async def global_command_cooldown(ctx):
+    bucket = global_cooldown.get_bucket(ctx.message)
+    retry_after = bucket.update_rate_limit()
+
+    if retry_after:
+        raise CommandOnCooldown(bucket, retry_after, BucketType.user)
+    return True
 
 @bot.command()
 async def ping(ctx):
@@ -33,5 +68,23 @@ async def setpersona(ctx, *, description):
     await ctx.send("✅ Persona updated! New style will be used in replies.")
 
 
+@bot.command(name='roast')
+@cooldown(rate=1, per=ROAST_COOLDOWN_SECONDS, type=BucketType.user)
+async def roast(ctx):
+    # Get the mentioned user (or fallback to the author)
+    target = ctx.message.mentions[0].mention if ctx.message.mentions else ctx.author.mention
+
+    # Build the roast prompt
+    prompt = f"Roast {target}. Be dramatic, insulting, and sarcastic. Speak in your usual chaotic RGB catgirl personality."
+
+    # Get AI response
+    response = get_ai_response(prompt)
+
+    # Send the roast back to the channel
+    await ctx.send(f"😼 {response}")
+
+@bot.event
+async def on_ready():
+    print(f"✅ Logged in as {bot.user.name}")
 
 bot.run(TOKEN)

conda_env.yml

@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ dependencies:
   - pip:
       - discord.py
       - python-dotenv
+      - pyyaml

requirements.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 discord.py 
 python-dotenv
+pyyaml

settings.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+cooldowns:
+  global: 15  # seconds between *any* commands from the same user
+  roast: 60  # seconds
+messages:
+  cooldown: "🕒 Chill, mortal. You must wait {seconds}s before trying again. 😼"