import discord class MyClient(discord.Client): async def on_ready(self): print(f'Logged in as {self.user} (ID: {self.user.id})') print('------') async def on_message(self, message): # we do not want the bot to reply to itself if message.author.id == self.user.id: return if message.content.startswith('!hello'): await message.reply('Hello!', mention_author=True) client = MyClient() client.run('token')