Add draft version of a custom help command class and make the bot use it

src/bot/custom_help_command.py

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import discord
+from discord.ext.commands import HelpCommand
+
+
+class RootPythiaHelpCommand(HelpCommand):
+    """
+    Implementation of HelpCommand
+
+    HelpCommand.send_bot_help(mapping) that gets called with <prefix>help
+    HelpCommand.send_command_help(command) that gets called with <prefix>help <command>
+    HelpCommand.send_group_help(group) that gets called with <prefix>help <group>
+    HelpCommand.send_cog_help(cog) that gets called with <prefix>help <cog>
+    """
+
+    def get_command_signature(self, command):
+        return '%s %s' % (command.qualified_name, command.signature)
+
+    async def send_bot_help(self, mapping):
+        # color attribute sets color of the border on the left
+        embed = discord.Embed(title="Help", color=discord.Color.blurple())
+
+        for cog, cmds in mapping.items():
+            # Commands a user can't use are filtered
+            filtered_cmds = await self.filter_commands(cmds, sort=True)
+            cmd_signatures = [self.get_command_signature(cmd) for cmd in filtered_cmds]
+
+            if cmd_signatures:
+                cog_name = getattr(cog, "qualified_name", "No Category")
+                embed.add_field(name=cog_name, value="\n".join(cmd_signatures), inline=False)
+
+        await self.get_destination().send(embed=embed)
+
+    async def send_command_help(self, command):
+        embed = discord.Embed(title=self.get_command_signature(command), color=discord.Color.blurple())
+
+        if command.help:
+            embed.description = command.help
+        if alias := command.aliases:
+            embed.add_field(name="Aliases", value=", ".join(alias), inline=False)
+
+        await self.get_destination().send(embed=embed)
+
+    async def send_group_help(self, group):
+        embed = discord.Embed(title=self.get_command_signature(group), description=group.help, color=discord.Color.blurple())
+
+        if filtered_commands := await self.filter_commands(group.commands):
+            for command in filtered_commands:
+                embed.add_field(name=self.get_command_signature(command), value=command.help or "No Help Message Found... ")
+
+        await self.get_destination().send(embed=embed)
+
+    async def send_cog_help(self, cog):
+        embed = discord.Embed(title=cog.qualified_name or "No Category", description=cog.description, color=discord.Color.blurple())
+
+        if filtered_commands := await self.filter_commands(cog.get_commands()):
+            for command in filtered_commands:
+                embed.add_field(name=self.get_command_signature(command), value=command.help or "No Help Message Found... ", inline=False)
+
+        await self.get_destination().send(embed=embed)
+
+    async def send_error_message(self, error):
+        embed = discord.Embed(title="Error", description=error, color=discord.Color.red())
+        channel = self.get_destination()
+
+        await channel.send(embed=embed)

src/bot/root_pythia_bot.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 from api.rootme_api import RootMeAPIManager
 from api.rate_limiter import RateLimiter
+from bot.custom_help_command import RootPythiaHelpCommand
 from bot.root_pythia_cogs import RootPythiaCommands
 from bot.dummy_db_manager import DummyDBManager
 
@@ -34,19 +35,23 @@ def craft_intents():
     # enable guild messages related events
     # More info: https://docs.pycord.dev/en/stable/api/data_classes.html#discord.Intents.guild_messages
     intents.guild_messages = True
-    
+
     return intents
 
 
 ########### Create bot object #################
 _DESCRIPTION = (
-    "RootPythia is a Discord bot fetching RootMe API to notify everyone"
+    "RootPythia is a Discord bot fetching RootMe API to notify everyone "
     "when a user solves a new challenge!"
 )
 _PREFIX = "!"
 _INTENTS = craft_intents()
 
-BOT = commands.Bot(command_prefix=_PREFIX, description=_DESCRIPTION, intents=_INTENTS, help_command=commands.DefaultHelpCommand())
+BOT = commands.Bot(
+        command_prefix=_PREFIX,
+        description=_DESCRIPTION,
+        intents=_INTENTS,
+        help_command=RootPythiaHelpCommand())
 
 # Create Bot own logger, each Cog will also have its own
 BOT.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)