Sending plain text messages and images may be enough for most use cases of a bot but being able to add a layer of interactions for the user can vastly enhance the usability and feature set of your application.

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Beyond basic message commands, advanced Discord bot features enable automated, event-driven responses to user activity and enhanced custom interactions. These features include dynamically changing the bot's presence or status and implementing interactive UI elements like buttons and select menus.

Advanced Discord bot features

https://discord-py-slash-command.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Discord-py-slash-command documentation

It is possible to change your bot's current activity to 1 of 4 different statuses. Use the following templates to change the status whenever you want within your code (as long as the code is within an async function).

**Playing a game**

```python
await client.change_presence(activity=
    discord.Game(name="some game"))
```

**Streaming**

```python
await client.change_presence(activity=
    discord.Streaming(name="some stream", url=stream_url))
```

**Listening**

```python
await client.change_presence(activity=
    discord.Activity(type=discord.ActivityType.listening, name="some song"))
```

**Watching**

```python
await client.change_presence(activity=
    discord.Activity(type=discord.ActivityType.watching, name="some movie"))
```

Change bot activity status

Message components

In discord.py, the `on_message` event handler allows a bot to monitor and respond to messages in real time. This event listener is essential for creating automated conversational flows, keyword triggers, and contextual follow-ups.

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