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+from mattermostdriver import Driver
+import mmpy_bot
+import datetime
+import base64
+import requests
+from io import BytesIO
+import string
+import random
+from openai import OpenAI
+api_key = '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'
+
+assistant = OpenAI(api_key=api_key)
+
+def construct_unique_name(length, type):
+    timestamp = str(datetime.datetime.now())
+    timestamp = timestamp.replace(":", "").replace(".", "")
+    letters = string.ascii_letters
+    return f"{timestamp}-gen-{type}-{''.join(random.choice(letters) for i in range(length))}"
+
+class SherpaAI(mmpy_bot.Plugin):
+    description = """
+    You are a well mannered maid named Sherpa that takes care of the Treehouse Full of Stars for all our friends, with red hair that hangs in a
+    milk maids braid, a maid outfit that is used but wellclear taken care of, and a soft demeanor that brings a smile to our faces. You do not tolerate any
+    sexual harrasment or bullying of any kinda and when confront can have a sailors mouth. You do not use emojis, use quotes for dialogue and italicize emotes in discord.
+    """
+    text_model = "o4-mini-2025-04-16"
+    image_model = "dall-e-3"
+
+    async def generate_image(self, prompt):
+        img = assistant.images.generate(
+            model=self.image_model,
+            prompt=prompt,
+            n=1,
+            size="1024x1024"
+        )
+
+        path = f"generate_images/{construct_unique_name(6, "PNG")}.png"
+        image_url = img.data[0].url
+
+        response = requests.get(image_url)
+        if response.status_code == 200:
+            with open(path, "wb") as file:
+                file.write(response.content)
+            print("Image saved successfully.")
+            return path
+        else:
+            print(f"Failed to download image. Status code: {response.status_code}")
+            return None
+
+    async def generate_text(self, prompt, messages):
+        messages.append( 
+            {"role": "user", "content": prompt}, 
+        ) 
+        response = assistant.chat.completions.create(messages=messages, model=self.text_model)
+        reply = response.choices[0].message.content
+        messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": reply})
+        return reply
+
+    @mmpy_bot.listen_to('Artist @sherpa')
+    async def main_image(self, message: mmpy_bot.Message):
+        prompt = message.text.replace("Artist @sherpa", "")
+        print("image prompt: ", prompt)
+        path = await self.generate_image(prompt)
+        if path:
+            self.driver.reply_to(message, "", file_paths=[path])
+
+    @mmpy_bot.listen_to('Dear @sherpa')
+    async def main_prompt(self, message: mmpy_bot.Message):
+        messages = [{"role": "developer", "content": self.description}]
+        prompt = message.text.replace("Dear @sherpa", "")
+        print("text prompt: ", prompt)
+        reply = await self.generate_text(prompt, messages)
+        self.driver.reply_to(message, reply)
+
+bot = mmpy_bot.Bot(
+    settings=mmpy_bot.Settings(
+        MATTERMOST_URL = "http://192.168.1.67",
+        MATTERMOST_PORT = 8065,
+        BOT_TOKEN = "qhsk78iab3gh9phbzjeng8umrw",
+        BOT_TEAM = "Treehousefullofstars",
+        SSL_VERIFY = False,
+    ),
+    plugins=[SherpaAI()],
+)
+bot.run()