diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-.env
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+.env
+.vscode
diff --git a/Bot/assistant_bot.py b/Bot/assistant_bot.py
deleted file mode 100644
index fc03943..0000000
--- a/Bot/assistant_bot.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-import discord
-import os
-import requests
-import json
-import random
-
-# instance of the client
-Intents = discord.Intents.default()
-# Intents.message_content = True
-client = discord.Client(intents=Intents)
-
-sad_words = ["sad", "depressed", "unhappy", "angry", "miserable", "depressing"]
-
-starter_encouragements = [
-    "Cheer up!", 
-    "You can do it!",
-    "Hang in there!",
-    "You are a star!",
-    "You are a great person!"
-]
-
-def get_quote():
-    """
-    This function gets a random quote from the API
-    """
-    url = "https://zenquotes.io/api/random"
-    response = requests.get(url)
-    json_data = json.loads(response.text)
-    quote = json_data[0]['q'] + " - " + json_data[0]['a']
-    return quote
-
-@client.event
-async def on_ready(): # when the bot is ready to use
-    print(f'We have logged in as {client.user}')
-    # "Hey there! I'm your personal assistant. I can help you with anything you need. Just ask me!"
-
-@client.event # this tells the library we are listening to a message event
-async def on_message(message): # when the bot recieves a message
-    if message.author == client.user: # if the message is from the bot (ourselves)
-        return # we don't want to reply to ourselves
-
-    if message.content.startswith('!hello'): # if the message starts with !hello
-        await message.channel.send(f'Hello humans!') # reply with Hello!
-        # await message.author.send('Hello there!') # send a message to the author
-    
-    if message.content.startswith('!inspire'): # if the message starts with !inspire
-        author_name = message.author.name.split()[0] # get the author's name
-        quote = get_quote()
-        # await message.channel.send(quote)
-        await message.reply(author_name + ", " + quote)
-    
-    if any(word in message.content for word in sad_words):
-        await message.channel.send(random.choice(starter_encouragements))
-        # message.channel.send("I'm sorry to hear that. I'm always here to help!")
-
-Token  = os.getenv('AUTH_TOKEN')
-client.run(Token) # run the bot with the token 
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diff --git a/cogs/README.md b/cogs/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cadd7b1
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+++ b/cogs/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Cogs
+
+Functionality of the Code Network bot is organised into cogs, discord.py's way of separating concerns within the codebase. Information about cogs can be found here: https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ext/commands/cogs.html.
+
+## Naming convention
+
+The file name and cog name should be suffixed with "cog", so for example if my cog was concerned with authentication, the file would be called `auth_cog.py` and the class should be named `AuthCog`.
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diff --git a/cogs/basics_cog.py b/cogs/basics_cog.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8b4b13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cogs/basics_cog.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from discord.ext import commands
+
+
+class BasicsCog(commands.Cog):
+    def __init__(self, bot: commands.Bot):
+        self.bot = bot
+
+    async def hello(self, ctx: commands.Context):
+        await ctx.channel.send(f"Hello humans!")  # reply with Hello!
+        # await message.author.send('Hello there!') # send a message to the author
diff --git a/cogs/inspire_cog.py b/cogs/inspire_cog.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5321017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cogs/inspire_cog.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+from discord.ext import commands
+import requests
+import random
+
+SAD_WORDS = ["sad", "depressed", "unhappy", "angry", "miserable", "depressing"]
+
+STARTER_ENCOURAGEMENTS = [
+    "Cheer up!",
+    "You can do it!",
+    "Hang in there!",
+    "You are a star!",
+    "You are a great person!",
+]
+
+def get_quote() -> str:
+    """
+    This function gets a random quote from the API
+    """
+    url = "https://zenquotes.io/api/random"
+    response = requests.get(url)
+    json_data = response.json()
+    quote = json_data[0]["q"] + " - " + json_data[0]["a"]
+    return quote
+
+
+class InspireCog(commands.Cog):
+    def __init__(self, bot: commands.Bot):
+        self.bot = bot
+
+    @commands.command()
+    async def inspire(self, ctx: commands.Context):
+        author_name = ctx.author.name.split()[0]  # get the author's name
+        quote = get_quote()
+        # await message.channel.send(quote)
+        await ctx.reply(author_name + ", " + quote)
+
+    @commands.Cog.listener()
+    async def sad_reply(self, ctx: commands.Context):
+        if any(word in ctx.message.content.lower() for word in SAD_WORDS):
+            await ctx.channel.send(random.choice(STARTER_ENCOURAGEMENTS))
+        # message.channel.send("I'm sorry to hear that. I'm always here to help!")
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e71c4c4
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+++ b/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import os
+from discord.ext import commands
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+import asyncio
+
+from cogs.basics_cog import BasicsCog
+from cogs.inspire_cog import InspireCog
+
+BOT = commands.Bot(command_prefix='$')
+
+@BOT.event
+async def on_ready():  # when the bot is ready to use
+    print(f"We have logged in as {BOT.user}")
+    # "Hey there! I'm your personal assistant. I can help you with anything you need. Just ask me!"
+
+
+BOT.add_cog(BasicsCog(BOT))
+BOT.add_cog(InspireCog(BOT))
+
+async def main():
+    async with BOT:
+        load_dotenv()
+        token = os.getenv("AUTH_TOKEN")
+        await BOT.start(token)  # run the bot with the token
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..046f18a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+requests==2.28.1
+discord.py==2.0.1
+python-dotenv==0.21.0