move bot taggable into an environment variable

cogs/text_service_cog.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ USER_KEY_DB = EnvService.get_api_db()
 CHAT_BYPASS_ROLES = EnvService.get_bypass_roles()
 PRE_MODERATE = EnvService.get_premoderate()
 FORCE_ENGLISH = EnvService.get_force_english()
+BOT_TAGGABLE = EnvService.get_bot_is_taggable()
 
 #
 # Obtain the Moderation table and the General table, these are two SQLite tables that contain
@@ -595,6 +596,9 @@ class GPT3ComCon(discord.Cog, name="GPT3ComCon"):
         if f"<@{self.bot.user.id}>" in message.content and not (
             "@everyone" in message.content or "@here" in message.content
         ):
+            if not BOT_TAGGABLE:
+                return
+
             # Remove the mention from the message
             prompt = message.content.replace(self.bot.user.mention, "")
             # If the message is empty, don't process it

detailed_guides/INSTALLATION.md

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ USER_INPUT_API_KEYS="False" # If True, users must use their own API keys for Ope
 MODERATIONS_ALERT_CHANNEL = "977697652147892304"  
 # User API key db path configuration. This is where the user API keys will be stored.  
 USER_KEY_DB_PATH = "user_key_db.sqlite"
+# Determines if the bot responds to messages that start with a mention of it
+BOT_TAGGABLE = "true"
 ```  
   
 # Installation  

sample.env

@@ -51,3 +51,6 @@ MAX_SEARCH_PRICE = 1.00
 
 # Max price to pay for a deep composition
 MAX_DEEP_COMPOSE_PRICE = 3.00
+
+# Determines if the bot responds to messages that start with a mention of it
+BOT_TAGGABLE = "true"

services/environment_service.py

@@ -286,6 +286,16 @@ class EnvService:
         except Exception:
             return False
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_bot_is_taggable():
+        try:
+            user_input_api_keys = os.getenv("BOT_TAGGABLE")
+            if user_input_api_keys.lower().strip() == "true":
+                return True
+            return False
+        except Exception:
+            return False
+
     @staticmethod
     def get_user_key_db_path() -> Union[Path, None]:
         try: