diff --git a/bot/bot.py b/bot/bot.py
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+from pathlib import Path
+from sys import stderr
+from traceback import print_exc
+from os import environ
+
+from discord.ext import commands
+
+
+HACKTOBERBOT_TOKEN = environ.get('HACKTOBERBOT_TOKEN')
+bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix=commands.when_mentioned_or('!'))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # Scan for files in the /cogs/ directory and make a list of the file names.
+    cogs = [file.stem for file in Path('cogs').glob('*.py')]
+    for extension in cogs:
+        try:
+            bot.load_extension(f'cogs.{extension}')
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f'Failed to load extension {extension}.', file=stderr)
+            print_exc()
+
+bot.run(HACKTOBERBOT_TOKEN)
diff --git a/bot/cogs/template.py b/bot/cogs/template.py
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+from discord.ext import commands
+
+
+class Template:
+
+    """
+    A template cog that contains examples of commands and command groups.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, bot):
+        self.bot = bot
+
+    @commands.command(name='repo', aliases=['repository', 'project'], brief='A link to the repository of this bot.')
+    async def repository(self, ctx):
+        await ctx.send('https://github.com/discord-python/hacktoberbot')
+
+    @commands.group(name='git', invoke_without_command=True)
+    async def github(self, ctx):
+        """
+        A command group with the name git. You can now create sub-commands such as git commit.
+        """
+
+        await ctx.send('Resources to learn **Git**: https://try.github.io/.')
+
+    @github.command()
+    async def commit(self, ctx):
+        """
+        A command that belongs to the git command group. Invoked using git commit.
+        """
+
+        await ctx.send('`git commit -m "First commit"` commits tracked changes.')
+
+
+# Required in order to load the cog, use the class name in the add_cog function.
+def setup(bot):
+    bot.add_cog(Template(bot))
diff --git a/bot/constants.py b/bot/constants.py
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+aiohttp==3.4.4
+async-timeout==3.0.0
+attrs==18.2.0
+chardet==3.0.4
+discord.py==1.0.0a0
+idna==2.7
+idna-ssl==1.1.0
+multidict==4.4.2
+websockets==6.0
+yarl==1.2.6
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diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
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+[flake8]
+max-line-length=120
+application_import_names=proj
+ignore=P102,B311,W503,E226,S311
+exclude=__pycache__, venv, .venv, tests
+import-order-style=pycharm