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+{-# LANGUAGE NamedFieldPuns #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-}
+
+module Main where
+
+import Simplex.Chat.Bot
+import Simplex.Chat.Controller (versionNumber)
+import Simplex.Chat.Core
+import Simplex.Chat.Options
+import Simplex.Chat.Terminal (terminalChatConfig)
+import System.Directory (getAppUserDataDirectory)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as TE
+import Network.HTTP.Simple
+import Data.Aeson
+import GHC.Generics
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as BL
+import System.Environment (getEnv)
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
+
+-- Data types for Venice.ai API
+data ChatMessage = ChatMessage
+    { role :: String
+    , content :: String
+    } deriving (Show, Generic)
+
+data ChatRequest = ChatRequest
+    { model :: String
+    , messages :: [ChatMessage]
+    , temperature :: Float
+    } deriving (Show, Generic)
+
+data ChatResponse = ChatResponse
+    { choices :: [Choice]
+    } deriving (Show, Generic)
+
+data Choice = Choice
+    { message :: ChatMessage
+    } deriving (Show, Generic)
+
+instance ToJSON ChatMessage
+instance ToJSON ChatRequest
+instance FromJSON ChatMessage
+instance FromJSON ChatResponse
+instance FromJSON Choice
+
+-- Venice API client function
+callVeniceAPI :: String -> String -> IO (Maybe String)
+callVeniceAPI apiKey userMessage = do
+    let request = ChatRequest
+            { model = "venice-model" -- Replace with actual Venice model name
+            , messages = [ChatMessage "user" userMessage]
+            , temperature = 0.7
+            }
+
+    let jsonRequest = encode request
+    initReq <- parseRequest "POST https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/chat/completions"
+    let req = setRequestMethod "POST"
+            . setRequestHeader "Content-Type" ["application/json"]
+            . setRequestHeader "Authorization" ["Bearer " <> TE.encodeUtf8 (T.pack apiKey)]
+            . setRequestBodyLBS jsonRequest
+            $ initReq
+
+    response <- httpLBS req
+    let decoded = decode (getResponseBody response) :: Maybe ChatResponse
+    return $ case decoded of
+        Just chatResponse -> case choices chatResponse of
+            (choice:_) -> Just $ content (message choice)
+            _ -> Nothing
+        Nothing -> Nothing
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+    opts <- welcomeGetOpts
+    apiKey <- getEnv "VENICE_API_KEY"
+    simplexChatCore terminalChatConfig opts $
+        chatBotRepl welcomeMessage $ \_contact msg -> do
+            case words msg of
+                ("/bot":rest) -> do
+                    response <- liftIO $ callVeniceAPI apiKey (unwords rest)
+                    pure $ case response of
+                        Just reply -> reply
+                        Nothing -> "Sorry, I couldn't process that request."
+                _ -> pure "" -- Don't respond to messages without the /bot prefix
+
+welcomeMessage :: String
+welcomeMessage = "Hello! I'm a Venice.ai powered chat bot.\nUse /bot followed by your message to talk to me."
+
+welcomeGetOpts :: IO ChatOpts
+welcomeGetOpts = do
+    appDir <- getAppUserDataDirectory "simplex"
+    opts@ChatOpts {coreOptions = CoreChatOpts {dbFilePrefix}} <- getChatOpts appDir "simplex_bot"
+    putStrLn $ "SimpleX Chat Bot v" ++ versionNumber
+    putStrLn $ "db: " <> dbFilePrefix <> "_chat.db, " <> dbFilePrefix <> "_agent.db"
+    pure opts