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+"""The file that holds the honeypot function"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import datetime
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Self
+
+import discord
+import munch
+from core import cogs, extensionconfig
+from discord.ext import commands
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import bot
+
+
+async def setup(bot: bot.TechSupportBot) -> None:
+    """Adds the cog to the bot. Setups config
+
+    Args:
+        bot (bot.TechSupportBot): The bot object to register the cog with
+    """
+    config = extensionconfig.ExtensionConfig()
+    config.add(
+        key="channels",
+        datatype="list",
+        title="Honeypot channels",
+        description=("The list of channel ID's that are honeypots"),
+        default=[],
+    )
+    await bot.add_cog(HoneyPot(bot=bot, extension_name="honeypot"))
+    bot.add_extension_config("honeypot", config)
+
+
+class HoneyPot(cogs.MatchCog):
+    """The pasting module"""
+
+    async def match(
+        self: Self, config: munch.Munch, ctx: commands.Context, content: str
+    ) -> bool:
+        """Checks to see if a message was sent in a honeypot channel
+
+        Args:
+            config (munch.Munch): The config of the guild to check
+            ctx (commands.Context): The context of the original message
+            content (str): The string representation of the message
+
+        Returns:
+            bool: Whether the author sent in a honeypot channel
+        """
+        # If the channel isn't a honeypot, do nothing.
+        if not str(ctx.channel.id) in config.extensions.honeypot.channels.value:
+            return False
+        return True
+
+    async def response(
+        self: Self,
+        config: munch.Munch,
+        ctx: commands.Context,
+        content: str,
+        result: bool,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Handles a honeypot check
+
+        Args:
+            config (munch.Munch): The config of the guild where the message was sent
+            ctx (commands.Context): The context the message was sent in
+            content (str): The string content of the message
+            result (bool): What the match() function returned
+        """
+        # Temporary ban and unban.
+        # This should be replaced with a guild wide purge when discord.py can be updated.
+        await ctx.author.ban(delete_message_days=1, reason="triggered honeypot")
+        await ctx.guild.unban(ctx.author, reason="triggered honeypot")
+
+        # Send an alert in the alert channel, if its configured
+        try:
+            alert_channel = ctx.guild.get_channel(int(config.moderation.alert_channel))
+        except TypeError:
+            alert_channel = None
+
+        if not alert_channel:
+            return
+
+        embed = discord.Embed(title="Honeypot triggered")
+        embed.add_field(
+            name="Offending member",
+            value=f"{ctx.author.global_name} ({ctx.author.name})",
+        )
+        embed.add_field(name="Message text", value=ctx.message.clean_content[:500])
+        embed.add_field(
+            name="Number of attachments", value=len(ctx.message.attachments)
+        )
+        embed.color = discord.Color.red()
+        embed.timestamp = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+
+        embed.set_footer(
+            text=f"Author ID: {ctx.author.id} • Message ID: {ctx.message.id}"
+        )
+
+        await alert_channel.send(embed=embed)
+
+        # Get only message in the channel and edit the description
+        # Just in case, we make sure we pick the first message in the channel, as a foolproof method
+        history = ctx.channel.history(oldest_first=True, limit=1)
+        starting_message = await anext(history)
+        starting_embed = starting_message.embeds[0]
+        new_actions = int(starting_embed.description.split(":")[1]) + 1
+        starting_embed.description = (
+            f"{starting_embed.description.split(':')[0]}: {new_actions}"
+        )
+
+        await starting_message.edit(embeds=[starting_embed])