diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3139237..d2e91d8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
-# Team Codemonkey Discord Bot
+# Venom Discord Bot
 
-This is the Discord bot for Team Codemonkey
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+This is the Discord bot for Creation Asylum.
+
+## Development
+
+- Requires [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org/), recommend at least the latest LTS version.
+- Run `yarn` or `npm install` to install dependencies
+
+### Environment Variables
+
+At a minimum you need to provide the Discord bots Token, which can be found on the Bot tab of a Discord application. See table below for possible values.
+
+| key | description | example |
+|-------------------|-------------|---------|
+| BOT_TRIGGER       | Prefix of message to let bot know you are speaking to it
+| DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN | Discord bots Token
+| ENVIRONMENT       | What environment the bot is running in | `production`, `development` or `test` |
+| LOG_LEVEL         | What level of logs should be displayed in console | `error`, `warn`, `info`, `verbose`, `debug` or `silly` |
+
+### Bot commands
+
+To add a command you create a Typescript file in `src/bot/commands/[filename].ts` and ensure it implements the \src/bot/commands/ICommand.ts` interface. You can see the other files in this directory for implementation examples. Also ensure you export this file in `src/bot/commands/index.ts`.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3ac85d5..180ed3e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
-  "name": "teamcodemonkey-bot",
+  "name": "venom",
   "version": "0.0.1",
-  "description": "A bot for the Team Codemonkey Discord",
+  "description": "A bot for the Creation Asylum Discord",
   "main": "index.js",
-  "repository": "https://github.com/jondeaves/tcm-bot",
-  "bugs": "https://github.com/jondeaves/jondeaves/issues",
+  "repository": "https://github.com/jondeaves/venom",
+  "bugs": "https://github.com/jondeaves/venom/issues",
   "author": "Jon Deaves <hello@jondeaves.me> https://jondeaves.me",
   "contributors": [
     "Jon Deaves <hello@jondeaves.me> https://jondeaves.me"
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@
     "tslint-react": "~5.0.0",
     "typescript": "~3.9.7"
   }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/src/.env.template b/src/.env.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f369443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.env.template
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+BOT_TRIGGER=!
+DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=[replace with own token]
+ENVIRONMENT=production
+LOG_LEVEL=error
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diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index 9c81ac8..3056a4b 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
+import { exit } from 'process';
 import Discord from 'discord.js';
 
 import container from './inversity.config';
 
 import ConfigService from './core/services/config.service';
 import LoggerService from './core/services/logger.service';
-import { exit } from 'process';
+
+import ICommand from './bot/commands/ICommand';
+import rawCommands from './bot/commands';
 
 export default class App {
   private _configService: ConfigService = container.resolve<ConfigService>(ConfigService);
@@ -14,11 +17,40 @@ export default class App {
 
   public async init(): Promise<void> {
     this._discordClient = new Discord.Client();
+    const commandList = new Discord.Collection<string, ICommand>();
 
+    rawCommands.forEach(rawCommand => {
+      commandList.set(rawCommand.name, rawCommand);
+    });
+
+    // Triggers once after connecting to server
     this._discordClient.once('ready', () => {
       this._loggerService.log('info', "The Bot is connected to Discord server");
     });
 
+    // Triggers on every message the bot can see
+    this._discordClient.on('message', async message => {
+      const prefix = this._configService.get('BOT_TRIGGER');
+
+      // If the message either doesn't start with the prefix or was sent by a bot, exit early.
+      if (!message.content.startsWith(prefix) || message.author.bot) return;
+
+      const args = message.content.slice(prefix.length).trim().split(/ +/);
+      const commandName = args.shift().toLowerCase();
+      const command = commandList.get(commandName) || commandList.find(cmd => cmd.aliases && cmd.aliases.includes(commandName));
+
+      if (!command) {
+        return message.reply('Monkey no understand that command yet!');
+      };
+
+      try {
+        await command.execute(message, args, prefix, commandList);
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error(error);
+        message.reply('there was an error trying to execute that command!');
+      }
+    });
+
     this._discordClient.login(this._configService.get('DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN'))
       .catch((reason) => {
         this._loggerService.log('error', `Cannot initialise Discord client. Check the token: ${this._configService.get('DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN')}`);
diff --git a/src/bot/commands/ICommand.ts b/src/bot/commands/ICommand.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c359bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bot/commands/ICommand.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import Discord, { Collection } from 'discord.js';
+
+export default interface ICommand {
+  name: string;
+  aliases?: string[];
+  description: string;
+  execute: (message: Discord.Message, args: string[], prefix?: string, commands?: Collection<string, ICommand>) => Promise<void>,
+}
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diff --git a/src/bot/commands/help.ts b/src/bot/commands/help.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60124c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bot/commands/help.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import Discord, { Collection } from 'discord.js';
+
+import ICommand from './ICommand';
+
+const command: ICommand = {
+  name: 'help',
+  aliases: ['commands'],
+  description: 'Lists available commands!',
+  async execute(message: Discord.Message, args: string[], prefix: string, commands: Collection<string, ICommand>) {
+    const data = [];
+
+    if (!args.length) {
+      // Get for all commands
+      data.push('Here\'s a list of all my commands:\n');
+      data.push(commands.map(command => command.name).join(', '));
+      data.push(`\nYou can send \`${prefix}help [command name]\` to get info on a specific command!`);
+    } else {
+      // Get description of single command
+      const name = args[0].toLowerCase();
+      const command = commands.get(name) || commands.find(c => c.aliases && c.aliases.includes(name));
+
+      if (!command) {
+        message.reply('that\'s not a valid command!');
+      } else {
+        data.push(`**Name:** ${command.name}`);
+
+        if (command.aliases) data.push(`**Aliases:** ${command.aliases.join(', ')}`);
+        if (command.description) data.push(`**Description:** ${command.description}`);
+      }
+    }
+
+
+
+    try {
+      await message.author.send(data, { split: true });
+      if (message.channel.type === 'dm')
+        return;
+      message.reply('I\'ve sent you a DM with all my commands!');
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+      console.error(`Could not send help DM to ${message.author.tag}.\n`, error);
+      message.reply('it seems like I can\'t DM you! Do you have DMs disabled?');
+    }
+  },
+};
+
+export default command;
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diff --git a/src/bot/commands/index.ts b/src/bot/commands/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bfaee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bot/commands/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import help from './help';
+import ping from './ping';
+import see from './see';
+
+export default [
+  help,
+  ping,
+  see
+]
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diff --git a/src/bot/commands/ping.ts b/src/bot/commands/ping.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb85c6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bot/commands/ping.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import Discord from 'discord.js';
+
+import ICommand from './ICommand';
+
+const command: ICommand = {
+  name: 'ping',
+  aliases: ['hello'],
+  description: 'Ping!',
+  async execute(message: Discord.Message, args: string[]) {
+    message.reply('Pong.');
+  },
+};
+
+export default command;
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diff --git a/src/bot/commands/see.ts b/src/bot/commands/see.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bbd102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bot/commands/see.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import Discord from 'discord.js';
+
+import ICommand from './ICommand';
+
+const command: ICommand = {
+  name: 'see',
+  description: 'See!',
+  async execute(message: Discord.Message, args: string[]) {
+    message.reply(`Server: ${message.guild.name}\nYour username: ${message.author.username}\nYour ID: ${message.author.id}`);
+  },
+};
+
+export default command;
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diff --git a/src/core/services/config.service.ts b/src/core/services/config.service.ts
index 9f9ae1b..15a75f6 100644
--- a/src/core/services/config.service.ts
+++ b/src/core/services/config.service.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export default class ConfigService {
 
   private setup(): void {
     this.config = {
+      BOT_TRIGGER: process.env.BOT_TRIGGER || '!',
       DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN: process.env.DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN,
       ENVIRONMENT: (process.env.NODE_ENV as Environment) || 'development',
       LOG_LEVEL: (process.env.LOG_LEVEL as LogLevel) || 'info',
diff --git a/src/core/types/Config.ts b/src/core/types/Config.ts
index aa97f74..8b12d5a 100644
--- a/src/core/types/Config.ts
+++ b/src/core/types/Config.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import LogLevel from "./LogLevel";
 import Environment from "./Environment";
 
 export default interface Config {
+  BOT_TRIGGER: string;
   DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN: string;
   ENVIRONMENT: Environment;
   LOG_LEVEL: LogLevel;