# My Twitch Bot doesn't recognize commands

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/my-twitch-bot-doesnt-recognize-commands/43816>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [February 28, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/my-twitch-bot-doesnt-recognize-commands/43816 "2023-02-28T13:50:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dist](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/dist/32/7192_2.png) [@Dist](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Dist)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/my-twitch-bot-doesnt-recognize-commands/43816/2 "2023-02-28T14:07:55Z")

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Twitch has deprecated slash commands over IRC, as explained in the announcement post back in September [https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/deprecation-of-chat-commands-through-irc/40486](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/deprecation-of-chat-commands-through-irc/40486)

There was shutdown windows in the lead up to the full removal, but now slash commands are completely removed as announced. As such you will have to change your bot over to using the API endpoints instead, all of which is explained in the linked announcement thread.

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