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+import { HaikuClient } from 'jshaiku';
+import { Intents } from 'discord.js';
+import config from '../config/main.json' assert {type: 'json'};
+
+const client = new HaikuClient({
+    intents: new Intents(32767).bitfield,  // This is a way of specifying all intents w/o having to type them out
+}, config);
+
+export default client;
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