diff --git a/artemis/bot.py b/artemis/bot.py
index c4b41e4..53f3424 100644
--- a/artemis/bot.py
+++ b/artemis/bot.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class Artemis(commands.Bot):
             status = {"name": None, "emoji": None}
 
         super().__init__(
-            command_prefix=commands.when_mentioned_or(config.prefix),
+            command_prefix=config.prefix,
             help_command=HelpEmbedded(command_attrs={"hidden": True}, verify_checks=False),
             intents=intents,
             allowed_mentions=discord.AllowedMentions(everyone=False, replied_user=False),
diff --git a/artemis/cogs/chat.py b/artemis/cogs/chat.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8333228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artemis/cogs/chat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+import re
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+import aiohttp.client_exceptions
+import discord
+from discord.ext import commands
+from huggingface_hub import AsyncInferenceClient
+
+from artemis.utils import config
+
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from ..bot import Artemis
+
+log = logging.getLogger("artemis")
+
+
+emoji_map = {
+    "😀": ":D",
+    "😃": ":D",
+    "😄": ":D",
+    "😁": ":D",
+    "😆": ":D",
+    "😅": ":D",
+    "😂": ":'D",
+    "🤣": ":'D",
+    "😊": ":)",
+    "😇": "^_^",
+    "🙂": ":)",
+    "😉": ";)",
+    "😌": "-_-",
+    "😍": "<3",
+    "😘": ":-*",
+    "😗": ":*",
+    "😙": ":*",
+    "😚": ":*",
+    "😜": ";P",
+    "😝": ":P",
+    "😛": ":P",
+    "🤑": "$-$",
+    "🤗": "(hug)",
+    "🤔": ":/",
+    "😎": "8)",
+    "😏": "^_^",
+    "😒": "-_-",
+    "😞": ":(",
+    "😔": ":(",
+    "😟": ":(",
+    "😕": ":/",
+    "🙁": ":(",
+    "☹️": ":(",
+    "😣": ":S",
+    "😖": ":S",
+    "😫": "DX",
+    "😩": "DX",
+    "😢": ":'(",
+    "😭": ":'(",
+    "😤": ">:(",
+    "😠": ">:(",
+    "😡": ">:(",
+    "🤬": "#@!*&",
+    "😈": ">:)",
+    "👿": ">:)",
+    "💀": "X_X",
+    "☠️": "X_X",
+    "😺": "=^_^=",
+    "😸": "=^_^=",
+    "😹": "=^_^=",
+    "😻": "=^_^=",
+    "😼": "-_-^",
+    "😽": "=^_^=",
+    "🙀": "=o_o=",
+    "😿": "='(",
+    "😾": "-_-^",
+}
+
+EMOJI_RE = re.compile("|".join(re.escape(emoji) for emoji in emoji_map.keys()))
+CLEAN_EMOJI_RE = re.compile(
+    "["
+    "\U0001F600-\U0001F64F"  # emoticons
+    "\U0001F300-\U0001F5FF"  # symbols & pictographs
+    "\U0001F680-\U0001F6FF"  # transport & map symbols
+    "\U00002702-\U000027B0"
+    "\U00002702-\U000027B0"
+    "\U000024C2-\U0001F251"
+    "\U0001f926-\U0001f937"
+    "\U00010000-\U0010ffff"
+    "\u2640-\u2642"
+    "\u2600-\u2B55"
+    "]",
+    flags=re.UNICODE,
+)
+ARTEMIS_RE = re.compile(r"\bar(i)?temis\b", flags=re.IGNORECASE)
+
+
+class Chat(commands.Cog):
+    def __init__(self, bot: Artemis):
+        self.bot: Artemis = bot
+        self.memory: dict[int, list[dict]] = {}
+        self.model = "google/gemma-2-2b-it"
+        self.client = AsyncInferenceClient(api_key=self.bot.secrets.huggingface)
+
+    def replace_emojis(self, text: str) -> str:
+        return EMOJI_RE.sub(lambda match: emoji_map[match.group(0)], text)
+
+    def strip_emojis(self, text: str) -> str:
+        return CLEAN_EMOJI_RE.sub("", text)
+
+    def humanize_mentions(self, message: discord.Message, content: str) -> str:
+        for user in message.mentions:
+            content = content.replace(user.mention, "@" + user.display_name)
+        return content
+
+    def get_memory(self, user_id: int):
+        if user_id not in self.memory:
+            self.memory[user_id] = []
+        return self.memory[user_id]
+
+    def add_memory(self, user_id: int, role: str, message: str):
+        memory = self.get_memory(user_id)
+        if len(memory) == 0:
+            message = f"You're Artemis, a friendly AI hanging out in this Discord server, following is a user chat message directed at you.\n\n{message}"
+        if len(memory) >= 10:
+            del memory[1]
+        memory.append({"role": role, "content": message})
+        self.memory[user_id] = memory
+
+    def add_user_memory(self, user_id: int, message: str):
+        self.add_memory(user_id, "user", message)
+
+    def add_assistant_memory(self, user_id: int, message: str):
+        self.add_memory(user_id, "assistant", message)
+
+    async def chat(self, user_id: int, message: str):
+        self.add_user_memory(user_id, message)
+        response = await self.client.chat.completions.create(
+            model=self.model,
+            messages=self.get_memory(user_id),
+            max_tokens=500,
+            stream=False,
+        )
+        chat_response = response.choices[0].message.content
+        self.add_assistant_memory(user_id, chat_response)
+        return chat_response
+
+    @commands.Cog.listener()
+    async def on_message(self, message: discord.Message):
+        reference = message.reference
+        parent = reference.cached_message if reference else None
+
+        is_valid_reply = (
+            parent is not None
+            and parent.author.id == self.bot.user.id
+            and not parent.content.startswith(config.prefix)
+        )
+        is_valid_mention = (
+            message.mentions and self.bot.user in message.mentions
+        ) or ARTEMIS_RE.search(message.content)
+
+        if not is_valid_reply and not is_valid_mention:
+            return
+
+        content = message.content.replace(self.bot.user.mention, "").strip()
+        content = self.humanize_mentions(message, content)
+
+        if not content:
+            return
+
+        content = message.author.display_name + ": " + content
+
+        try:
+            async with message.channel.typing():
+                response = await self.chat(message.author.id, content)
+                response = self.replace_emojis(response)
+                response = self.strip_emojis(response)
+                response = re.sub(r"[ ]{2,}", " ", response)
+            await message.reply(response)
+        except aiohttp.client_exceptions.ClientResponseError as err:
+            await message.reply(f"{self.model} error: {err.status} {err.message}")
+
+
+async def setup(bot: Artemis):
+    await bot.add_cog(Chat(bot))
diff --git a/artemis/utils/config.py b/artemis/utils/config.py
index bae7283..b437755 100644
--- a/artemis/utils/config.py
+++ b/artemis/utils/config.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class Secrets:
     cloudflare: str
     openai: str
     deepl: str
+    huggingface: str
 
 
 @dataclass
diff --git a/config.example.toml b/config.example.toml
index cccc272..8542a13 100644
--- a/config.example.toml
+++ b/config.example.toml
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ github = "github"
 cloudflare = "cloudflare"
 openai = "openai"
 deepl = "deepl"
+huggingface = "huggingface"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c3e2d62..843b8e6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ h2
 aiogoogletrans
 setuptools
 legacy-cgi
+huggingface_hub