rough example

commands.py

admins_and_mods = ["tremorai", "swarmlogic", "firecopy"]
def do_command(message):
    def command(nick):
        print(message)
    return command


def do_admin_command(message):
    def command(nick):
        if nick in admins_and_mods:
            print("admin command")
        else:
            print(f"{nick} is unauthorized")
    return command


def notfound(message):
    print('what?')


commands = {
    "github": do_command("github"),
    "discord": do_command("discord"),
    "setproject": do_admin_command("setproject")
}

commands.get('github', notfound)("tremorai")
commands.get('foo', notfound)("tremorai")
commands.get('discord', notfound)("firecopy")
commands.get('setproject', notfound)("foo")
commands.get('setproject', notfound)('swarmlogic')