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diff --git a/botcore/utils/channel.py b/botcore/utils/channel.py
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+"""Utilities for interacting with discord channels."""
+
+import discord
+from discord.ext.commands import Bot
+
+from botcore.utils import loggers
+
+log = loggers.get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+def is_in_category(channel: discord.TextChannel, category_id: int) -> bool:
+    """Return True if `channel` is within a category with `category_id`."""
+    return getattr(channel, "category_id", None) == category_id
+
+
+async def get_or_fetch_channel(bot: Bot, channel_id: int) -> discord.abc.GuildChannel:
+    """Attempt to get or fetch a channel and return it."""
+    log.trace(f"Getting the channel {channel_id}.")
+
+    channel = bot.get_channel(channel_id)
+    if not channel:
+        log.debug(f"Channel {channel_id} is not in cache; fetching from API.")
+        channel = await bot.fetch_channel(channel_id)
+
+    log.trace(f"Channel #{channel} ({channel_id}) retrieved.")
+    return channel