Automod

Automod scans messages as they arrive and acts on the ones that break your rules, without waiting for a moderator. Use it to remove spam, filter slurs, and shut down raids before they spread.

Turn it on

Enable Automod from the Modules page, then open the feature.

The fastest way to start is a starter pack: pick one on the setup screen and Automod installs a set of common rules in one step. You can edit or remove any of them afterward.

How rules work

Each rule has three parts:

1. A trigger that decides which messages the rule looks at.
2. Optional conditions that narrow it further, such as which channels it applies to.
3. One or more actions Automod takes when a message matches, such as deleting it, warning the member, or muting them.

You can build your own rules from scratch. See Rules for the full walkthrough.

Test before you enforce

When you create a rule you choose whether it is enabled on save. Leave a new rule disabled while you watch its recent fires to confirm it catches what you expect and nothing else, then enable it once you trust it.

Heat

Automod keeps a heat score for each member that rises every time they trip a rule and falls again over time. A member who breaks one rule once is treated more gently than one who breaks rules repeatedly, so punishments escalate on their own. Heat scores live in the Mod Console.

Exceptions and pausing

• Immune users bypass every rule. Add trusted accounts here, and keep the list short.
• Pause Automod stops every rule at once. Use it during an event or while you reconfigure, then switch it back on.

DM templates

Choose what a member is told when a rule acts on them by writing DM templates.

Related

• Moderation records every Automod action in the case log.
• Automation covers custom workflows beyond message filtering.