Automod setup

Build automated moderation rules that catch rule-breakers before your team sees them.

Choose a trigger

Pick what should activate the rule: banned words, regex patterns, links, invites, attachment types, message spam, duplicate spam, join spam, all-caps, zalgo text or excessive mentions.

Set the action

Decide what happens when the trigger matches. Options include deleting the message, warning the user, muting, kicking, banning, timing out, assigning a role, setting slowmode, sending an alert or simply logging the event.

Add exemptions

Exempt specific roles or users from each rule so moderators, bots and VIPs are never caught by accident. You can also restrict rules to specific channels.

Configure cooldowns and limits

Set message count thresholds, time windows and repeat limits. A spam rule might trigger after five messages in three seconds, while a link filter can act on the first offending message.

Test and monitor

Use the dashboard to test a rule against sample messages. Review automod hits in the dashboard or in your configured log channel to make sure rules are working as expected.