AutoMod

AutoMod is Discord's built-in filter: a rule looks for something in messages or member profiles and responds on its own, even when the bot is offline. This section covers creating rules, editing the ones a guild already has, and reacting when one fires. You're assumed to have a bot named "my-bot" logged in (see Starting a bot) with Manage Server in the guild, and to know the builder contract.

What a rule is made of

A rule has three parts, each an entity of its own:

Part	Entity	Answers
Trigger	triggerconfig	what the rule looks for: keywords, regex patterns, a preset list, mention spam, spam
Responses	automodresponse	what it does: block the message, send an alert, time the member out, block interactions
Rule	automodrule	its name, when it is checked, who and where it ignores

You build the trigger and the responses first, hand them to an automod rule builder, and read the build result of it to create the rule.

Reading order

Creating a rule: the rule builder, from the minimal rule to a fully configured one.
Triggers and responses: every trigger kind and its options, every response.
Managing rules: listing a guild's rules, editing them live, deleting them, and the execution event.