Anti-spam and escalation
Rules over what members write — floods, repeats, the same message in several channels, mass mentions, invites, links — and warnings that add up to the next sanction.
Do this on my dashboardAnti-spam works beside the honeypot and the scam-picture filter. Each rule watches what members write; when one trips, what tripped it is deleted, then the rule's action follows. Every sanction it hands out is a case in the sanction record, with Anti-spam as its origin.
The rules
| Rule | Trips when | Default action |
|---|---|---|
| Flood | Too many messages too fast (6 in 5 seconds). | Time out |
| Repeated messages | The same message over and over (4 times in 30 seconds). | Delete only |
| Same message in several channels | One message pasted in several channels at once (3 channels in 20 seconds), the mark of a raid or a hacked account. | Time out |
| Mass mentions | More than 5 mentions in one message. | Time out |
| Invites to other servers | A Discord invite to another server. Invites to your own server are fine. | Delete only |
| Links | Any link outside the sites you allow. Off by default. Discord's own links and GIF sites are always fine. | Delete only |
Every number can be changed. The actions are Delete only, Warn, Time out (for the length you choose, 10 minutes by default), Kick and Ban. A member who trips a rule again and again in one burst is sanctioned once, not once per message.
Repeats are compared without case, spacing or invisible characters, so FREE nitro and free nitro are the same message.
Who is never checked
Bots, the server owner, administrators, members with Manage Messages, your staff roles (from the Roles page), and the roles and channels you exempt.
Set it up
In Moderation → Anti-spam, turn anti-spam on, adjust the rules and save. The bot needs Manage Messages to delete, and the permission of each action (Timeout Members, Kick Members, Ban Members); without it, that action only deletes, and the page says so.
Escalation
Premium
Warnings add up. You set steps — for example 3 warnings → 1-hour timeout, 5 warnings → kick — and a window, such as 30 days. When a warning brings a member to a step's count within the window, the bot applies that step's sanction, recorded with Escalation as its origin.
- Up to 5 steps: timeout, kick, temporary ban or ban, with a length for the timed ones.
- Each step acts once, when its count is reached.
- Warnings from every source count, anti-spam's included. A cancelled warning no longer counts.
Appeals
Sanctioned members contest a sanction from its DM or from the website. Each appeal is a card with a thread; accepting lifts the sanction.
Anti-raid and lockdown
Raid mode turns newcomers away during a wave of joins and ends on its own; a lockdown stops everyone from writing and is undone exactly.