technically-automod 0.1.0

Message intent justification for Python-based Discord bots

Technically Automod

Message intent justification for Python-based discord bots

technically-automod is an automod cog for major Python-based Discord API frameworks (Discord.py, Disnake, Nextcord).

Installing

technically-automod can be installed with the command

# Linux
python3 -m pip install -U technically-automod

# Windows
python -m pip install -U technically-automod

To install the development version of the library directly from source:

$ git clone https://github.com/nwunderly/technically-automod
$ cd technically-automod
$ python3 -m pip install -U .

Quickstart

Load the extension:

# discord.py
await bot.load_extension("technically_automod")

# disnake & nextcord
bot.load_extension("technically_automod")

Loading the extension

You can load technically-automod the same way you load any other extension. The library will automatically detect which Discord API library you have installed, and choose the correct extension to load.

# discord.py
await bot.load_extension("technically_automod")

# disnake & nextcord
bot.load_extension("technically_automod")

If you have multiple Discord API libraries installed, the above method will raise an ImportError exception. If this happens, you should load the extension based on the library you're using:

# discord.py
await bot.load_extension("technically_automod.discordpy")

# disnake
bot.load_extension("technically_automod.disnake")

# nextcord
bot.load_extension("technically_automod.nextcord")

You can also add the Cog manually:

# Auto-detect library
from technically_automod import TechnicallyAutomodCog
await bot.add_cog(TechnicallyAutomodCog(bot)) # if using discord.py
bot.add_cog(TechnicallyAutomodCog(bot)) # if using disnake or nextcord

# discord.py
from technically_automod import DiscordpyAutomodCog
await bot.add_cog(DiscordpyAutomodCog(bot))

# disnake
from technically_automod import DisnakeAutomodCog
bot.add_cog(DisnakeAutomodCog(bot))

# nextcord
from technically_automod import NextcordAutomodCog
bot.add_cog(NextcordAutomodCog(bot))

Configuration

When loaded, the automod cog will look for a file called "config.json" in the Python process's working directory. An example config file is provided in this repository.

The config should be structured as a list of rules, where each rule consists of a name, a rule type, actions to perform on match, and (if necessary) a list of items to match on.

Disable Automod

Automod will do nothing if:

1. There is no config.json file.
2. config.json is empty.
3. config.json contains an empty json list: []

Rule Types

The type field should be a string defining the rule type.

1. Rule type phishing will use the FishFish database to detect phishing links. The extension will update the phishing domain list every hour if the configuration contains a phishing rule.
2. Rule type words will match whole words in the message content.
3. Rule type substring will detect the matches anywhere in the message content, including in the middle of words.
4. Rule type regex will use Python's re.search function to find regex pattern matches in the message content.

Match List

The match field in each rule should be a list of strings defining the words, substrings, or regex patterns to match on. The phishing rule should not have a match field.

Actions

The actions field should be a list of actions to perform if a match is detected. The options are:

1. delete - Delete the message.
2. kick - Kick the user from the server.
3. ban - Ban the user from the server.

Note: if "kick" and "ban" are both listed, the one listed first will be performed and the next will be ignored.

Examples

Example config.json file:

[
  {
    "name": "Phishing Detection",
    "type": "phishing",
    "actions": ["delete", "kick"]
  },
  {
    "name": "Bad Word Detection",
    "type": "words",
    "match": ["heck", "frick"],
    "actions": ["delete"]
  },
  {
    "name": "Brainrot Detecton",
    "type": "substring",
    "match": ["67"],
    "actions": []
  },
  {
    "name": "Spam Detection",
    "type": "regex",
    "match": ["(?:\w+){30,}"],
    "actions": ["delete"]
  }
]