AutoMod
Six independent filters — bad words, spam, caps, links, invites, and mass mentions — each with its own action, and delete-only filters mirrored into Discord's own native AutoMod for zero-latency blocking.
Overview
Every message is checked against six filters, in this fixed order — the first one that matches wins and no further filters are checked for that message:
| Order | Filter | Detection |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad Words / Phrases | Case-insensitive substring match against your own word list |
| 2 | Mass Mentions | Counts @user/@role mentions in one message |
| 3 | Discord Invites | discord.gg / discord.com/invite links |
| 4 | Links | Any http(s):// URL |
| 5 | Caps | % of letters that are uppercase, above a minimum message length |
| 6 | Anti-Spam | Message count from one user within a rolling time window |
Filter Settings
| Filter | Configurable | Available actions | Default action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Words | Your word/phrase list | Delete · Delete+Warn · Delete+Timeout · Delete+Kick | Delete + Warn |
| Anti-Spam | Messages threshold (2–20, default 5) · window in seconds (2–30, default 5) | Delete · Timeout · Kick | Timeout |
| Caps | Caps % (30–100, default 70) · Minimum message length (5–50, default 10) | Delete · Delete+Warn | Delete |
| Mass Mentions | Max mentions (2–20, default 5) | Delete · Timeout · Kick | Timeout |
| Links | — | Delete · Delete+Warn | Delete |
| Invites | — | Delete · Delete+Warn | Delete |
Filters set to a Timeout action currently always time out for a fixed 10 minutes, regardless of the Timeout Duration dropdown shown next to Bad Words, Spam, and Mass Mentions on the dashboard.
Exemptions
Two global lists — Exempt Roles and Exempt Channels — bypass every filter entirely. Each filter can also have its own additional role/channel exemptions layered on top. Anyone with the Manage Messages permission is automatically exempt from all filters.
Native Discord AutoMod
Any filter set to a plain Delete action (Bad Words, Invites, Links, Mass Mentions) is mirrored into a real Discord AutoMod rule, so Discord blocks the message server-side before it's ever posted — faster than Aegis's own reactive scan. This requires Aegis to have Manage Server. The in-bot scanner keeps running as a fallback regardless.
DM on Removal
A global toggle sends the member a DM when AutoMod removes their message: "⚠️ Your message in {server} was removed by AutoMod. Filter: {filter}. Reason: {reason}" by default, or your own custom text.
Each filter card also shows a "Custom DM for this filter" box, but it currently only takes effect for the Native AutoMod path (plain Delete filters offloaded to Discord). Filters using Delete+Warn/Timeout/Kick always send the global DM message, not their own override.
Logging
Every AutoMod action posts an embed (Member, Filter, Action, Reason, Channel) to the AutoMod event on the Logging page.