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Discord AutoMod (edge blocking) — Discord Bot Guide

Mirror your message rules into native Discord AutoMod so spam is blocked before it posts.

Quick answer

Provision and check

!automod links enabled:true block_invites:true
!security automod sync
!security automod status
!security automod clear

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Step by step

Discord's own AutoMod runs before a message is delivered, so for message spam nothing — not even the fastest bot — reacts sooner. Sweet mirrors your message rules into native rules prefixed Sweet: so you get both: the edge blocks the obvious, the bot handles heat, context and everything AutoMod cannot see.

!security automod sync         create or update the Sweet: rules from your AutoMod config
!security automod presets      the same, plus Discord's profanity / slurs / sexual-content presets
!security automod status · !security automod clear

Rule	Created when
`Mention spam`	mentions rule on (uses your max; raid-ping protection on)
`Invites`	block_invites or block_all (your allow-list domains pass)
`All links`	block_all
`Words`	words rule on with terms (up to 1000 at the edge)
`Profanity`	presets only
`Spam`	spam rule on

Syncing is idempotent: existing rules are edited in place, and a rule for a feature you have since turned off is removed. Discord caps exemptions at 20 roles and 50 channels per rule; the sync warns you when yours exceed that. The bot needs Manage Server. Dashboard: Security → Protection → AutoMod has the same four buttons. Discord AutoMod covers message content only — it never stops a nuke.

Copy and try

Provision and check

!automod links enabled:true block_invites:true
!security automod sync
!security automod status
!security automod clear

Good to know

Discord allows 20 exempt roles and 50 exempt channels per rule; the sync warns when yours exceed that.
Edge rules block content only; they never see channel or role changes.

Still stuck? Ask in the support server.