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Modules

AFK

Members let people know they're away with /afk. When someone mentions them or replies to them, Sparrow answers with their message. When they're back, Sparrow tells them who pinged them.

Going AFK

Use /afk. Both of its options are optional:

  • message: what people see when they ping you. Leave it empty and Sparrow says you're away and will see their message when you're back.
  • picture: a picture or GIF (PNG, JPG, GIF or WEBP, up to 8 MB).

Sparrow posts a short note in the channel that you're now AFK, with your message and when you went away. Using /afk again changes your message and replaces that note. Your start time stays the same.

When someone pings you

If someone mentions you, or replies to one of your messages (even with the ping turned off), Sparrow answers with your name, your message, your picture and how long you've been away. Role pings, @everyone and @here don't count. Sparrow answers at most once a minute for each person in each channel, and every ping goes on your list.

Coming back

Send any message and your AFK ends. Sparrow says welcome back and how long you were away (that message deletes itself after a few seconds), and DMs you the list of who pinged you, with a link to each message. If your DMs are closed, the list goes in the welcome message instead. A message in the first 15 seconds after /afk, like "brb", doesn't end it.

Settings for staff

On the dashboard, under Community Tools, then AFK:

  • Let members use /afk: on by default. Pick roles to limit who can use it.
  • No AFK replies in: channels (and their threads) where Sparrow stays quiet. Pings there still go on the list.
  • Nickname: put [AFK] in front of the member's name while they're away. Sparrow needs Manage Nicknames, and Discord never lets a bot rename the server owner or anyone with a role above Sparrow's.
  • "Is now AFK" note and Reply when pinged: keep them, or have Sparrow delete them after 5, 10 or 30 seconds, or a minute. Only Sparrow's own messages are deleted.
  • Time limit: AFK ends by itself after an hour up to a week, and Sparrow tells the member by DM.
  • Away right now: everyone who's AFK, with End AFK to end someone's (their nickname is put back and they get their list).

Privacy

Sparrow keeps your AFK message and picture so /afk can show them, and the last 25 pings for your list. See the Privacy Policy.

Free servers & Premium

AFK is free for every server, with every setting.

Commands

/afkEveryone (staff can limit it to some roles)

Let people know you're away. Both are optional: your own message (or Sparrow's) and a picture or GIF. Sending any message ends it.

Have a question that isn't here? Check Common Questions or open a ticket in our support server.