Modules

Channel Automation

Rules for your channels: what can be posted there, and what Sparrow does with new messages. Set it up on the dashboard, under Community Tools, then Channel Automation. Each rule has its own tab: turn it on, add channels and save. There are no commands.

Command Only, Media & Files, Text Only

These keep a channel for one kind of message. Anything else is deleted.

• Command Only: for slash commands. Typed messages are deleted, unless they start with one of your prefixes (like ! for another bot's commands).
• Media & Files: for each channel, pick Pictures, GIFs and videos or Any file. A message needs one to stay, and a caption with it is fine. Links from Tenor, Giphy and Imgur count as GIFs.
• Text Only: just chat. Messages with pictures, files, stickers or links are deleted.

A channel can have only one of these three. Edited messages are checked again, so removing the picture from a message in a Media & Files channel deletes it.

No Links

Messages with a link are deleted, Discord invites too. Add websites to Allowed websites to keep them, like youtube.com (this allows its subdomains too). In a Media & Files channel, GIF links stay.

Auto Threads

Sparrow starts a thread on every new message, so replies stay together. For each channel:

• Thread name: {user}'s thread by default. {user} is their name, {message} the start of their message and {date} today.
• Close the thread after: 1 hour, 1 day, 3 days or 1 week with no new messages. Anyone can open it again by replying.
• First message in the thread: optional. {user} mentions the member who posted.
• Only messages with a picture or file: leave other messages without a thread.

Threads work in text and announcement channels.

Auto Reactions

Sparrow adds up to 5 reactions to every new message, your server's own emojis too. Turn on Only messages with a picture or file to react only to those, like a pictures channel where every post gets a ⭐.

Auto Delete

Messages older than the time you pick are cleared, from 5 minutes to a week. Sparrow checks every few minutes. Keep pinned messages is on by default. Discord only lets bots clear messages in bulk when they're under 14 days old, so older ones go a few at a time.

Auto Publish

Messages in announcement channels are published to the servers that follow them, without anyone pressing Publish. It only works in announcement channels.

Using rules together

One channel can have several rules, like Media & Files with Auto Reactions. Sparrow checks the deleting rules first, so a deleted message never gets a reaction or a thread.

Bots, roles and notices

• Ignore bots: on by default, so other bots' messages are left alone. Sparrow never touches its own messages.
• Roles that skip this: members with any of these roles can post anything, like your staff.
• Tell the member why: when a message is deleted, Sparrow posts a short notice that deletes itself after 5 seconds. Change its text or turn it off on each tab. {user} mentions the member.

Permissions

Sparrow needs Manage Messages to delete and publish, Read Message History and Add Reactions for reactions, and Create Public Threads and Send Messages in Threads for threads. The dashboard warns you when one is missing.

Free servers & Premium

Every tab is free, with 3 channels each. Premium raises it to 25 channels per tab. If Premium ends, your settings stay and the first 3 channels in each tab keep working.

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