AutoMod
LiveSix filters, one sanction per filter, no permanent surveillance.
The filters
Each filter is turned on alone and carries its own sanction. A server that only wants to block invites does not have to put up with an anti-spam it never asked for.
| Filter | What it spots |
|---|---|
spam | Too many messages in a sliding window, per channel and per member |
mentions | Too many distinct mentions in one message, @everyone included |
phishing | Scam links (fake Nitro, fake Steam), on by default |
invites | Invites to another server, except codes declared as partners |
links | Links whose domain is not on the allowed list |
caps | Messages mostly in capitals, beyond a given length |
words | Banned words, compared without accents or case |
The sanction
The message is deleted in every case — leaving the content in place while sanctioning its author would make no sense. What follows depends on the filter.
| Action | Effect |
|---|---|
DELETE | Deletes, without opening a case |
WARN | Opens a warning case, which counts towards thresholds |
TIMEOUT | Silences for the duration set on the filter |
KICK | Kicks |
BAN | Bans |
From WARN upwards, the intervention opens a case just like a manual command, with the origin AUTOMOD. It therefore shows up in /history and counts towards warning thresholds.
Who escapes the filters
Exempt roles and channels are skipped before any analysis. Axaro also checks its own hierarchy: if it cannot sanction the person, it logs instead of trying an action bound to fail.
- Bots are never analysed.
- Roles listed as exempt go through unchecked, staff included.
- A test channel can be excluded entirely.
Common workarounds
Before comparison, the text is brought back to its simplest form: accents removed, case dropped, punctuation replaced by spaces. The usual trick of writing a word letter by letter separated by dots does not get through.
ass will not catch class — that is intended, and it avoids half of the false positives of word lists.Bots added to the server
Turn on Bots joining the server and any bot added gets kicked (or banned) as soon as it arrives. It is the answer to a stolen moderator account adding a nuke bot: it is gone before it can act.
- Bots in the Allowed bots list stay.
- Bots added by the server owner get through too, by default. Axaro checks the audit log.
- Every removed bot is reported in the AutoMod log channel, with who added it.