hackerhero0x01 / discord-bot

AWS Amplify Discord Bot: "hey-amplify"

This repository contains the source code for the AWS Amplify Discord Server's bot!

Features

• auto-threads "help" channels; if a channel follows the <category>-help naming convention messages will automatically get converted into threads
  • thread data is tracked by title, original poster ID, and whether the thread is solved (GET /api/questions)
• dashboard component to visualize questions and channel "health"
• support for GitHub to Discord webhooks (used for posting release notes)
• command: /admin mirror <repository> accepts a REPOSITORY and posts the thread to GitHub Discussions
• command: /contribute - accepts an Amplify project argument and returns the GitHub contribution URL
• command: /github - accepts an Amplify project argument and returns the GitHub repository URL
• command: /giverole - accepts a ROLE and USER argument to grant a role (NOTE: this command is disabled by default for @everyone)
• command: /login sends an ephemeral link to login to GitHub and link accounts
• command: /thread - command suite for thread owners
  • /thread rename <title> - allows thread owners to rename their threads
  • /thread archive - allows thread owners to optionally archive their thread
  • /thread solved - allows thread owners to mark their question (thread) as "solved", which changes prepended ? with ✅
  • /thread reopen - allows thread owners to "reopen" their question (thread), which changes prepended ✅ with ?
• supports multiple guilds

Getting Started

Pre-requisites:

• Node.js v18.x
• pnpm v7.13.1

Quick Start

1. gh repo fork aws-amplify/discord-bot
2. pnpm setup-dev
3. Using .env.sample as a template, create a .env file and add necessary Discord environment values
4. Run the application with pnpm dev
5. As the server owner navigate to http://localhost:3000/, log in, and visit /admin to configure the instance

Setting up a Discord Bot

1. (optional) create a new Discord server or create from the AWS Amplify Discord server template

2. Register Discord bot

3. Make note of the App ID to add the bot to your Discord server using the following URL

   https://discord.com/api/oauth2/authorize?client_id=<app-id>&permissions=335812774976&scope=bot%20applications.commands
   

4. Enable OAuth and add http://localhost:3000/api/auth/callback/discord as a redirect

5. Make note of the OAuth secrets and populate .env

Required Bot Permissions

The URL noted in step 2 above has the permissions integer of 335812774976 which includes the following bot permissions:

Contributing

Learn how to get started with our contribution guide