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Honeypot

A trap channel that warns before it acts.

Spam accounts tend to post in every channel they can see. The honeypot reserves one, marks it with a warning nobody can miss and applies the action you choose to whoever posts there.

Status: logic implemented, being tested with a simulator. Not yet validated on real Discord.

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GaritaBOTToday

⚠️ DO NOT SEND MESSAGES IN THIS CHANNEL

This is a protection channel. If an account that is not exempt posts here, the configured action is applied automatically: softban.

What is a softban?

The account is removed with a ban immediately followed by an unban. Its messages from the last 1 h are deleted. It can come back with an invite, but is not re-added automatically.

What if this happened by mistake?

Contact the server staff to review your case.

Softbans completed: 12

Honeypot · Garita

Mock-up: a recreation of the warning using the product’s real copy. The counter is an example.

How it works

  1. You pick the channel

    With /honeypot setup (or from the dashboard) you set the trap channel and the action. It is stored by ID, never by name.

  2. Garita posts the warning

    A pinned embed explains what happens if someone posts, how to appeal and how many actions have been completed.

  3. Someone posts

    Detection is local and instant: the incident is stored and its processing queued in a single transaction.

  4. The action runs

    Step by step, saving each state before calling Discord. The warning’s counter updates without flooding the channel.

Try it

Your serverPreview · sample data

Modules

  • HoneypotOn
  • Anti-raidOn
  • VerificationOn
  • AutomodOn
  • TicketsOff
  • LevelsOn

do-not-post-here

GaritaBOTToday

⚠️ DO NOT SEND MESSAGES IN THIS CHANNEL

This is a protection channel. If an account that is not exempt posts here, the configured action is applied automatically: softban.

What is a softban?

The account is removed with a ban immediately followed by an unban. Its messages from the last 1 h are deleted. It can come back with an invite, but is not re-added automatically.

Softbans completed: 0

Honeypot · Garita

Activity

Press “Simulate” to see what Garita would do.

Runs in your browser: it doesn’t connect to Discord or store anything. Every new install starts this way: it logs without sanctioning.

What you can configure

Action
Softban (default), ban, kick, timeout or log only.
Message deletion
From 0 to 7 days of the account’s recent messages (default: 1 hour).
Timeout length
From 1 minute to 28 days (default: 24 hours).
Exemptions
Exempt roles and people; staff with moderation permissions are protected by default.
Threads
Threads under the trap channel are ignored unless you include them.
Observation mode
On for every new install: it records without sanctioning.
Appeal link
Optional; shown in the warning for anyone who thinks it was a mistake.

Designed to fail visibly

  • Every state is saved before the Discord call it announces.
  • After a timeout it never retries blindly: it checks the ban and its authorship first.
  • It never lifts a ban it did not place, nor one a moderator re-applied.
  • Disabling the module stops new incidents; softbans already in progress finish.
  • The counter is derived from incident states: each completed action counts once.

Limits

  • Discord offers no atomic ban + unban. A moderator can step in between the two calls; when the outcome is unclear, the case goes to human review.
  • Someone who falls into the trap by mistake needs an invite to come back after a softban; that is why the warning explains how to appeal.

Commands

Commands show in Spanish or English depending on your Discord client language.

  • /honeypot setupPick the trap channel, the action and the message deletion window. Starts in observation mode.
  • /honeypot publishPosts (or re-posts) the warning in the channel.
  • /honeypot enableArms the trap: with sanctions or observation only, with explicit confirmation.
  • /honeypot statusShows the configuration and counters.
  • /honeypot disableDisarms it; softbans in progress finish.