Discord
Suggestions
Turn every message in a Discord channel into a numbered suggestion with votes, a discussion thread and a team decision from the panel.
Turn every message in a Discord channel into a numbered suggestion with votes, a discussion thread and a team decision from the panel.
Every city has residents with good ideas. With Suggestions, every message a member sends in the chosen channel becomes a numbered suggestion (#001, #002…): the bot adds the vote reactions, opens a thread for the community to discuss and keeps everything in the panel. The team reads, approves or refuses from FiveDash, and the player gets the result by DM.
| Level | What it allows |
|---|---|
| View | Suggestions and discussions (list, votes, copied thread and the settings in read-only mode) |
| Manage | Approve and refuse (also Mark as read) |
| Configure | Channel, votes and messages; saving settings and Clear suggestions |
The menu is Discord → Suggestions (/<org>/<server>/discord/sugestoes). The page has two tabs: Suggestions (the list) and Settings.
Go to Discord → Suggestions and click the Settings tab.
Under Channel, pick the Suggestions channel. Anything a member sends in it becomes a numbered suggestion.
Under Votes, click Like and Dislike to change the emojis. You can use common emojis, the bot’s pack or the server’s own. The two must be different.
Under Discussion, keep Open a thread on each suggestion and Notify the player by DM on if you want them.
At the top of the page, turn the switch on (it shows On). Click Save in the bar that appears at the bottom.
#001 · start of the text and posts the First message in the thread (if it has text or an image).In the Suggestions tab, use the New, Read, Approved and Refused cards to filter, the search (Search by text, member or number) and Sort (Newest or Most voted).
Click the row. The side panel shows the text, the attachments, the Votes (with the share that approves) and the Discussion copied from the thread. Use Refresh from Discord to re-read votes and messages right now, or Open in Discord.
When you approve or refuse, the bot posts the decision in the thread (with the message or the reason), saves a copy of the discussion, locks and archives the thread and, if Notify the player by DM is on, sends the approved or refused DM. A decided suggestion can’t be decided again.
| Status | When | Does the player get anything? |
|---|---|---|
| New | The suggestion just arrived | No |
| Read | Someone used Mark as read | No |
| Approved | Someone approved it | Notice in the thread and DM (if on) |
| Refused | Someone refused it, with a reason | Notice in the thread and DM with the reason (if on) |
| Column | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Suggestion | Number, author, start of the text and whether it has an image, video or attachment |
| Votes | Likes and dislikes, with the share that approves |
| Status | New, Read, Approved or Refused, and who decided (By and the name) |
| Sent | When it arrived |
The list shows 10, 20 or 50 per page (Per page).
| Field | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Switch at the top (On / Off) | Turns the module on or off. When on, a channel is required | Off |
| Suggestions channel | Where each message becomes a numbered suggestion | None |
| Votes → Like | Vote-for reaction (common emoji, from the pack or the server) | ✅ |
| Votes → Dislike | Vote-against reaction; must differ from Like | ❌ |
| Field | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Open a thread on each suggestion | Opens a thread under each suggestion; the conversation shows up in the panel | On |
| Notify the player by DM | When the team approves or refuses, the player gets the result (and the reason) in private | On |
| Field | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Clean the channel automatically | Removes old suggestions from the channel (message and thread). In the panel they stay, with the discussion saved | Off |
| Suggestions older than | Age to clean up: 7 days, 15 days, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months or 6 months | 1 month |
The cleanup runs in the background and removes a few suggestions at a time, oldest first.
In the right column, under Customization, there’s a Discord preview (tabs In the channel, Approved and Refused) and two shortcuts. Each has Restore default.
Click Messages to open Customize messages.
| Field | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| First message in the thread | What the bot writes when the thread opens. With no text and no image, the thread opens without a message from the bot. Up to 1000 characters | {{info}} Use this thread to talk about {membro}'s suggestion. When the team decides, the result shows up here. |
| Image (Thread) | Wide image (2:1) under the first message | None |
| DM when the suggestion is approved | Approved DM. {motivo} is the team’s optional message. Up to 1500 characters | {{success}} Your suggestion **#{numero}** on **{servidor}** was approved! Thanks for helping make the city better. |
| Image (Approved) | Wide image (2:1) at the end of the DM | None |
| DM when the suggestion is refused | Refused DM. {motivo} is the reason (always asked). Up to 1500 characters | {{error}} Your suggestion **#{numero}** on **{servidor}** was declined. + new line + **Reason:** {motivo} |
| Image (Refused) | Wide image (2:1) at the end of the DM | None |
Images can be PNG, JPG, WebP or GIF up to 1 MB. With the DM on, the approved and refused messages can’t be empty. The default texts follow the city’s language.
The variable names stay in Portuguese in every language.
| Variable | Becomes |
|---|---|
{membro} | Mentions who suggested it (@Player) |
{nome} | The name of who suggested it |
{numero} | The suggestion’s number |
{sugestao} | The start of the suggestion’s text |
{servidor} | The Discord server’s name |
{motivo} | What the team wrote when deciding |
Click Embed to open Customize embed.
| Field | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Color (Thread) | The side bar of the bot’s first message in the thread | Bot color |
| Color (Approved) | The bar of the approved DM and of the notice that closes the thread | Green (#57F287) |
| Color (Refused) | The bar of the refused DM and of the notice that closes the thread | Red (#ED4245) |
The Clear suggestions button at the top of the page deletes every suggestion from the panel, along with the decisions and the copied discussions, and the numbering goes back to #001. The messages and threads already on Discord stay there, but their votes stop counting.
| Warning | What to do |
|---|---|
| Message Content Intent missing | Turn it on in Developer Portal → Bot → Privileged Gateway Intents |
| “The bot needs more permissions for suggestions” | Give the listed permissions to the bot’s role in Server Settings → Roles on Discord |
| “The service that reads the channel is down” | Wait: new messages only become suggestions once it’s back |
The suggestion arrived with no text. Why? The bot doesn’t have the Message Content Intent. Turn it on in the Developer Portal; the page shows the warning while it’s missing.
Does deleting the message on Discord delete the suggestion? No. The suggestion stays in the panel with what was already saved and shows as Left the channel.
Can I change the decision later? No. An Approved or Refused suggestion stays decided. A Read one can still be approved or refused.
The player didn’t get the DM. Check that Notify the player by DM is on. If the member has DMs from the server closed, Discord refuses the message and nothing can be done.