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What's this? A wild SentryBot in its natural environment? Details below ⬇️

What is SentryBot: SentryBot is a Discord bot that can protect servers from hacked users who spam crypto scam images. It will notify moderators (folks who can ban).

What does SentryBot do: It will check every message against a list of known bad images. That list gets updates the moment new scam images are found. By default it will just notify, but if you give it extra management permissions, it will take action to secure your server.

What actions can SentryBot take: - Deleting message—if you give it manage_messages - Timeout users—if you give it manage_members - Kick users—if you give it kick_members - Ban users—if you give it ban_members In each case, it lets moderators know what it has done and leaves audit log entries.

How does SentryBot know these images are accurate: - Perceptual hashes—it gets a score of how different the currently checked image is compared to a list of bad ones - Dimensions—once verified it looks similar to a known image, the aspect ratio is tested just in case it's a false positive

What do the spammers see: - Their messages dealt with in a fast manner - A direct message from the bot telling them what is happening and who to contact to resolve it - A forwarded copy of one of their messages

Why SentryBot: Because I hate seeing my friends lose their accounts, losing money to the scams, and because scammers can eat a plate of dicks!

How do I get SentryBot: By clicking this link and adding it to your server discord.com/oauth2/autho... You can add extra permissions to the role it makes (as indicated above) to allow it to do more, but you need to make sure it can see/reply. Do this test by pinging it in channels.

How can I help improve SentryBot: - Reporting scam images is the easiest way email them to me sentrybot@excessive.space

Okay, I am giving this bot the keys to my castle. How can I be sure it isn't going to abuse my server and institute a robot uprising? Well, you can't. You are trusting me not to change the code. As far as the code goes, though, it's free to look at and use! github.com/SomewhatDama...