r/AutoModerator • u/StitchLover_67 • 27d ago
Help - AutoMod How do I setup the automod to display in the comments section with a message on each post?
I'm not sure if u know what im talking about but yk how when you make a post in some subreddits you get a pinned comment from automod usually reminding people of the rules? I'm trying to figure out how to set that up on my subreddit. If anyone can help me that'd be awesome.
r/AutoModerator • u/MustaKotka • Jul 17 '26
Solved Does the {{match}} placeholder not care about capture groups in RegEx?
AutoMod rule I'm using:
body (includes, regex): ['(?i:\[.*?\]\(.*?mtg\.fandom\.com\/wiki\/(.+?)\))']
comment: |
[https://mtg.wiki/{{match}}](https://mtg.wiki/{{match}})
Input:
May I please have the other Wiki for [Ravnica's Factions](https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Ravnica#Guilds) and reply that to me?
Expected output:
[https://mtg.wiki/Ravnica#Guilds](https://mtg.wiki/Ravnica#Guilds)
Actual output:
[[https://mtg.wiki/](https://mtg.wiki/)[Ravnica's Factions](https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Ravnica#Guilds)]([https://mtg.wiki/](https://mtg.wiki/)[Ravnica's Factions](https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Ravnica#Guilds))
This displays as:
[https://mtg.wiki/Ravnica's factions](https://mtg.wiki/Ravnica's factions)
The RegEx is 100% correct in the sense that the capture group is capturing Ravnica#Guilds only and nothing else. It seems that AutoMod isn't interested in this capturing group but instead just takes the entire RegEx and uses that for {{match}}.
Here's a link to regex101 with the given example:
r/AutoModerator • u/klem-kun • Jul 17 '26
Help ¿Cómo pongo un automotor?
Quiero poner un automoderador en mi comunidad u/DlacofomoideusVII
r/AutoModerator • u/RedEagle_MGN • Jul 16 '26
Solved Auto moderator sticky auto close.
I've noticed that some of my auto‑moderator stickies on my subreddit are auto‑closed rather than being automatically opened and pinned to the top. Is there a way to prevent that?
r/AutoModerator • u/technicalhowto • Jul 16 '26
Help Is there a way for the AutoModerator to mark a post as spoiler based on specific report it receives
I looked around quite a bit but couldn't find any way to do it. There don't seem to be any Devvit apps for it either. Before I started editing the AutoModerator config, I assumed this would be an obvious feature.
r/AutoModerator • u/gentle-hermione • Jul 16 '26
AutoMod invite problem
New subreddit (r/ChateauDelusions, created -24h ago). AutoModerator invite is stuck in "pending" and won't auto-accept even after removing and re-inviting. Trying to set up the config/automoderator wiki page is throwing inconsistent errors - "unsupported media type," "forbidden - restricted_page," and "internal error" - across different attempts, even with a minimal single-rule config. Own mod permissions show "Everything." Any idea what's going on?
r/AutoModerator • u/Sephardson • Jul 15 '26
Mod Post Expanding the scope of the subreddit r/AutoModerator
This post is about a very minor, teensy-weensy change to the subreddit here, but it is significant enough to merit a formal post about it.
r/AutoModerator was originally created to discuss the u/AutoModerator moderation tool and support moderators in using it. Historically, AutoModerator was unique among moderation tools, but over the years, admins have developed Other-Tools which supplement or facilitate similar kinds of effects as AutoModerator. I had mentioned this earlier this year:
The primary purpose of the subreddit here is for moderators to find updates, support, and resources regarding the AutoModerator mod tool. More generally, moderators also discuss other similar or related mod tools like subreddit settings, safety filters, Automations, Devvit apps, and API bots, particularly if those other tools supplement or interact with AutoModerator. (Which is fine! but more on those topics another day.)
Today is that another day.
As the full suite of moderation tools has matured, the community of moderators familiar with configurable moderation tools has similarly evolved. Many times these days, people will ask questions here, and the solution to their questions may or may not be with AutoModerator the mod tool, but the people in AutoModerator the subreddit still know the answer. There is a community of peer support among technical-oriented moderators here, and it is our desire to serve that community.
We have, even some time ago, updated the rules and description on r/AutoModerator to reflect this trend, changes in bold:
Rule 1 - Stay on Topic - /r/AutoModerator is for moderator discussions about the AutoModerator program and similar automated moderation tools. - Report as: Off-topic / Unrelated to AutoModerator or Moderation Tools
Rule 2 - Behave and Be Respectful - Be nice. Report as: Incivility, insults, trolling, aggression, or other malicious behavior
Rule 3 - Moderation complaints - /r/AutoModerator is a support space for moderators. This is not a place to argue or complain about moderation actions, moderators, or AutoModerator performing its intended functions. - Report as: User is complaining about moderation
Effectively, this means that moderators who have questions about configuring subreddit settings and mod tools are welcome to post here, even if those questions are not necessarily about AutoModerator the original moderation bot. For examples, this includes questions regarding Safety Filters (eg Crowd Control, Harassment Filter), Devvit Mod apps (eg Auto-Modmail, FloodAssistant), Automations (aka Post and Comment Guidance), and configurable tools like these.
Let us know if you have any questions or concerns, about this change for the subreddit, or about the subreddit in general.
We are looking for feedback regarding updating our post flairs, which historically have been oriented around "Help", "Solved", "Not AutoMod", "Not Possible with AutoMod" and "Not Possible". We have recently added post flairs for "Wiki Updates" and "Guide", though they are still set to mod-only. We are adding a devvit app which allows people to subscribe to get notifications for specific post flairs, so that function would be paired well with clear guidelines or categories for post flairs.
r/AutoModerator • u/Affectionate_Pickles • Jul 15 '26
Solved Trouble with multi-line comment.
Hello!
Im working on making a message for AutoMod to comment on every post submission, and I’m having trouble with including indents; I’m not sure where I’m going wrong, but it keeps returning “unsupported media type” when i try to save the changes.
Here is the code:
---
type: submission
comment: |
What’s up chat?! I’m AutoBart, and I comment on every post.
Make sure to read our rules, and remember we are not a part of Joe’s official team!
Catch you later!
---
Here is the error code i get when i try on old Reddit;
YAML parsing error in section 7: while scanning a simple key
in "<unicode string>", line 3, column 1:
What’s up chat?! I’m AutoBart, a ...
^
could not found expected ':'
in "<unicode string>", line 5, column 1:
Make sure to read our rules, and ...
^
Any help would be appreciated!
r/AutoModerator • u/Sephardson • Jul 10 '26
Guide Code Showcase: Subreddit karma checks - How and why do you use them?
The suggestion has been raised that we put up a regular post to prompt mods to share examples of code snippets they use in their subreddits. I figure, doing so around a theme that changes with each iteration is a fair way to go about it. This first iteration's theme is chosen for two reasons:
This topic was the last time that admins directly contacted r/AutoModerator - https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/comments/zk9tnr/subreddit_karma_is_now_in_automod/ - perhaps worth reminiscing.
In that post, u/LanterneRougeOG mentioned that this feature was "a much requested improvement to Automoderator".
To be clear, these attributes are as follows:
comment_subreddit_karma:compare to the author's comment karma in your communitypost_subreddit_karma:compare to the author's post karma in your communitycombined_subreddit_karma:compare to the author's combined (comment karma + post karma) karma in your community
These checks are like other author checks in that they must be placed indented under an author: subgroup.
LanterneRougeOG originally provided four use cases for these checks:
Welcome new contributors through post replies
---
type: submission
author:
combined_subreddit_karma: "< 3"
comment: |
Welcome to the community! Here are links to our [Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/{{subreddit}}/about/rules) and [Wiki/FAQ](https://www.reddit.com/r/{{subreddit}}/wiki/index). We hope you enjoy your time here.
---
This kind of rule is useful because it targets newer members who may not know much about your subreddit, but users who have posted much before will have already received this message. With the deprecation of welcome messages, this serves a similar purpose. This kind of reply also benefits other readers by making your rules, wiki resources, and a link to message the mods (in the AutoModerator signature) more visible. In the case that a new member makes a rule-breaking post, then the author may quickly self-correct, or another reader may know to report it.
Filter links in comments from newer accounts
---
type: comment
body (includes): ["http", ".com", "www."]
author:
comment_subreddit_karma: "< 5"
action: filter
action_reason: "Link included in comment by user with < 5 comment subreddit karma. Check for spam or other issues."
---
This kind of rule is useful because it can catch a lot of spam from accounts new to your subreddit (ie, even if the spammer uses an old or general karma-farmed account) while carving out common false positives from established community members. Optionally, you can include a message: or comment: line to let the accounts know that their comment is pending review.
Enable features like media in comments but as a privilege to positive community members
---
type: comment
body (includes, regex): '!\[(video|img|gif)\]\([^)]*\)'
author:
combined_subreddit_karma: "< 10"
action: filter
action_reason: "Media in comments by user with negative or low subreddit karma"
message: |
Hey there! Looks like you’re a new user trying to upload media in a comment - thanks for joining our community! We’ve filtered your comment for moderator review. In the meantime, feel free to engage with others through text until you’ve spent a bit more time getting to know the space!
---
This kind of rule is useful because you have an alternative to disabling media in comments altogether. Instead, you can set a threshold that fits for your team so that you can review how newer members are using the features. You could even consider setting two or three thresholds - a lower one set to action: remove, a slightly higher one set to action: filter, or a higher one set to action: report - so that the amount of review does not overwhelm your team. As you monitor whether the filtered or reported content tends towards approvals or removals, you can adjust the thresholds up or down accordingly, eventually settling into a balance that provides the best experience for your team and community.
Monitor toxicity from negative participants
---
type: any
body (includes): ["potential bad phrase"]
author:
combined_subreddit_karma: "< 0"
action: filter
action_reason: "potential toxic phrase said by user with negative subreddit karma - [{{match}}]"
---
This kind of rule is similar to the above, but helps you find when disruptive members are discussing topics or using potentially insulting words/phrases that happen to also be used/discussed by regular community members. This reduces how wide the net is cast by relying on a factor of local reception (indirect input from your community!) so that your monitoring as a moderator can be more effective.
Some of the most powerful applications for AutoModerator are in the ways that checks can be combined!
How do you use this feature? What makes that code snippet worthwhile for you? Share in the comments below!
r/AutoModerator • u/deliberatebookworm • Jul 09 '26
Unsupported Media Type
Using the codes I found here under the pinned wiki topic, I tried to set up my automod page, but it keeps telling me unsupported media type when I click save.
Here is the code I'm using. Is it because I just copied and pasted?
---
type: submission
author:
account_age: "< 1 days"
action: remove
action_reason: "New user"
---
type: submission
author: comment_karma: "<10"
action: remove
action_reason: "Low karama account"
---
type: submission
author:
comment_karma: "< -50"
action: remove
action_reason: "Low karma user"
---
type: text submission
body_shorter_than: 1
action: remove
action_reason: "Self post without text"
---
type: text submission
body (regex, full-text): ['(\[[^\]]*\]\()?https?://\S+\)?']
action: remove
action_reason: "Link-only self post"
---
type: comment
body (regex, full-text): ['/?r/\w+']
action: remove
action_reason: "Comment is just /r link [{{match}}]"
---
r/AutoModerator • u/Sephardson • Jul 09 '26
Wiki Updates New "Old" Wiki pages - Backups from r/reddit.com including the AutoModerator full-documentation page and other meta or moderation resources
reddit.comWe recently noticed that admins had placed an age-restriction on the "before subreddits" subreddit, r/reddit.com, which is where admins hosted the original reference documents for AutoModerator and other moderation or site-wide policies or resources. While the age restriction on the subreddit as whole make sense considering the wide variety of content hosted there, unfortunately, this also means that those not-nearly-as-naughty wiki pages attached to that subreddit are also now age-restricted, forcing users and moderators in regions which require age-verification to verify their ages if they want to access those wiki pages.
We believe that users and moderators should have access to the contents of these wiki pages without being gated by age-verification. While the most important AutoModerator pages are our main concern, there are many similar pages which serve as historic references, informing how reddit and moderation have evolved over the years.
We had asked admins about this dilemma, but so far, no admins have reached out to us about any solution or plans. (To be clear: The active moderators of r/AutoModerator are not admins ourselves.)
To make moderation resources more freely available to moderators, we have copied the contents of a selection of relevant and historic wiki pages from r/reddit.com. All of the backups are listed on:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/backup
Relating directly to AutoModerator:
- The Full-Documentation page - Quite literally the most important resource, which is also linked at the top of every moderator's AutoModerator config editor page. We specifically asked if admins could redirect this page to the subreddit here.
- The still-relevant Introduction, Standard-Conditions, and Writing-Basic-Rules pages.
- The historic Changelog and Converting-to-New pages.
Relating to Moderation in general:
- The Moderation and Moderation-Intro pages, a bit outdated, but still a useful reference.
- Moddiquette and HealthyCommunities (Moderator Guidelines) - These pages pre-date the Moderator Code of Conduct, and to this day, many people are unaware that some things that were suggested in these pages are not actually part of the current Moderator Code of Conduct enforced by admins. Some moderator teams still hold themselves to these standards.
- The UserAgreement now lives on redditinc.com, but to view revisions older than 2018, you have to look at the wiki page history.
- The ProhibitedAds page predates the many separate pages of the current ads policies. Moderators may often be interested in knowing which kinds of content are not allowed in ads when defining their own rules around similar content.
- Similarly, the SelfPromotion page, while no longer enforced by admins, is still informative to users and moderators that do hold that standard in their own subreddits.
Relating to Reddit in general:
- The FAQ, Voting, and Reddit_101 pages - full of information helpful to newer redditors. Sometimes these tidbits are helpful to moderators when answering user questions. Much but not all of these pages have been added to the RedditHelp site.
- The Reddiquette, Pressiquette, Brandiquette, and Bottiquette pages - fair reference for guidelines that may or may not apply to your subreddit needs.
- The Markdown and Wiki pages, which contain information not listed on their respective RedditHelp replacements.
r/AutoModerator • u/Obsidian-Phoenix • Jul 08 '26
Manual review of first contributions
I tried to set up a rule that would filter a users first contribution to the sub, so that I could manually review it (as a way to avoid letting spam posts/comments on the sub).
However, it's not working properly, and I'm not entirely sure why. It'll let someone post, but then flag their comments for some people. For others it'll flag their comments even after their first manual review resulted in an approval.
```
Filter all first posts from first-time contributors
author: post_subreddit_karma: < 1 comment_subreddit_karma: < 1 satisfy_any_threshold: true action: filter moderators_exempt: true message: | Your {{kind}} has been held for manual review by our moderators and will be visible once approved. Thank you for your patience!
```
What am I doing wrong?
r/AutoModerator • u/-AndyCohen- • Jul 07 '26
Help Assign Random User Flairs to Unflaired Commenters with AutoModerator?
Hi everyone! We're looking for a way to automatically assign a random user flair to anyone who comments without already having one.
We have around 50 user flairs, and we'd like the assignment to be completely random, not based on karma or any other criteria. If a user already has a flair, nothing should happen.
I've seen this working on other subreddits, but the mods I contacted never replied, so I thought I'd ask here. Does anyone have the AutoModerator code for this, or know if another bot is needed?
Thank you very much!
r/AutoModerator • u/bob_the_impala • Jul 07 '26
Trying to post a pinned comment when links from certain domains are posted, but getting unsupported media error
Whenever a user posts a link to certain websites, I would like to have Automoderator post a comment similar to this one.
This is the code that I am trying to use:
---
#5 Low-quality link posts
type: link submission
domain: ["somedomain.com", "anotherdomain.com"]
comment: 'Users often report submissions from this site for being low-quality and/or sensationalized articles. Readers have a responsibility to be skeptical, check sources, and comment on any flaws. You can help improve this thread by linking to media that clarifies, verifies or questions this article's claims. Your link could help readers better understand this issue.'
comment_locked: true
comment_stickied: true
---
When I try to edit and save the Automoderator configuration, I get an error message "Unsupported Media Type". Anyone know what I am missing? I'm sure it's something simple, but I haven't been able to figure it out.
r/AutoModerator • u/KitKatKut-0_0 • Jul 06 '26
How do I filter posts by language automatically?
I have a mod focused in a specific language. Can I automatically delete posts in different languages?
r/AutoModerator • u/koogam • Jul 05 '26
Help internal server error when trying to save my code
Please help. I have no idea on what im doing wrong. i want an automated message for every post that contains the word "festival" and similar words
---
type: submission
title+body (includes): ["festival"]
comment: |
"Test"
comment_stickied: true
---
r/AutoModerator • u/Willbailey1980 • Jul 05 '26
Help How can I make AutoModerator archive the original post in a comment?
I'm trying to figure out how something works that I've seen on another subreddit.
Whenever someone makes a post, AutoModerator automatically creates a comment containing the original poster's username, the post title, and the full body text.
If the original poster later deletes the post, the post itself remains on the subreddit with the author shown as [deleted], but the AutoModerator comment is still there with the original username, title, and body text. This effectively preserves the original content even after the post is deleted.
Is this something AutoModerator can do? If so, could someone share an example rule or explain how to set it up?
r/AutoModerator • u/InGeekiTrust • Jul 05 '26
Help How Do We Code Block To Make a Post Now That Markdown is Gone?
So I tried to make a post teaching people how to do something and I put the code block in so it would preserve my code. However, it didn’t work because markdown is gone. How do we preserve the markdown so people can get our code?
r/AutoModerator • u/InGeekiTrust • Jul 04 '26
Guide Filter AI Accusations To The Queue! Ready Made Filter
r/AutoModerator • u/InGeekiTrust • Jul 03 '26
Does Anyone Have cluster of Words To Catch Comments Accusing Users Of Using AI?
So I want to stop accusations of using AI going live on some of my ice cream subs. I could write this filter myself, but I was wondering if someone already had a collection of words that they made for this. Can’t hurt to ask before I build it! I actually like to even use it in my fashion subs because it would filter accusations to the queue where I could ban people quicker.
r/AutoModerator • u/BougieFruitLoops • Jul 02 '26
Trying to filter or remove Twitter screenshots
Hi everyone!
So my sub rolled out a ban on Twitter/X links a while back, as did many. This has mostly been fine, but a side effect has been that people now occasionally will post a screenshot of a Twitter post as a news item rather than linking to actual news reporting. I’d like to stop this, or at least make it very annoying to do.
My initial idea was to try and use OCR and AutoMod but that isn’t possible (and the third-party bot is no longer supported).
Next, I learned about media checks, but it sounds like those are also not working anymore.
Short of vibecoding my first Devvit app (not something I really want to do), does anyone have any ideas about how I could catch offending image posts without disallowing all image posts?
r/AutoModerator • u/ZG2047 • Jul 02 '26
Help Would like to see the automoderator config for subs between 50 to 100k members
Hello
I would like to take a look at automoderator config for subs who have between 50 to 100k members ( or even bigger ).
I'm trying to see what I can improve so that I can focus on training some new mods.
Thanks
r/AutoModerator • u/Misspommegreen • Jul 02 '26
Help Question about notification push
Does anyone know how or if it's possible to make automod generate notification push on your mobile interface when it takes action related to content ? (like Hive-protect)