Tags
Save your server's stock answers once and recall them with /tag — plain messages by default, with aliases, restrictions and four ways to deliver them.
A tag is a saved answer with a name. /tag rules posts your rules summary; /tag appeal posts the appeal instructions. Hundreds of them cost nothing, because they all share one command.
Where the boundary is
| Use | Reach for |
|---|---|
| Hundreds of saved answers, made in Discord in seconds | Tags — one shared /tag, nothing registered with Discord |
| A handful of real commands with an action list | Custom Commands |
| Something that happens with no command at all | Automations |
There are no trigger words
An auto-responder already exists: an automation on message contains that sends a message. A second one here would be a second place to look when a server answers something twice.
Creating a tag
Switch it on
Community → Tags.
Create one
On the dashboard, or with
/tags createin Discord, which opens a form.Write the answer
A plain message by default. Switch to an embed when a tag deserves one.
Set who can use it
Channel and role allow- and block-lists, plus an NSFW switch.
rileyToday at 09:14
ArcloBOTToday at 09:14
Head to #roles and pick one from the color menu. You can change it as often as you like — picking a new one replaces the old.
Two names per tag
The command name is what members type. The label is what the tag is called on the dashboard and in the list — leave it blank and it follows the name. That way a tag named r can be listed as Server rules.
Aliases give one answer several names, and a claim system stops tags going stale with the member who wrote them.
Where the answer goes
| Output | Behaviour |
|---|---|
| Reply | A normal reply in the channel. The default. |
| Private | Only the person who ran it sees it. |
| DM | Sent to them directly. |
| Channel | Posted to a channel you named, wherever it was run. |
/tag also takes a target (reply to somebody), args (text appended into the tag) and hide (force it private for this one use).
Commands
/tag <name> [target] [args] [hide]EveryoneSends a saved tag — the server's answer to a question it keeps being asked.
/tags create <name> [content] [category]EveryoneSaves a new tag. Opens a form for the text when none is typed.
/tags edit <name> [content]EveryoneRewrites a tag. Owners only, unless ownership is switched off.
/tags delete <name>EveryoneCannot be undoneDeletes a tag. Owners always may; staff may delete any tag.
/tags info <name>EveryoneWho owns a tag, how often it's used, and where it ranks.
/tags list [member] [category] [page]EveryoneLists this server's tags, one member's, or one category's.
/tags alias <name> <alias> [remove]EveryoneGives a tag another name to answer to, or takes one away.
/tags claim <name>EveryoneTakes over a tag whose owner has left the server.
Why two command slots
Discord allows a command to take options or subcommands, never both. Folding the verbs into /tag would make every use read /tag show name:…, and recalling a tag has to stay the fast path.
Still stuck? Ask in the support server — somebody there has almost certainly configured this before.