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Embed Messages

Design rich embed messages and post them to a channel.

Configure Embed Messages in the dashboard →

Overview#

Embed Messages is the designer for the standing messages in your server: the rules, the information post, the partner list. Build one on the dashboard with a live preview beside it, then post it as Iris.

A message is a stack of blocks. Add several embeds and a plain text block, reorder them, and they post as one message. Reactions can be added to the last message posted, which is what makes a rules post double as an agreement.

A posted message stays editable. Change the design, save, and Iris edits the message in place rather than posting a second copy.

Setup#

  1. Open the dashboard and go to Server > Embed Messages.

  2. Press New message. The first step asks for a Name you will recognise later, the Channel it posts to and any Reactions you want on it.

  3. Press Continue to design. Write your embed and text blocks on the left and watch the live preview on the right.

  4. Press Save and post to Discord. If anything needs fixing first, Iris jumps to it and highlights it.

Settings#

SettingTypeDefaultWhat it does
NameText-Internal name for the message, up to 64 characters. Members never see it.
ChannelChannelNoneWhere it posts. Changing it after posting means posting again.
BlocksListOne embedThe embeds and text blocks that make up the message, in order.
ReactionsEmojiNoneAdded to the last posted message. Up to 20.

Commands#

Embed Messages is dashboard only. There is no chat equivalent, because the point of it is the live preview.

Permissions#

PermissionWhy Iris needs it
View ChannelsSees the channel the message posts to.
Send MessagesPosts the message.
Embed LinksThe message is one or more embeds.
Add ReactionsAdds the reactions you set.
Read Message HistoryFinds the posted message again to edit it in place.

What it looks like#

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Iris APP Today at 11:22 PM
Server rules

Read these before posting. Staff enforce all of them.

One

Be civil. Disagreement is fine, contempt is not.

Two

No advertising without permission.

Three

Keep channels on topic.

React below to confirm you have read the rules.

Last updated in March
A rules post built from two blocks.

Tips and gotchas#

Editing did not update the message.

Iris has to be able to find the original, so it needs Read Message History in that channel and the message must not have been deleted.

Can members react to get a role from it?

Not from here. That is self roles, which pairs reactions with roles.

Can I post the same design twice?

Change the channel and post again. Each design tracks the messages it has posted.

Why is my embed refused?

It is over a Discord embed limit. The designer shows the limits as you type, and Iris checks them again on post.