Hey everyone! My team and I are working on developing a Discord bot specifically made for plural communities. This bot isn’t meant to replace existing tools like Pluralkit or Tupperbox, but rather work alongside them to add extra functionality.
We’re reaching out to get your thoughts on what features you’d find most helpful. For instance, we’re considering adding a !breathe command that would share breathing exercises for anxiety management.
Our goal is to create lots of smaller utility commands that complement the main plural bots you’re already using. We want to focus on providing additional support tools and resources for systems.
What kind of commands or features do you think would be valuable? Please share your ideas in the replies. The more specific you can be about what you’d want and how it would help, the better we can make this bot work for the community.
Feel free to ask us anything about our plans too. We’ll be monitoring this thread and answering questions as they come up!
We really need commands for system communication when co-fronting gets chaotic. A !internal command that makes temporary private channels or sends encrypted messages only we can decode would be incredible. Right now we’re constantly switching apps or using weird code words in regular chat. Also, a !headspace command for describing our internal world would be huge. We use ours for comfort during rough switches, but explaining it to therapists or friends is always awkward. Having a simple way to share those safe spaces through the bot would help tons. These wouldn’t overlap with existing plural bots but would fill gaps we face every day.
These suggestions are solid, but you’re thinking about this backwards. Building separate commands for mood tracking, notes, and resources creates tons of manual work and maintenance nightmares.
I ran into this when our team needed custom workflow tools. Instead of coding everything from scratch, I used automation flows to handle the heavy lifting.
For your Discord bot, automate the data collection and responses. Set up flows that capture mood entries and auto-generate weekly reports. Create smart note systems that categorize and remind based on keywords. Build resource delivery that adapts to user patterns and preferences.
The real win? Connect your bot to external services. Sync mood data to therapy apps. Backup notes to secure storage. Pull resources from updated databases without touching your code.
Your bot becomes the interface while automation handles processing, storage, and intelligence. You ship faster, maintain less, and users get a better experience.
This scales way better than hardcoding everything. When users want new features, you modify flows instead of rewriting bot logic.
A mood tracking feature would be awesome. Commands like !mood log anxious or !mood track happy could build a timeline over weeks or months. We struggle with memory gaps between switches, so having concrete data about emotional patterns would be huge for therapy sessions and personal understanding. Add a !mood report command that shows trends without being too clinical. I’ve tried tracking manually but it’s tedious and I always forget. Having it built into Discord where we’re already hanging out would actually get used consistently.
i think a !switch command would be super helpful! like if someone is fronting and types !switch jamie, it could ping trusted friends automatically. we often forget to let our partner know when we switch and it causes confusion. maybe a discreet DM so it doesn’t seem obvious to others.
Haven’t seen anyone mention resource randomization commands yet. When you’re stressed or dissociating, you can’t think of grounding techniques or coping strategies - your brain just goes blank. Commands like !grounding could pull random 5-4-3-2-1 exercises from a database, or !affirm for positive affirmations. Maybe !distract with creative prompts when you need to redirect focus. You’d need variety though, otherwise it gets repetitive fast. I’ve bookmarked tons of mental health resources but never remember to check them when I actually need help. Having them accessible through simple commands in servers I’m already using means I’d actually use them during crisis moments.
oh what about a quick notes command? like !note fronting since 3pm or !note bad day need space that only the system sees later with !notes. we forget important stuff during switches all the time and it’d be super handy to jot things down without opening another app