Discord: add allowBots config option (#802)

Co-authored-by: Shadow <shadow@clawd.bot>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 - Memory: embedding providers support OpenAI or local `node-llama-cpp`; config adds defaults + per-agent overrides, provider/fallback metadata surfaced in tools/CLI.
 - CLI/Tools: new `clawdbot memory` commands plus `memory_search`/`memory_get` tools returning snippets + line ranges and provider info.
 - Runtime: memory index stored under `~/.clawdbot/memory/{agentId}.sqlite` with watch-on-by-default; inline status replies now stay auth-gated while inline prompts continue to the agent.
+- Discord: add `discord.allowBots` to permit bot-authored messages (still ignores its own messages) with docs warning about bot loops. (#802) — thanks @zknicker.
 - CLI/Onboarding: `clawdbot dashboard` prints/copies the tokenized Control UI link and opens it; onboarding now auto-opens the dashboard with your token and keeps the link in the summary.
 
 ### Fixes

docs/gateway/configuration.md

@@ -852,6 +852,7 @@ Multi-account support lives under `discord.accounts` (see the multi-account sect
     enabled: true,
     token: "your-bot-token",
     mediaMaxMb: 8,                          // clamp inbound media size
+    allowBots: false,                       // allow bot-authored messages
     actions: {                              // tool action gates (false disables)
       reactions: true,
       stickers: true,
@@ -910,6 +911,7 @@ Multi-account support lives under `discord.accounts` (see the multi-account sect
 
 Clawdbot starts Discord only when a `discord` config section exists. The token is resolved from `DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN` or `discord.token` (unless `discord.enabled` is `false`). Use `user:<id>` (DM) or `channel:<id>` (guild channel) when specifying delivery targets for cron/CLI commands; bare numeric IDs are ambiguous and rejected.
 Guild slugs are lowercase with spaces replaced by `-`; channel keys use the slugged channel name (no leading `#`). Prefer guild ids as keys to avoid rename ambiguity.
+Bot-authored messages are ignored by default. Enable with `discord.allowBots` (own messages are still filtered to prevent self-reply loops).
 Reaction notification modes:
 - `off`: no reaction events.
 - `own`: reactions on the bot's own messages (default).

docs/providers/discord.md

@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ Notes:
 - `agents.list[].groupChat.mentionPatterns` (or `messages.groupChat.mentionPatterns`) also count as mentions for guild messages.
 - Multi-agent override: set per-agent patterns on `agents.list[].groupChat.mentionPatterns`.
 - If `channels` is present, any channel not listed is denied by default.
+- Bot-authored messages are ignored by default; set `discord.allowBots=true` to allow them (own messages remain filtered).
+- Warning: If you allow replies to other bots (`discord.allowBots=true`), prevent bot-to-bot reply loops with `requireMention`, `discord.guilds.*.channels.<id>.users` allowlists, and/or clear guardrails in `AGENTS.md` and `SOUL.md`.
 
 ### 6) Verify it works
 1. Start the gateway.

docs/providers/slack.md

@@ -299,5 +299,6 @@ Slack tool actions can be gated with `slack.actions.*`:
 - Multi-agent override: set per-agent patterns on `agents.list[].groupChat.mentionPatterns`.
 - Reaction notifications follow `slack.reactionNotifications` (use `reactionAllowlist` with mode `allowlist`).
 - Bot-authored messages are ignored by default; enable via `slack.allowBots` or `slack.channels.<id>.allowBots`.
+- Warning: If you allow replies to other bots (`slack.allowBots=true` or `slack.channels.<id>.allowBots=true`), prevent bot-to-bot reply loops with `requireMention`, `slack.channels.<id>.users` allowlists, and/or clear guardrails in `AGENTS.md` and `SOUL.md`.
 - For the Slack tool, reaction removal semantics are in [/tools/reactions](/tools/reactions).
 - Attachments are downloaded to the media store when permitted and under the size limit.

src/config/types.ts

@@ -513,6 +513,8 @@ export type DiscordAccountConfig = {
   /** If false, do not start this Discord account. Default: true. */
   enabled?: boolean;
   token?: string;
+  /** Allow bot-authored messages to trigger replies (default: false). */
+  allowBots?: boolean;
   /**
    * Controls how guild channel messages are handled:
    * - "open": guild channels bypass allowlists; mention-gating applies

src/config/zod-schema.ts

@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ const DiscordAccountSchema = z.object({
   capabilities: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
   enabled: z.boolean().optional(),
   token: z.string().optional(),
+  allowBots: z.boolean().optional(),
   groupPolicy: GroupPolicySchema.optional().default("allowlist"),
   historyLimit: z.number().int().min(0).optional(),
   dmHistoryLimit: z.number().int().min(0).optional(),

src/discord/monitor.ts

@@ -647,7 +647,17 @@ export function createDiscordMessageHandler(params: {
     try {
       const message = data.message;
       const author = data.author;
-      if (!author || author.bot) return;
+      if (!author) return;
+
+      const allowBots = discordConfig?.allowBots ?? false;
+      if (author.bot) {
+        // Always ignore own messages to prevent self-reply loops
+        if (botUserId && author.id === botUserId) return;
+        if (!allowBots) {
+          logVerbose("discord: drop bot message (allowBots=false)");
+          return;
+        }
+      }
 
       const isGuildMessage = Boolean(data.guild_id);
       const channelInfo = await resolveDiscordChannelInfo(