Discord Suggestion Bot: A Suggest Button, Numbered Ideas and Voting

Why not just use a #suggestions channel

A plain channel where people type ideas has predictable problems. Ideas get buried in replies, there is no number to refer to later, and staff cannot tell which messages are real suggestions and which are chat. A suggestion bot turns each idea into a standalone card, so you can say "we are working on suggestion 42" and everyone knows which one.

It also keeps the channel clean: members never type into the review channel at all. They use the button, so the only things in the channel are suggestions.

What members do

1. Press Suggest on the panel you posted.
2. Fill in the form. A pop-up asks for an optional title and the suggestion itself, between 10 and 1,500 characters.
3. Get a number. The bot posts the idea to the review channel as a numbered embed and tells the member which number it got.

The minimum length of 10 characters filters out one-word replies, and 1,500 leaves room for a proper explanation.

Staff-only or public review channel

The review channel is a normal Discord channel, so its permissions decide who sees suggestions. You have two common setups:

• Staff only. Staff triage in private, and you decide what to share. Good for sensitive servers or when you get a lot of low-quality ideas.
• Public. Members can read and vote. This turns the channel into a voting board where the best ideas rise on their own.

With voting on, which is the default, the bot adds thumbs up and thumbs down reactions to every suggestion, so the channel doubles as a vote.

Set it up

1. Run /suggestions setup with a review channel. That is the only required option.
2. Style the panel. Optional fields cover the panel channel, title, message, button label, colour, image, thumbnail and footer, plus show_author and voting.
3. Post it with /suggestions post. If the panel is already posted, the command edits it in place.
4. Check with /suggestions status, which shows the settings and how many suggestions have been sent.

The Suggestions page on the dashboard has the same fields with a preview, and saving it refreshes a posted panel. To turn the feature off, run /suggestions off; the button then tells members it is disabled.

Show the author or stay anonymous

By default the embed shows the member's name and avatar, with their user ID in the footer. Turn off show_author and suggestions look anonymous to readers. This helps in servers where members hesitate to criticise staff in public. Anonymous to readers is the key phrase: the setting changes what the embed displays, so tell your members honestly what staff can and cannot see.

Running suggestions well

• Answer in public. Even a "not now, because..." reply earns trust and cuts repeat ideas.
• Close the loop. When you ship something, mention the suggestion number in your announcement.
• Set expectations on the panel. The panel message can say what you accept and how long you take to review.
• Pair it with a poll when you want a clean decision between a few shortlisted ideas: see the poll bot.

The bot needs Send Messages, Embed Links and Add Reactions in the review channel. Suggestions is its own module, and turning it off hides the command and disables the button.

Example panel text

The message on the panel is your chance to set the tone. Something like "Got an idea for the server? Press the button. We read every one weekly and answer in this channel" tells members what to expect and what you will do. Add a short list of things you do not take, such as requests to change rules, and you cut a lot of noise before it arrives. The embed can carry a title, an image and a footer too, so the panel can match the rest of your server.

Review the channel on a schedule, such as once a week, and post a short summary of what you accepted. Members then see that the button leads somewhere, and send better ideas next time.

Next steps

All fields are listed in the suggestions docs. To see how other tools compare, read the best Discord suggestion bots. Add Noxyr to start; suggestions are free.