Create a suggestions channel

Set up a Discord suggestions channel with Aethor

This guide creates a working suggestion channel, then points you to the settings that shape the staff workflow.

1. Add Aethor to the server

Add Aethor to Discord, choose the server, and approve the requested permissions. You need permission to manage the server’s Aethor integration and channels.

2. Create or choose a text channel

Create a channel such as #suggestions. Aethor needs to be able to view it, send messages, embed links, read message history, manage messages, manage threads, send messages in threads, and pin messages.

3. Run the setup command

Pass the channel to /setup create:

Aethor creates the setup and opens a private dashboard. It also posts a pinned member guide and a locked example suggestion in the channel. The example is a preview, not a stored suggestion.

4. Configure the workflow

The first setup already works. Use the dashboard to add or change:

  • Accepted, Denied, Planned, Implemented and Duplicate destination channels
  • custom state labels and colors
  • vote emojis
  • automatic threads or a thread button
  • state-history display
  • a media channel for re-hosting image and video attachments
  • a log channel
  • a review queue and submission controls

You can reopen the dashboard later with /setup modify.

5. Choose how members submit

Members can type a normal message in the configured channel or run /suggest. To post a persistent button that opens the same suggestion modal, use:

All entry points use the same validation, review queue, media handling and suggestion numbering.

Verify the setup

Submit a short test idea. Aethor should remove the original message and post a suggestion card with the author, suggestion number and vote controls. If nothing happens, check that:

  • the channel belongs to the selected setup
  • Aethor can view and manage messages there
  • the member is not blacklisted
  • a configured cooldown, membership-age, duplicate or maximum-open limit is not blocking the submission
  • the optional review queue has a valid queue channel

Limits and deletion

  • Free servers can create one suggestion setup; Premium servers can create up to five.
  • /setup delete deletes the selected setup and its stored suggestions. There is no undo.
  • A media channel needs View Channel, Send Messages, Attach Files and Manage Webhooks.

Next: enable suggestion threads, configure the review queue, or approve suggestions.