React to a message or start a thread in Discord

Two Discord steps work on what is already in a channel. Discord · Add a reaction — Puts an emoji on a message — needs a bot — marks a message, for example with ✅ once an order has shipped. Discord · Create a thread — Starts a thread in a channel — needs a bot — opens a thread, hanging off a message or on its own, so the follow-up stays in one place.

Who can do this

Workspace Admins and Editors, on every plan. Viewers see the steps' settings but cannot change them.

Before you start

• A Discord connection made with a bot token — a webhook can only post. See Connect Discord.
• The bot in the server, with Read Message History and Add Reactions for reactions, and Create Public Threads for threads, in that channel.

Steps

Add a reaction:

1. Select + after the step that posted the message. In the step picker, open Apps, select Discord, then Add a reaction. Or search Discord.
2. In Connection, choose your Discord bot connection.
3. In Channel, choose the channel the message is in — Channels in the bot's servers. Each shows its server, such as #alerts · Consulace.
4. In Message id, the message — From the step that sent it. Drag in id from Send a message: {{ steps.send_a_message.id }}.
5. In Reaction, the emoji — The emoji itself, or a server emoji as name:id. For example ✅, or consulace:123456789012345678 for a server's own emoji.
6. Select Run this step to try it.

Create a thread:

1. Select + where the thread should start. In the step picker, open Apps, select Discord, then Create a thread.
2. In Connection, choose your Discord bot connection.
3. In Channel, choose the channel.
4. In Thread name, its name — for example Order 1042 — Rohan Mehta.
5. Optional: in From message, a message id — Optional — a message id; the thread hangs off it. Empty starts it on its own.
6. Select Run this step to try it.

To post in the new thread, add Send a message after it, select Use a value beside Channel, and type {{ steps.create_a_thread.id }}.

A message's id can also come from Discord itself: in Discord, turn on Developer Mode under User Settings › Advanced, then right-click a message and select Copy Message ID.

Output

Add a reaction:

Create a thread:

Good to know

• Write the emoji itself, not its short name — ✅, not :white_check_mark:. Colons round the reaction are taken off.
• Reacting twice with the same emoji changes nothing; Discord shows the bot's reaction once.
• A thread on its own is a public thread. A message can have one thread; a second Create a thread from the same message fails.
• Threads close themselves after a time without messages, as the channel is set to in Discord.
• Runs once per item.

If something goes wrong

Related

• Connect Discord
• Send a message or file to Discord
• Using what earlier steps found