Chat and forum-topic commands

These commands manage the chat and the routes used by Defendy messages. Reply to a message whenever the action relates to that message.

Pinned messages#

Reply with /pin to pin a message. /unpin removes the selected pin, /unpinall clears every pin and /repin pins a message again. Check important announcements before using /unpinall; rebuilding the list is manual.

Member reports#

A regular member can reply with /report to notify moderators about a message. /admin and /admins call administrators to the message.

Moderators control reports with:

/reports on
/reports off

Test the flow from a non-administrator account because Telegram administrators may be exempt from some moderation behavior.

Refresh administrators#

Run /reload after Telegram administrator rights change. Use it when a newly promoted administrator is still denied by Defendy.

Revoke an invitation#

/revokelink revokes the current primary invitation. The old link cannot be restored, so find where it is published and replace it after Telegram creates a new one.

Default bot topic#

Open the target forum topic and send /settopic. It becomes the default route for features without their own topic. The current value appears under Settings → General.

Feature-specific topics#

Turn off Use global topic for the feature, open the destination topic and send:

• /setcaptchatopic for in-chat captcha;
• /setgreetingtopic for greetings;
• /setfarewelltopic for farewells;
• /setreputationtopic for reputation notifications.

Verify that a positive topic ID appears in the WebApp.

The rules interface currently displays /setrulestopic, but that command has no handler in the current bot build. Keep rules on the global topic.

Night mode#

Use /nightmode on, /nightmode off or /nightmode status; /night is the short alias. Review timezone and schedule in the Night mode guide before enabling it.

Troubleshooting#

1. Reply to the target message for pin and report actions.
2. Send topic commands inside the intended forum topic.
3. Check Defendy's Telegram administrator rights.
4. Run /reload after rights change.