Helios Rust Console Bot Documentation

Discord Autofeeds

Schedule recurring Discord announcements with a first-send time, repeat interval, and optional role ping.

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Helios Bot Testing dashboard; paused example draft cancelled without saving or sending a test.
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Open Discord → Automation → Autofeeds → Create Autofeed in the dashboard. Autofeeds post recurring messages to Discord. For Rust chat reminders, use Auto Messages instead.

Choose the destination and first delivery

  1. Enter an Autofeed Name.
  2. Choose the Discord Channel. Helios needs permission to view and send messages there, plus Embed Links for rich messages.
  3. Set Repeat Every (Hours): 24 for daily, or 168 for weekly.
  4. Choose First Send Date & Time and its Time Zone.
  5. Leave Role to Ping at No role ping, or choose the one role you intentionally want notified.

Paused weekly Autofeed draft using 168 hours and a first delivery at nine AM Eastern Time

Example: October 19, 2026 at 9 AM Eastern, repeating every 168 hours. Choose a future date for your own setup. This draft was not saved and has no destination selected.

The first-send field establishes the initial delivery; later sends use the repeat interval. Do not enter minutes into the hours field. Review the saved next-run time, especially around time-zone or daylight-saving changes.

Write the announcement

Choose Use rich embed for a title, color, and optional direct HTTPS image. Disable it for a plain message. Text Above Embed is separate from the embed's Message.

Autofeed message fields with separate Send Test, Cancel, and Save Autofeed buttons

Only the selected Role to Ping can be mentioned. Keep it at No role ping while preparing a routine example.

Save, test, and pause

Check Autofeed is active when ready to run, then choose Save Autofeed. You can keep the active switch off while preparing a saved setup. The configuration is shared across your Discord community.

Send Test posts a real message to the selected Discord channel. It is separate from saving the schedule. A successful test does not establish that the future timing is correct; inspect the saved schedule and next-run information too.

To change a saved feed, open Edit, review its channel, interval, first delivery, and status, then save. Turn its active switch off to pause future scheduled messages without deleting the setup.

If a message does not arrive, check the active switch, first delivery and time zone, channel permissions, and whether it is the Discord Autofeed you configured rather than an in-game Auto Message. Avoid creating a duplicate schedule while investigating.

For replies activated by member messages, use Triggers. Return to Discord Tools.