The Send a message to a Channel action when triggered has your bot respond with a message sent to a specific channel chosen. This message can either be sent to a specified channel, a channel ID, or a variable containing a channel ID. Additionally, the message sent can be either a Plain Text message or an Embed message. All variables and options can be used in the content of the reply.
Message Type
The message type is how you can choose between having the bot send a Plain Text or Embed message.
Content
The content of the action is the actual message that the bot should reply with when the action is triggered. You can use any variable or option in the content of this reply. These can be easily added through the variable selector by clicking the Clipboard button.
Author
The author is displayed in the top left of the embed. This can be the author who used the command or any information you wish to display.
Thumbnail URL
You can include a thumbnail embedded into the Embed Reply. This will display in the top right of the Embed.
Title
This is the title you wish to display in your Embed Reply. This will be centered above your Content Block.
Description
The description is the actual message that the bot should reply with when the action is triggered. You can use any variable or option in the content of this reply. These can be easily added through the variable selector by clicking the Clipboard button.
Image URL
This will display an image in full view under the Content Block.
Footer
This is the small text at the bottom left of the embed.
Embed URL
This will display the Title of the embed in blue text, you can click this to open an external page or image.
Color
This is the color shown on the Left Side of the Embed Reply.
Reactions
Reactions can be added onto both the Plain Text message or Embed message. Reactions can be added by using the selector field below the area to create the message.
These reactions will be automatically added when the message is sent.
Channel Type
With this channel type, a drop-down menu will be displayed with all the channels the bot has access to. One of these channels can be selected for the message to be sent.
This channel type can select a channel by specifying a discord channel ID or a variable that includes a channel ID. This can be any valid type of variable. All options and variables can be used in this field.
Optional Variable
You can also create your own variable that can be used anywhere in the command to get the ID of the message sent by the action. This is useful when using Send an API Request in your command / event and you need the ID of the message. Make sure that the name of the variable does not correspond to the name of a default variable or of an another action.
You can copy the variable by clicking the clipboard icon in the section right below the optional variable field.
