# "@discobot display help" does not display help
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-display-help-does-not-display-help/183590
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [March 17, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-display-help-does-not-display-help/183590 "2021-03-17T22:06:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@jaimet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jaimet)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-display-help-does-not-display-help/183590/1 "2021-03-17T22:06:57Z")
Hi.
I’m trying to “invoke” discobot over at [https://github.community](https://github.community) but it is not responding. Here’s my post:
> **[Build software better, together](https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/)**
>
> GitHub is where people build software. More than 150 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 420 million projects.
Does anyone know is this a bug, or have I done something wrong? Thanks!
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### Author:  [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-display-help-does-not-display-help/183590/2 "2021-03-18T21:27:38Z")
I just tested this on [https://try.discourse.org/](https://try.discourse.org/). I’m using the latest version of Chrome on Ubuntu.
After creating a new account on the site, then skipping discobot welcome message, I created a post with the content `@discobot display help`. Nothing happened. I then created another post with the same content and still didn’t get a response:
I’m seeing this error in my browser’s console: `Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Cannot read property 'notification_type' of undefined`. Called from: [https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/quick-access-notifications.js#L23](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/quick-access-notifications.js#L23)
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-display-help-does-not-display-help/183590/3 "2021-03-18T23:09:33Z")
OK so this bug should be assigned @eviltrout?
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-display-help-does-not-display-help/183590/5 "2021-03-19T14:43:40Z")
Looks like the javascript error is a red herring.
The issue is `Skip new user onboarding tips and badges` is checked, so all Discobot jobs are skipped.
To allow this we’d probably have to allow some responses to work and some to not - however help does include instructions to start the tutorial, which you have already disabled.
What I’d suggest here, and curious to hear your thoughts @codinghorror, is if you have disabled @discobot but issue it a command, have it reply: “You’ve disabled me in your preferences. You need to allow new user onboarding tips to interact with me.”
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-display-help-does-not-display-help/183590/7 "2021-03-19T16:48:00Z")
Yep that sounds good. Otherwise we’re just gonna have more user shooting themselves in the foot, repeatedly.. 🦶💥
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### Author:  [@Roman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roman)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-display-help-does-not-display-help/183590/9 "2021-04-12T15:54:15Z")
Discobot will reply they need to disable the `Skip new user onboarding tips and badges` setting to interact with him.
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/12534](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/12534)
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### Author:  [@Roman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roman)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-display-help-does-not-display-help/183590/10 "2021-04-13T11:00:35Z")
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