# Discobot Type Message Automation
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-type-message-automation/239200
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 16, 2022, 11:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-type-message-automation/239200 "2022-09-16T11:23:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@jamierobinson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamierobinson)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2022, 11:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-type-message-automation/239200/1 "2022-09-16T11:23:50Z")
Looking at the flow of the discobot’s dynamic tutorial, it strikes me that this sort of automated replying would be a really useful feature to customise. For example if I ran a course with step-by-step instructions, I could have automated messages sequentially guide a user through a process.
I know it is possible to customise the bot, but is there any way to run a simple auto-reply to other messages?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-type-message-automation/239200/2 "2022-09-16T11:34:53Z")
There is the [Custom Wizard Plugin 🧙](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-wizard-plugin/73345) or your could create your own plugin.
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### Author:  [@khenmu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/khenmu)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-type-message-automation/239200/3 "2022-09-16T11:44:33Z")
I don’t personally know of a plugin designed to specifically do what you would like to.
If the Custom Wizard Plugin linked to above would take a bit more effort to setup than you’re looking for, [discourse-templates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-templates/229250) would make sending responses manually more convenient. I reckon they’re your two best options unless you’re interested in creating a custom plugin as suggested by Pfaffman.
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### Author:  [@jamierobinson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamierobinson)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-type-message-automation/239200/4 "2022-09-16T11:51:25Z")
Thank you both. I wouldn’t know where to begin with creating a plugin so I think setting up templates is a good solution here, especially as the community is just starting out so the manual step isn’t too taxing.
I guess the feature I was describing would be to just add an element of automation to these templates - could be a cool feature request to log!
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### Author:  [@khenmu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/khenmu)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-type-message-automation/239200/5 "2022-09-16T11:54:34Z")
Hrm, actually… I don’t know if this is helpful, but you can configure Discourse to always email you when you receive a Message. It should be possible to implement the functionality you’re looking for outside of Discourse, and then simply use email to get messages in and out of the forum software.
I quickly googled around and came across this guide for Gmail, which includes using canned replies that automatically get sent based on filters (e.g. the incoming email features particular phrases);
[https://flashissue.com/blog/2016/06/15/create-auto-reply-gmail/](https://flashissue.com/blog/2016/06/15/create-auto-reply-gmail/)
If you use a different email provider, they likely have equivalent features.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-type-message-automation/239200/6 "2022-09-16T12:09:41Z")
Maybe you can use [Discourse Automation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-automation/195773)