Mention Protection

Stop mass mentions with a simple Discord limit or separate user, role, and channel thresholds.

4 min readUpdated Sep 1, 2026

Mention Protection blocks messages that ping too many users, roles, or channels. Use Simple mode for one limit. Use Advanced mode when each mention type needs a different limit.

Set up mention protection

Configure from the DashboardSet limits above the largest legitimate message in your server.
  1. Open Dashboard → Moderator → Autopilot → Anti-Mention.
  2. Enable the protection.
  3. Choose Simple or Advanced mode.
  4. Set the limits and @everyone behavior.
  5. Add required exceptions.
  6. Save and test safely.

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Mention protection limits in the Dashboard

Configure with /autopilot antimentionChoose one limit or separate limits by mention type.
  1. Run /autopilot antimention.
  2. Select Enable.
  3. Choose Simple or Advanced.
  4. Enter the limits.
  5. Review Punishments and exceptions.

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The Anti-Mention mode selector

Simple mode

Simple mode uses Discord AutoMod. Set one Mention Limit from 1 to 50. A message is blocked when it exceeds Discord's mention threshold.

Mention raid protection is enabled by default.

Advanced mode

Set separate values from 1 to 50 for:

  • Total Mention Limit: combined user, role, and channel mentions.
  • User Mention Limit: unique mentioned users.
  • Role Mention Limit: unique mentioned roles.
  • Channel Mention Limit: unique mentioned channels.
  • Everyone Allowed: whether @everyone and @here may pass.

Members with Discord's Mention Everyone permission are not blocked by the @everyone check.

Exceptions

Ignored users, roles, and channels bypass Mention Protection. In Advanced mode, ignored mentioned users and roles are also removed from their matching counts.

Pick safe limits

Review normal announcement and staff messages before choosing a value. A total limit of 5 may be suitable for a chat server but too low for an event channel that regularly mentions several roles.

Test just above and below the selected limit with a non-administrator account.

Punishments

Open Punishments to configure Warn, Mute, Timeout, Kick, or Ban. Keep Warn enabled when another action uses a threshold.