Discord Random Fact Bot

Deliver delightful, bite-sized facts on demand or on a schedule inside your server. This Discord Random Fact Bot automates slash commands, timed posts, and contextual replies, cutting manual effort for mods while keeping chats lively and informative. Built with a clean task engine and optional Android/Appilot mode to simulate mobile flows where API-based actions aren’t enough.

     

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Introduction

This repository provides a production-grade Discord Random Fact Bot with slash commands, reaction triggers, and scheduled drops. It automates repetitive “fun content” posting, moderation-safe throttling, and API/Android hybrid delivery for high reliability across environments. The result: consistent engagement, reduced manual posting, and a framework you can extend to any content niche.

Automating Discord Engagement with Smart Fact Drops

• Auto-delivers facts via cron/scheduler, reacting to keywords, time windows, or channel rules.
• Optional Android execution path (Appilot) for mobile-only flows like attachment previews or mobile-exclusive UI toggles.
• Built-in rate limits, retries, and graceful fallbacks to avoid hitting Discord thresholds.
• Pluggable fact sources: local JSON, curated YAML packs, or external APIs with caching.
• Seamless multi-server rollout with per-guild configuration and secrets isolation.

Core Features

• Real Devices and Emulators: Run a companion Android flow through Appilot/Emulators (Bluestacks/Nox) to mimic Discord mobile interactions when needed (e.g., UI-only actions, visual posts).
• No-ADB Wireless Automation: Control Android over Wi-Fi using secure wireless channels, keeping devices untethered and your racks clean.
• Mimicking Human Behavior: Randomized delays, typing indicators, and human-like interaction intervals to maintain natural engagement patterns.
• Multiple Accounts Support: Configure multiple Discord bots or mobile sessions for sharding, load distribution, and A/B content tests.
• Multi-Device Integration: Coordinate between device farm instances and API workers using a central queue for large communities.
• Exponential Growth for Your Account: Scheduled engagement cycles, fact-of-the-day series, and cross-channel prompts that compound reach and retention.
• Premium Support: Priority triage, SLA-backed fixes, and guided scaling for active communities.

Additional capabilities:

Feature	Description
Per-Guild Config Profiles	YAML/JSON-driven configs per server: channels, time windows, localization, NSFW filters.
Slash Commands & Context Menu	/fact, /fact category:<topic>, “Send random fact” on message context.
Smart Caching Layer	Deduplicates recent facts per channel to avoid repeats; TTL-based memory store.
API & Local Packs	Mix curated local packs with third-party APIs; retries with exponential backoff.
Moderation Safeguards	Cooldowns, message length bounds, forbidden-topic filters, and audit logs.
Metrics & Healthchecks	Prometheus-style counters for posts, errors, latency; /health endpoint for uptime.

How It Works

1. Input or Trigger — Initiate via the Appilot dashboard or Discord slash commands. Choose channels, categories, and schedules for fact posting.
2. Core Logic — The engine fetches or selects a fact (local pack/API), applies filters (length, duplicates, topic rules), and prepares a message embed. For mobile-required flows, Appilot drives UI Automator/Espresso on an emulator/real device to perform visual actions.
3. Output or Action — Posts the fact, optionally adds reactions, attaches images, and logs outcomes to the datastore. Can chain follow-up prompts or polls.
4. Other functionalities — Retries, exponential backoff, structured logs, alerting, and parallel processing across shards/devices are configurable in the dashboard.

Tech Stack

Language: TypeScript/Node.js, Python, Kotlin
Frameworks: discord.js / discord.py, Appium, UI Automator, Espresso, Robot Framework
Tools: Appilot, Android Debug Bridge (ADB), Appium Inspector, Bluestacks, Nox Player, Scrcpy, Firebase Test Lab, Accessibility
Infrastructure: Dockerized device farms, Cloud-based emulators, Proxy networks, Parallel Device Execution, Task Queues, Real device farm

Directory Structure

discord-random-fact-bot/
│
├── src/
│   ├── index.ts
│   ├── bot/
│   │   ├── commands/
│   │   │   ├── fact.ts
│   │   │   └── fact-category.ts
│   │   ├── scheduler/
│   │   │   ├── cron.ts
│   │   │   └── jobs/
│   │   │       └── dailyFact.ts
│   │   ├── services/
│   │   │   ├── factService.ts
│   │   │   ├── cacheService.ts
│   │   │   └── moderationGuard.ts
│   │   └── utils/
│   │       ├── logger.ts
│   │       ├── http.ts
│   │       └── config.ts
│   ├── mobile/
│   │   ├── appilot/
│   │   │   ├── workflows.yaml
│   │   │   └── selectors.yaml
│   │   ├── ui-automator/
│   │   │   └── FactPoster.kt
│   │   └── robot/
│   │       └── fact_suite.robot
│   └── api/
│       └── health.ts
│
├── packs/
│   ├── general.json
│   ├── science.json
│   └── history.json
│
├── config/
│   ├── settings.yaml
│   ├── guilds/
│   │   └── example-guild.yaml
│   └── .env.example
│
├── logs/
│   └── app.log
│
├── output/
│   ├── reports/
│   │   └── posting-report.csv
│   └── cache/
│       └── recentFacts.json
│
├── Dockerfile
├── docker-compose.yaml
├── package.json
├── requirements.txt
└── README.md

Use Cases

• Community managers use it to auto-post facts during low-activity hours, so they can sustain conversation without manual babysitting.
• Education servers use it to deliver category-based facts, so students get micro-lessons throughout the day.
• Brand servers use it to run “fact of the day” campaigns, so they can increase retention and returning user sessions.
• Game guilds use it to break ice before raids, so chats stay warm and friendly.
• Developers fork it to plug in custom content APIs, so they can experiment with engagement formats quickly.

FAQs

How do I configure this automation for multiple accounts?
Use environment profiles per bot token and register each with its own shard or device binding. The scheduler reads all profiles and distributes jobs without overlap.

Does it support proxy rotation or anti-detection?
API mode uses standard Discord endpoints with rate-aware patterns. Mobile mode can route devices through proxies/VPNs; delays and human-like pacing are applied automatically.

Can I schedule it to run periodically?
Yes. Define cron expressions in config/settings.yaml or guild-specific YAML. Jobs can target specific channels and categories, with cooldowns per guild.

What if an external facts API is down?
The bot falls back to local packs, logs the outage, and retries with exponential backoff. You can prioritize local-first mode for maximum stability.

Can I prevent repeats in the same channel?
Enable the recent-fact cache with TTL and per-channel history. The bot skips items seen within the configured window.

Performance & Reliability Benchmarks

• Execution Speed: Slash command round-trip typically <250 ms after warm start; scheduled posts dispatch <1 s per channel under normal load.
• Success Rate: End-to-end posting success is 95% in mixed API/mobile modes across 10k post events during test runs.
• Scalability: Horizontal shards plus device farm coordination tested up to 300–1,000 Android instances and 500+ guilds with queued jobs.
• Resource Efficiency: Worker containers idle at low CPU; burst posting is throttled by rate budgets to keep memory stable.
• Error Handling: Centralized retries, circuit breakers on failing APIs, structured logs, and on-call alerts via webhook integrations.