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Discord parity: forum/media posting + multi-bot agent routing

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Description

Problem

Spacebot’s Discord adapter is strong for channels/threads, but it still misses a few practical features that OpenClaw users rely on in community servers.

Gaps

  1. Forum/media parent posting flow is missing

    • Current implementation creates PublicThread for OutboundResponse::ThreadReply and falls back to plain message on failure.
    • There is no explicit handling for Discord forum/media parent channels where posting requires creating a thread-with-starter message.
    • In practice this means forum workflows are inconsistent compared to regular channels.
  2. No named multi-bot adapter support yet

    • Current config exposes a singleton messaging.discord.token.
    • There is a design doc for named adapters, but this is not implemented.
    • This blocks setups with multiple Discord bots mapped to different agents in one Spacebot instance.
  3. Agent-level mention routing is too limited for multi-agent Discord communities

    • Routing is currently binding-first and first-match-wins.
    • Mention gating is bot-level (@this bot / reply-to-bot), not agent-level (@agent-A, @agent-B with separate bot identities or adapter keys).
    • This makes “10 agents in one Discord server, mention to route” hard to operate cleanly.

Requested parity behavior

  • Support forum/media channel send semantics:
    • If target is a forum/media parent, create a thread post with starter content.
    • Keep thread title derivation predictable (e.g. first non-empty line fallback).
  • Implement named Discord adapter instances (default + named), and allow bindings to choose adapter instance.
  • Preserve backward compatibility for existing single-token config.
  • Expose clear routing behavior when multiple bindings/agents are in the same guild.

Suggested acceptance criteria

  • Sending to a forum/media parent creates a valid forum thread post.
  • Multiple Discord bot tokens can run simultaneously on one instance.
  • bindings can target both agent_id and adapter instance deterministically.
  • Mention routing docs cover multi-agent patterns and edge-cases.

Why this matters

These are core migration blockers for OpenClaw users running larger Discord communities, where forum workflows and multi-bot/multi-agent routing are essential.

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the current Discord adapter, configuration, bindings, and the existing named-adapter design document. Trace forum/media posting and binding-first mention routing, then verify the listed acceptance criteria: forum thread creation, simultaneous bot tokens, deterministic agent/adapter bindings, backward compatibility, and routing documentation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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