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Auto-join

Auto-join

Auto-join makes the bot follow members into voice channels without anyone running /discmeet join. You pick which roles act as triggers; whenever a member with one of those roles enters any voice channel, the bot joins. An optional auto-record toggle starts transcription the moment the bot connects.

This is a Pro feature configured from the Settings tab on the dashboard .

When to use it

  • Recurring stand-ups where the host always joins first — the bot is just there waiting.
  • RPG tables where the DM should never have to remember to start recording.
  • Any team where one or two specific people drive when meetings happen.

Admin setup (browser)

  1. Open the dashboard 
  2. Select your server
  3. Go to Settings
  4. Turn on Auto join
  5. Pick one or more trigger roles (the bot only follows members who hold one of these roles)
  6. Optional: pick specific voice channels to limit auto-join to. Leave empty to auto-join in any voice channel.
  7. Optional: turn on Automatically start recording
  8. Save

When auto-join is on, at least one trigger role must be selected to save. The voice channel list is optional — empty means “any channel”. Auto-record is only meaningful while auto-join is on; turning auto-join off forces auto-record off too.

How it works

When a member enters a voice channel, the bot checks:

  1. Is auto-join enabled for this server?
  2. Does the member have one of the trigger roles?
  3. Is the entered channel allowed? (Either the channel scope is empty, or this channel is in the list.)
  4. Is the bot free to join? (See Multi-channel below.)

If all four are true, the bot joins. If auto-record is on, transcription starts immediately. Either way, the bot posts the same control message you’d see after /discmeet join — Start/Stop buttons and recording status — to your notifications channel (or notes channel as a fallback).

Multi-channel

Auto-join uses the same routing as /discmeet join:

  • With the multi-channel addon — assistant bots join in parallel; the main bot doesn’t need to be free.
  • Without it — if the main bot is already in another voice channel, auto-join is skipped for the new one. End the existing session first, or add the multi-channel addon.

Behavior notes

  • Already recording in that channel? The bot stays put; the new member is added as a participant via the normal flow.
  • Trigger role removed mid-session? Doesn’t end the session; only entry triggers the bot.
  • Bots and other automated accounts never trigger auto-join, even if they hold a trigger role.

RPG sessions

Auto-record always starts a regular meeting, never a RPG session. A RPG session belongs to a specific campaign, and auto-join has no way to know which campaign you intended. If you want a RPG transcript from a voice channel, start it manually with /discmeet start and pick the RPG session option.

Auto-join is independent of Consent opt-in:

  • Auto-join decides whether the bot joins and starts recording.
  • Consent opt-in decides whose voices are included in the resulting transcript.

If both are enabled, the bot will auto-join and start recording, but only consenting members appear in the transcript.

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