AI Dev Notes

If your Slack AI bot suddenly starts replying to itself in an endless chain of messages, you've hit one of the most common — and frustrating — pitfalls of building with the Bolt SDK. The root cause is almost always the same: your event listener doesn't distinguish between messages from real users and messages posted by the bot itself. This post walks you through exactly why this happens, how to detect and filter bot-generated messages, and how to build a production-safe message handler that never loops. Table of Contents Why Infinite Loops Happen in Slack Bots Anatomy of a Slack Message Event Filtering Bot Messages in Bolt SDK Advanced Guard Patterns for Production Testing Your Fix Locally with Socket Mode Full Working Example Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them 🔁 Why Infinite Loops Happen in Slack Bots When your bot posts a message to a Slack channel, Slack fires a message event — just like it does fo...

You registered a slash command with discord.py, typed / in your server, and… nothing. No command. Just silence. This is one of the most common frustrations for Discord bot developers, and the good news is that it almost always comes down to a handful of fixable root causes. This guide walks you through every reason your slash command might not be showing up — from sync issues to permission problems — with working code examples you can run right now. Table of Contents How Slash Commands Actually Work Global vs. Guild Commands: The #1 Source of Confusion Syncing Commands Correctly with discord.py Common Mistakes That Break Registration Bot Permissions and OAuth2 Scopes How to Verify Your Commands Are Actually Registered Full Working Bot Example Troubleshooting Checklist ⚙️ How Slash Commands Actually Work Slash commands in Discord are not like prefix commands ( !help ) that your bot listens for in real time. Ins...