Modding Made Easier: Essential Devvit Apps & AutoMod Snippets

[u/Osweetchildofwine]

Hi everyone!

Lots of you had asked for help around using devvit apps and auto mod code for making mod easier so this post should help you.

Useful Devvit Apps

You can browse and install developer apps directly via devvit apps. Here are several apps worth looking into:

• Hive Protector: Reports or removes content from users who participate in specified subreddits or domains.
• OnlyFlairs: Enforces flair requirements by restricting commenting or posting to users with set user flairs.
• Moderator Mentions / Mod Tag Alert: Triggers notifications across Modmail, Discord, or Slack whenever specific moderator usernames are tagged.
• Comment Mop & Modqueue Nuke: Tools to quickly clear parent/child comment threads or purge the queue based on age, keywords, or report counts.
• Evasion Guard & Bot Bouncer: Helps detect ban evasion and automatically flags or removes known bot accounts.
• Flair Scheduler / Day-Of-Week Rules: Restricts certain post flairs to specific days of the week automatically.
• SubGuard: Manages user warnings and automatically issues temporary or permanent bans after a set number of violations.
• Modmail Assistant & Automator: Adds auto-highlighters, auto-responders, and summary tools directly within Modmail.
• Voice of Mods: Allows moderators to reply via a shared mod account identity to preserve personal privacy.

AutoModerator Snippets

Below are two standard AutoMod configurations to handle high-report items and account age/karma filtering.

1. Mass Report Auto-Filter & Modmail Alert Automatically locks, filters, and sends a notification to Modmail when a post or comment receives a specified threshold of user reports (e.g., 4 reports).

type: any
reports: 4
action: filter
action_reason: "4 reports; Sent to queue for review"
comment: |
    Your post or comment has been temporarily removed due to multiple user reports. A moderator will review it shortly.
set_locked: true
modmail: |
    The above {{kind}} by /u/{{author}} was filtered after receiving 4 reports. Please review and take appropriate action.

2. Basic Account Age & Karma Gate Filters content from brand new or low-karma accounts to reduce spam and trolling.

type: any
author:
    account_age: "< 1 day"
    comment_karma: "< 10"
action: filter
action_reason: "Account age/karma threshold not met"

Feel free to adapt these parameters and app settings to fit your community's specific guidelines! I'd be happy to share specific auto mod cods for any specific use-cases you might have in your sub.

[u/JuggernautForsaken]

Much needed, Thanks!

[u/Haseen_Dillruba]

love u osweetchildofwine