@wordshaper That's an interesting idea! Actually, if you're looking to integrate with Discord, BotKit might be a better fit than Fedify directly. BotKit sits on top of Fedify but provides a much simpler API specifically designed for creating fediverse bots.

With BotKit, you could create a Discord bridge with just a few dozen lines of code—handling events like mentions and messages becomes really straightforward. The event-based model would pair nicely with Discord's bot framework.

I wouldn't call it a “horrible idea” at all! For certain communities (gaming servers, developer groups), having a Discord-fediverse bridge could be quite valuable. Though I agree it shouldn't be obligatory—more like an optional plugin for those who want that cross-platform connection.

Curious to hear if you've worked with ActivityPub before or if this would be your first foray into the fediverse world?

@hongminhee I've got a mastodon bot (using one of the Go mastodon libraries) that posts regular blurbs from a 'zine project I do some IT work for, and a separate overly-extensible Discord bot system written in Python. Integrating things together and making it more generically AP, rather than mastodon-specific, just strikes me as potentially useful especially since the set of functionality a bot needs is a bit different than a human-facing client needs.