From 3f9dfb1e749a1a8358d5ad0a01fe8e258a5201c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AJ Isaacs <ajisaacs27@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:32:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix reaction clap-backs replying to the bot's own message

Send as a channel message instead of message.reply() so it doesn't
look like the bot is talking to itself.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 cogs/chat.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cogs/chat.py b/cogs/chat.py
index 3379180..52de8b7 100644
--- a/cogs/chat.py
+++ b/cogs/chat.py
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class ChatCog(commands.Cog):
 
         self._chat_history[ch_id].append({"role": "assistant", "content": response})
 
-        await message.reply(response, mention_author=False)
+        await channel.send(response)
         logger.info(
             "Reaction reply in #%s to %s (%s): %s",
             channel.name,