Custom Tab Completion

Making custom commands from rules/commands.rs show via tab completion.

Thanks to @TheIntolerant for contributing!

Solution 1: Use /dummy in commands.yml

Step 1)

Open commands.yml in your server root directory and route your custom command using /dummy or the actual command:

command-block-overrides: []
ignore-vanilla-permissions: false
aliases:
  # First example
  staffchat:
  - dummy $1-
  # Second example
  adminchat:
  - channel send admin $1-

The /dummy command is provided by ChatControl and does nothing — it exists to let you register commands in this file while using ChatControl rules to handle the logic.

In the first example, /staffchat uses "/dummy" which is useful when you want ChatControl to manage how that command functions using rules (see Step 2 below).

In the second example, /adminchat simply redirects to /channel send admin <message> — no rules needed.

Step 2) Create Command Rule (optional)

Skip this step if you used the actual command in commands.yml instead of /dummy.

For the /staffchat example, add rules to rules/command.rs:

# If the user is WRITING in the STANDARD channel, this rule
# will switch the user to the STAFF channel.
match ^[/]staffchat\b
dont verbose
then warn `{prefix_success}` You are now writing to the admin channel.
ignore channel staff write
then command channel join admin write
then deny

# If user is WRITING in the STAFF channel, this rule
# will switch the user to the STANDARD channel.
match ^[/]staffchat\b
dont verbose
then warn `{prefix_success}` You are no longer writing to the admin channel.
require channel staff write
then command channel join standard write
then deny

Warning

Without then deny, the command from commands.yml will also execute (not an issue when using /dummy).

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Solution 2: Use a third-party plugin

Use a plugin that registers custom commands, such as CustomCommands. Test tab completion yourself as it depends on the plugin.