Problem
We wanted to help Discord community members meet one another and split into groups using commands inside the server.
Problem
CoffeeBot
A Discord bot for coffee chats and group coordination, built with a team and awarded Best Discord Bot at GryphHacks 2022.
Project at a glance
- My responsibility
- Co-built CoffeeBot with two teammates. My contribution included core bot functionality, particularly the group-create command.
- Legacy / Hackathon
- This was our team's first hackathon and first Discord bot. We learned the Discord.js APIs while building commands for the community.
Node.jsDiscord.jsJavaScriptHackathon
The work
Problem, implementation, and result.
01
Build
Our team built a bot for matching members, creating conversation threads, and dividing users into groups.
System design
Outcome
The team delivered a working Discord bot and received the event's Best Discord Bot award.
Delivered behavior
Framing
Scope and constraints.
This was our team's first hackathon and first Discord bot. We learned the Discord.js APIs while building commands for the community. We divided the bot's features across the team and focused on commands we could demonstrate within the hackathon timeline.
Technologies
Node.js
Discord.js
JavaScript
Hackathon
Key features in scope
Member matching for coffee chats
Group creation with separate conversation threads
Icebreakers and reaction-role utilities
Responsibility and context
Role: Co-built CoffeeBot with two teammates. My contribution included core bot functionality, particularly the group-create command.
Category: Legacy / Hackathon
Engineering
Architecture and decisions.
Our team built a bot for matching members, creating conversation threads, and dividing users into groups.
Technologies
Discord UI
Node.js
Discord.js
N/A
Hosted bot runtime
Architecture choices
Discord.js command handling
Group allocation and conversation-thread creation
Member matching and reaction-role utilities
Key decisions
Focus on commands for matching members and creating groups
Prioritize ease of use over command complexity
Results
Results and limitations.
The team delivered a working Discord bot and received the event's Best Discord Bot award.
Delivered behavior
Won Best Discord Bot at GryphHacks 2022
Delivered member matching, group creation, and coffee-chat commands during the hackathon
Constraints
Very short development timeline
Commands had to be easy to find and use
Reliability under real-time chat interactions
Lessons
What the build taught me.
01
A small set of useful commands provides a clear scope for a hackathon
02
Dividing feature ownership helps a team learn an unfamiliar API together
Retrospective
I would add usage analytics and a hosted admin panel for managing the bot across multiple servers.
Legacy Context
Hackathon project preserved with its award record and contributor attribution.
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