From 00749afceaeb441526bae948b6edb4dcf71cc15d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ajax146 <31014239+ajax146@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:04:11 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Change relay ping behaviour

---
 changelog.md               |  3 +++
 modules/operation/relay.py | 13 +++++++------
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index d5c5df9e..d35de56b 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ Changes since 2026.06.15
 ### Factoid
 - Make /factoid call work with factoids with spaces
 
+### Relay
+- Make relay only ping users with words starting with an @
+
 ## Utility
 
 # Dependencies
diff --git a/modules/operation/relay.py b/modules/operation/relay.py
index ea21ca24..7d873151 100644
--- a/modules/operation/relay.py
+++ b/modules/operation/relay.py
@@ -491,12 +491,13 @@ def get_mentions(
         """
         mentions = []
         for word in message.split(" "):
-            member = channel.guild.get_member_named(word)
-            if member:
-                channel_permissions = channel.permissions_for(member)
-                if channel_permissions.read_messages:
-                    mentions.append(member)
-                    continue
+            if word.startswith("@"):
+                member = channel.guild.get_member_named(word[1:])
+                if member:
+                    channel_permissions = channel.permissions_for(member)
+                    if channel_permissions.read_messages:
+                        mentions.append(member)
+                        continue
         return mentions
 
     def generate_sent_message_embed(