Plugin Idea: Voice Channel Text Binds — auto-create linked text channels

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Plugin Idea: Voice Channel Text Binds — auto-create linked text channels

Auto-create text channels linked to voice channels — when a user joins a voice channel, a temporary text channel is created for that voice session. Members in the voice see and can type in it. The text channel auto-deletes when the voice channel empties.

Why

Many gaming and community servers use this pattern — it keeps voice-related chat organized and separate from main chat. Popularized by community servers and the "Text in Voice" Discord experiment.

Spec

How It Works:

1. Server admin designates a category or specific voice channels for "text binding"
2. When a user joins a bound voice channel, a text channel is auto-created: #vc-name or #🔊-vc-name
3. Only members in the voice channel can see/type in it (or optionally, everyone can read)
4. When the last person leaves VC, the text channel is deleted (with optional delay)
5. Bot posts a "Voice chat started — #{channel}" message as the first message

Commands (Admin):

• /voice-text bind <voice-channel> [text-channel-name] — Bind a voice channel
• /voice-text unbind <voice-channel> — Remove binding
• /voice-text list — List bindings
• /voice-text config category <category> — Category to create text channels in
• /voice-text config delete-delay <minutes> — Delay before deleting empty channels (default: 1)
• /voice-text config visibility [all|voice-only] — Who can see the text channel
• /voice-text toggle — Enable/disable plugin

Features:

• Auto-Permissions — Text channel permissions auto-set so only voice members can view
• Naming Templates — Configurable: voice-{name}, vc-{name}, {name}-chat
• Persistent Channels — Option to keep text channel after VC empties (for continued discussion)
• Max Channels — Configurable hard cap (default: 10 active at a time)
• Channel History — Option to save transcript when deleted
• Integration with TempVoice — Auto-bind to temp voice channels created by TempVoice plugin

Model:

// Bindings
{
  guildId: String,
  voiceChannelId: String,
  textChannelName: String,    // template
  createdAt: Date
}

// Active sessions
{
  guildId: String,
  voiceChannelId: String,
  textChannelId: String,
  createdAt: Date,
  lastActiveAt: Date
}

Acceptance Criteria

• Voice channel join triggers text channel creation
• Permissions set correctly (only voice members can see/type)
• Auto-delete when voice channel empties
• Configurable naming and category
• Works with TempVoice plugin for dynamic channels
• Max channel limit enforcement