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Stay alert (Discord DMs)

StintIQ's bot can DM you on Discord when your stint is coming up. You get a heads-up at 30, 15, and 5 minutes before you're in the seat. Link your Discord account once and it works for every race you're in.

Open Settings → Discord

Sign in to StintIQ, then go to Settings → Discord. You'll see one of two states:

  • Not linked yet — A "Generate code" button.
  • Already linked — A green ✅ Discord linked panel with the linked date.

The Settings / Discord page in the unlinked state, showing the Generate code button.

Click Generate code. You'll see a short alphanumeric code (8 characters, formatted like ABCD-EFGH) with a countdown — the code expires in 15 minutes.

The Settings / Discord page showing a freshly generated 8-character link code with a 15-minute expiry countdown.

Open Discord. The StintIQ bot lives in your team's connected Discord server. Run the command either as a DM to the bot, or in any channel where the bot has access (the reply is private — only you see it):

/link ABCD-EFGH

(Use the code from the previous step.)

The bot replies with ✅ Linked! and StintIQ updates immediately.

Discord client showing the /link command invoked with the code and the bot's ephemeral ✅ Linked reply.

What happens now

Once linked, you get five kinds of DMs. Every race-day DM opens with the race, the track and your team, so you can tell races apart if you drive for more than one team.

  • Server-open reminders at T-30, T-15, T-5 minutes before the server opens. You get these if you have any stint assignment on the plan — driver, backup, or engineer, across any session type. Each one shows both times: when the server opens, and when lights out (the race start) is planned, so you know whether you need to be there now or just for the race.
  • Qualifying reminders at T-15 and T-5 before qualifying starts, if you're the driver assigned to qualify (the primary driver of a Qualifying stint): "Qualifying starts in 15 min." If qualifying starts right when the server opens, this one replaces your server-open DM at those two times instead.
  • Stint reminders at T-30, T-15, T-5 before each of your Race stints, counted from lights out. The T-30 and T-15 ones carry ✅ / ⚠️ buttons — see Confirm your stint below. That includes the opening stint, as long as your captain has set a lights-out time on the plan. (On plans without one, the opening driver gets the server-open reminders instead.) Each one shows your stint number and when it starts.
  • Engineer reminders if you're assigned as the engineer/spotter on someone else's stint — same T-30/15/5 cadence as the driver's, labeled to make clear you're on comms, not driving.
  • "Please re-check your availability" when your captain changes the race (server open, lights out, race length or sign-up slot length) in a way that cleared or combined some of your sign-up answers and left you something to do. It lists what changed, before and after, in your timezone, with a link to your sign-up page. Your captain can choose not to send it; the note on your sign-up page appears either way.

A Discord DM from the StintIQ bot at T-15 minutes before server open: red embed titled "Server opens in 15 min" that opens with the race, track and team, then Server opens + Lights out fields, each with the time and a countdown.

A Discord DM from the StintIQ bot for the qualifying driver: red embed titled "Qualifying starts in 15 min" that opens with the race, track and team, then "You're up to qualify." and a Qualifying time field.

Confirm your stint

Your stint reminders come with two buttons:

  • ✅ I'm ready
  • ⚠️ I can't make it

Tap one and your captain sees it immediately. That's the whole point — before this, the bot had no idea whether you'd even seen the DM.

A Discord DM from the StintIQ bot: a stint reminder embed that opens with the race, track and team, then the stint number, start time and countdown, with the two RSVP buttons underneath, "✅ I'm ready" and "⚠️ I can't make it".

A few details:

  • The buttons are on the T-30 and T-15 DMs. If you answer at T-30, the T-15 nag is skipped entirely. The T-5 DM always arrives and has no buttons — by then it's the "get in the sim" call, not a question.
  • You can change your mind, any time, in either direction. Pressed ⚠️ and then sorted your evening out? Press ✅ and everyone is updated, including the backup, who is told to stand down.
  • Pressing the same button twice does nothing. You'll get a note saying you're already marked that way, so a double-tap never sends your captain a second alert.
  • Once your stint has started, the buttons stop accepting answers — talk to your captain directly at that point.

If you can't make it

Press ⚠️ I can't make it as early as you know. Your captain is told straight away, and if the stint has a backup driver, they're DMed at the same time with their own ✅ I can take it button.

Nothing is swapped automatically — your captain makes the call. So if your plans change back, press ✅ and say so; you might still be in the car.

If you're the backup

You don't get the normal T-30 / T-15 / T-5 reminders for a stint you're only backing up — that would be noise for a seat you probably won't take. You'll hear from the bot only if the primary driver actually declines, and that DM carries its own ✅ I can take it button.

Saying yes tells your captain you're available. It doesn't put you in the car by itself — they still make the swap.

If you switch Discord accounts or want to stop receiving DMs, click Unlink Discord access on Settings → Discord. You can re-link anytime by generating a fresh code.

Troubleshooting

  • Didn't get a DM — Check Discord's DM privacy settings. If your DMs are closed to non-friends, the bot can't reach you. (User Settings → Privacy & Safety → Allow direct messages from server members.)
  • Code expired — Codes are valid for 15 minutes. Generate a fresh one.

For more, see Reference → Troubleshooting.

Next steps

  • Race day on your phone — What to expect during the race itself.

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