From 8a2eb9594d14e58f367e5459e0f2ef9b9742d435 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Awesome Stickz <awesome@stickz.dev>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:37:49 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat(bot): add options.type to interaction.respond() (#4692)

---
 packages/bot/src/transformers/interaction.ts | 19 ++++++++++++-------
 packages/bot/src/transformers/types.ts       |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/bot/src/transformers/interaction.ts b/packages/bot/src/transformers/interaction.ts
index fa202e3ed..04337e424 100644
--- a/packages/bot/src/transformers/interaction.ts
+++ b/packages/bot/src/transformers/interaction.ts
@@ -42,9 +42,18 @@ export const baseInteraction: SetupDesiredProps<Interaction, CompleteDesiredProp
     // If user provides a string, change it to a response object
     if (typeof response === 'string') response = { content: response };
 
-    // If user provides an object, determine if it should be an autocomplete or a modal response
-    if (response.title) type = InteractionResponseTypes.Modal;
-    if (this.type === InteractionTypes.ApplicationCommandAutocomplete) type = InteractionResponseTypes.ApplicationCommandAutocompleteResult;
+    // If user provides a type, use it
+    if (options?.type) type = options.type;
+    // Otherwise, determine if it should be an autocomplete or a modal response
+    else {
+      if (response.title) type = InteractionResponseTypes.Modal;
+      if (this.type === InteractionTypes.ApplicationCommandAutocomplete) type = InteractionResponseTypes.ApplicationCommandAutocompleteResult;
+    }
+
+    // Modals cannot be chained
+    if (this.type === InteractionTypes.ModalSubmit && type === InteractionResponseTypes.Modal)
+      throw new Error('Cannot respond to a modal interaction with another modal.');
+
     if (type === InteractionResponseTypes.ChannelMessageWithSource && options?.isPrivate) {
       response.flags ??= 0;
       response.flags |= MessageFlags.Ephemeral;
@@ -53,10 +62,6 @@ export const baseInteraction: SetupDesiredProps<Interaction, CompleteDesiredProp
     // Since this has already been given a response, any further responses must be followups.
     if (this.acknowledged) return await this.bot.helpers.sendFollowupMessage(this.token, response);
 
-    // Modals cannot be chained
-    if (this.type === InteractionTypes.ModalSubmit && type === InteractionResponseTypes.Modal)
-      throw new Error('Cannot respond to a modal interaction with another modal.');
-
     const result = await this.bot.helpers.sendInteractionResponse(
       this.id,
       this.token,
diff --git a/packages/bot/src/transformers/types.ts b/packages/bot/src/transformers/types.ts
index 32fbe096e..17234c046 100644
--- a/packages/bot/src/transformers/types.ts
+++ b/packages/bot/src/transformers/types.ts
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ export interface Interaction {
    */
   respond: (
     response: string | InteractionCallbackData,
-    options?: { isPrivate?: boolean; withResponse?: boolean },
+    options?: { isPrivate?: boolean; withResponse?: boolean; type?: InteractionResponseTypes },
   ) => Promise<Message | InteractionCallbackResponse | void>;
   /**
    * Edit the original response of an interaction or a followup if the message id is provided.