From a794c2068a1359bf95f2e24a3ba303ee26b1a5fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Awesome Stickz <awesome@stickz.dev>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 22:13:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat(bot): add interaction.sendFollowupMessage() (#4701)

* feat(bot): add interaction.sendFollowupMessage

* fix: sendFollowupMessage return type

Co-authored-by: Fleny <Fleny113@outlook.com>

---------

Co-authored-by: Fleny <Fleny113@outlook.com>
---
 packages/bot/src/desiredProperties.ts        | 1 +
 packages/bot/src/transformers/interaction.ts | 8 +++++++-
 packages/bot/src/transformers/types.ts       | 4 +++-
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/bot/src/desiredProperties.ts b/packages/bot/src/desiredProperties.ts
index 1847931ae..91efbaeaa 100644
--- a/packages/bot/src/desiredProperties.ts
+++ b/packages/bot/src/desiredProperties.ts
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ export interface TransformersDesiredPropertiesMetadata extends DesiredProperties
   interaction: {
     dependencies: {
       respond: ['type', 'token', 'id'];
+      sendFollowupMessage: ['token'];
       edit: ['type', 'token', 'id'];
       deferEdit: ['type', 'token', 'id'];
       defer: ['type', 'token', 'id'];
diff --git a/packages/bot/src/transformers/interaction.ts b/packages/bot/src/transformers/interaction.ts
index 04337e424..0aed2e0ef 100644
--- a/packages/bot/src/transformers/interaction.ts
+++ b/packages/bot/src/transformers/interaction.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ 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);
+    if (this.acknowledged) return await this.sendFollowupMessage(response);
 
     const result = await this.bot.helpers.sendInteractionResponse(
       this.id,
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ export const baseInteraction: SetupDesiredProps<Interaction, CompleteDesiredProp
     this.acknowledged = true;
     return result;
   },
+  async sendFollowupMessage(response) {
+    // If user provides a string, change it to a response object
+    if (typeof response === 'string') response = { content: response };
+
+    return await this.bot.helpers.sendFollowupMessage(this.token, response);
+  },
   async edit(response, messageId, options) {
     if (this.type === InteractionTypes.ApplicationCommandAutocomplete) throw new Error('Cannot edit an autocomplete interaction.');
 
diff --git a/packages/bot/src/transformers/types.ts b/packages/bot/src/transformers/types.ts
index 17234c046..fab2f3afe 100644
--- a/packages/bot/src/transformers/types.ts
+++ b/packages/bot/src/transformers/types.ts
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ export interface Interaction {
    * Sends a response to an interaction.
    *
    * @remarks
-   * This will send a ChannelMessageWithSource, ApplicationCommandAutocompleteResult or Modal response based on the type of the interaction you are responding to.
+   * If you did not provide a response type, this will send a ChannelMessageWithSource, ApplicationCommandAutocompleteResult or Modal response based on the type of the interaction you are responding to.
    *
    * If the interaction has been already acknowledged, indicated by {@link Interaction.acknowledged}, it will send a followup message instead.
    */
@@ -996,6 +996,8 @@ export interface Interaction {
     response: string | InteractionCallbackData,
     options?: { isPrivate?: boolean; withResponse?: boolean; type?: InteractionResponseTypes },
   ) => Promise<Message | InteractionCallbackResponse | void>;
+  /** Sends a followup message to an interaction. */
+  sendFollowupMessage: (response: string | InteractionCallbackData) => Promise<Message>;
   /**
    * Edit the original response of an interaction or a followup if the message id is provided.
    *