Verification: send initial message on member join

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bot/cogs/verification.py b/bot/cogs/verification.py
index c10940817..1c1919bdf 100644
--- a/bot/cogs/verification.py
+++ b/bot/cogs/verification.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 from contextlib import suppress
 
-from discord import Colour, Forbidden, Message, NotFound, Object
+from discord import Colour, Forbidden, Member, Message, NotFound, Object
 from discord.ext.commands import Cog, Context, command
 
 from bot import constants
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ class Verification(Cog):
         return self.bot.get_cog("ModLog")
 
     @Cog.listener()
+    async def on_member_join(self, member: Member) -> None:
+        """Attempt to send initial direct message to each new member."""
+        if member.guild.id != constants.Guild.id:
+            return  # Only listen for PyDis events
+
+        log.trace(f"Sending on join message to new member: {member.id}")
+        with suppress(Forbidden):
+            await member.send(ON_JOIN_MESSAGE)
+
+    @Cog.listener()
     async def on_message(self, message: Message) -> None:
         """Check new message event for messages to the checkpoint channel & process."""
         if message.channel.id != constants.Channels.verification: