From cecd50361c9e03d672b76e6b53a352d44bb66c97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Aasa <richard.aasa@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 18:02:30 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Add exempt_users config to skip muting specific users

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 README.md   |  7 +++++--
 config.json |  3 ++-
 main.go     | 15 ++++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 071f311..8e816c5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,11 +17,14 @@ Runs in the system tray as a console app. Press a configurable global hotkey to
     "token": "YOUR_BOT_TOKEN",
     "guild_id": "YOUR_SERVER_ID",
     "channel_id": "YOUR_VOICE_CHANNEL_ID",
-    "keybind": "ctrl+shift+m"
+    "keybind": "ctrl+shift+m",
+    "exempt_users": ["YOUR_DISCORD_USER_ID"]
 }
 ```
 
-To get IDs: enable **Developer Mode** in Discord settings, then right-click a server or channel and choose **Copy ID**.
+`exempt_users` is optional. Any user IDs listed there will never be muted. Add your own ID to exclude yourself when pressing the keybind.
+
+To get IDs: enable **Developer Mode** in Discord settings, then right-click a server, channel, or user and choose **Copy ID**.
 
 ## Keybind format
 
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index d4bf7ba..3df433b 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
     "token": "YOUR_BOT_TOKEN_HERE",
     "guild_id": "YOUR_SERVER_ID",
     "channel_id": "YOUR_VOICE_CHANNEL_ID",
-    "keybind": "ctrl+shift+m"
+    "keybind": "ctrl+shift+m",
+    "exempt_users": ["YOUR_DISCORD_USER_ID"]
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 3706a74..51deed0 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Config struct {
-	Token     string `json:"token"`
-	GuildID   string `json:"guild_id"`
-	ChannelID string `json:"channel_id"`
-	Keybind   string `json:"keybind"`
+	Token       string   `json:"token"`
+	GuildID     string   `json:"guild_id"`
+	ChannelID   string   `json:"channel_id"`
+	Keybind     string   `json:"keybind"`
+	ExemptUsers []string `json:"exempt_users"`
 }
 
 func loadConfig() (*Config, error) {
@@ -103,9 +104,13 @@ func toggleMute(dg *discordgo.Session, cfg *Config, muted bool) {
 		log.Printf("guild not in state cache (is the bot in the server?): %v", err)
 		return
 	}
+	exempt := make(map[string]bool, len(cfg.ExemptUsers))
+	for _, id := range cfg.ExemptUsers {
+		exempt[id] = true
+	}
 	count := 0
 	for _, vs := range guild.VoiceStates {
-		if vs.ChannelID == cfg.ChannelID {
+		if vs.ChannelID == cfg.ChannelID && !exempt[vs.UserID] {
 			if err := dg.GuildMemberMute(cfg.GuildID, vs.UserID, muted); err != nil {
 				log.Printf("  warning: user %s: %v", vs.UserID, err)
 			}