bot tag and profile images yay urls only though...

server/src/services/chatService/contextBuilders.js

@@ -26,6 +26,19 @@ function isPrivateClosedRoverId(roverId) {
   return roverManager.canReplayRoverId(roverId) !== true;
 }
 
+function normalizeProfileImageUrl(value) {
+  const raw = String(value || '').trim();
+  if (!raw) return null;
+  try {
+    const parsed = new URL(raw);
+    const protocol = String(parsed.protocol || '').toLowerCase();
+    if (protocol !== 'http:' && protocol !== 'https:') return null;
+    return parsed.toString();
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 function isChargingFromSensors(sensors = {}) {
   const label = String(sensors?.chargingState?.label || '').toLowerCase();
   if (label === 'waiting' || label === 'full charging' || label === 'trickle charging') return true;
@@ -103,10 +116,10 @@ function buildMessage(socket, text, meta = {}) {
     discordUserId: meta.discordUserId || null,
     discordUserName: meta.discordUserName || null,
     discordUserAvatarUrl: meta.discordUserAvatarUrl || null,
+    profileImage: normalizeProfileImageUrl(meta.profileImage),
     roverCtx: meta.roverCtx || null,
     text,
     tts: meta.tts || null,
-    system: Boolean(meta.system),
     bot: Boolean(meta.bot),
   };
 }

server/src/services/chatService/handlers.js

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function createHandlers({ sendSystemMessage }) {
     cb({ success: true });
   }
 
-  function sendExternalMessage({ text, nickname = 'Discord', role = 'admin', roverId = null, discordGuildId = null, discordGuildName = null, discordGuildIconUrl = null, discordChannelId = null, discordUserId = null, discordUserName = null, discordUserAvatarUrl = null }) {
+  function sendExternalMessage({ text, nickname = 'Discord', role = 'admin', roverId = null, discordGuildId = null, discordGuildName = null, discordGuildIconUrl = null, discordChannelId = null, discordUserId = null, discordUserName = null, discordUserAvatarUrl = null, bot = false, profileImage = null }) {
     const normalized = normalizeUserText(text);
     const clean = normalized.trim();
     if (!clean || clean.length > 400) throw new Error('Message invalid');
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ function createHandlers({ sendSystemMessage }) {
       discordUserId,
       discordUserName,
       discordUserAvatarUrl,
+      bot,
+      profileImage,
     });
 
     logger.info('External chat message', { roverId, nickname });

server/src/services/chatService/index.js

@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ function sendSystemMessage(text, options = {}) {
     nickname: String(options.nickname || 'The Overseer'),
     role: 'user',
     fromDiscord: false,
-    system: true,
-    bot: true,
+    bot: options.bot !== false,
+    profileImage: options.profileImage || null,
   });
   broadcastMessage(message);
   return message;

server/src/services/chatService/notifications.js

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function buildAccessNoticeText(mode, reasonText) {
 }
 
 function shouldSendAccessNotice(message) {
-  if (!message?.text || message.system) return false;
+  if (!message?.text || message.bot) return false;
   const mode = getMode();
   if (mode !== MODES.ADMIN && mode !== MODES.LOCKDOWN) return false;
   if (!ACCESS_KEYWORD_RE.test(message.text)) return false;

server/src/services/chatService/state.js

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function pushHistory(message) {
 function getRecentMessages(limit = 20, options = {}) {
   const safeLimit = Number.isFinite(limit) ? Math.max(0, Math.floor(limit)) : 20;
   const includeSystem = options?.includeSystem !== false;
-  const source = includeSystem ? history : history.filter((entry) => !entry?.system);
+  const source = includeSystem ? history : history.filter((entry) => !entry?.bot);
   return source.slice(-safeLimit);
 }