diff --git a/Gompei.py b/Gompei.py
index 440268f..380494c 100644
--- a/Gompei.py
+++ b/Gompei.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def get_prefix(client, message):
 
 startup_cogs = [
     "Administration",
+    "Automod",
     "DirectMessages",
     "EmbedBuilder",
     "Games",
diff --git a/GompeiFunctions.py b/GompeiFunctions.py
index cb1c87a..026c1d8 100644
--- a/GompeiFunctions.py
+++ b/GompeiFunctions.py
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ def time_delta_string(before, after):
     :param after: datetime 2
     :return: string
     """
+    if after == before:
+        return "0 seconds"
+
     delta = relativedelta.relativedelta(after, before)
 
     if delta.years > 0:
diff --git a/cogs/Automod.py b/cogs/Automod.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..810ed47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cogs/Automod.py
@@ -0,0 +1,381 @@
+from cogs.Administration import Administration
+from cogs.DirectMessages import DirectMessages
+from GompeiFunctions import time_delta_string
+from cogs.Permissions import moderator_perms
+from discord.ext import commands
+from datetime import timedelta
+from datetime import datetime
+
+import discord
+import pickle
+import typing
+import os
+import re
+
+
+class Punishments:
+    """
+    Punishment object
+    """
+    # Punishment functions
+    punishments = {
+        "mute": Administration.mute,
+        "jail": Administration.jail,
+        # "delete": Administration.delete_message,
+        "DM":  DirectMessages.echo_pm,
+        "warn": Administration.warn
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.punishments = []
+
+
+class Automod(commands.Cog):
+    """
+    Automod tools
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, bot):
+        self.bot = bot
+        self.settings = self.load_settings()
+        self.attachment_rate = {}
+        self.mention_rate = {}
+        self.message_rate = {}
+
+    def load_settings(self):
+        """
+        Loads the automod settings
+        
+        :return:
+        """
+        try:
+            return pickle.load(open(os.path.join("config", "automod.p"), "rb"))
+        except (OSError, IOError) as e:
+            return {
+                "ignore_mods": False,
+                "bad_words": {
+                    "enabled": False,
+                    "overwrites": {},
+                    "punishment": None,
+                    "words": {}
+                },
+                "attachment_rate": {
+                    "enabled": False,
+                    "overwrites": {},
+                    "punishment": None,
+                    "attachments": 0,
+                    "seconds": 0
+                },
+                "mention_rate": {
+                    "enabled": False,
+                    "overwrites": {},
+                    "punishment": None,
+                    "mentions": 0,
+                    "seconds": 0
+                },
+                "message_rate": {
+                    "enabled": False,
+                    "overwrites": {},
+                    "punishment": None,
+                    "messages": 0,
+                    "seconds": 0
+                }
+            }
+
+    def save_settings(self, settings):
+        """
+        Saves the automod settings
+        """
+        pickle.dump(settings, open(os.path.join("config", "automod.p"), "wb+"))
+
+    @commands.group(case_insensitive=True, aliases=["a"])
+    @commands.check(moderator_perms)
+    async def automod(self, ctx):
+        """
+        Top level command for automod
+
+        :param ctx: Context object
+        """
+        if ctx.invoked_subcommand is None:
+            await self.automod_help(ctx, None)
+
+    @automod.command(name="info")
+    async def automod_info(self, ctx, subcommand: typing.Optional[str]):
+        """
+        Sends current automod settings
+
+        :param ctx: Context object
+        """
+
+        if subcommand is None:
+            now = datetime.now()
+            attach_time = time_delta_string(now, now + timedelta(seconds=self.settings["attachment_rate"]["seconds"]))
+            mention_time = time_delta_string(now, now + timedelta(seconds=self.settings["mention_rate"]["seconds"]))
+            message_time = time_delta_string(now, now + timedelta(seconds=self.settings["message_rate"]["seconds"]))
+
+            embed = discord.Embed(
+                title="Automod Settings",
+                description=f"**__Attachment Rate__**\n"
+                            f"Enabled: {self.settings['attachment_rate']['enabled']}\n"
+                            f"Number: {self.settings['attachment_rate']['attachments']}\n"
+                            f"Time: {attach_time}\n"
+                            f"\n"
+                            f"**__Bad Words__**\n"
+                            f"Enabled: {self.settings['bad_words']['enabled']}\n"
+                            f"\n"
+                            f"**__Mention Rate__**\n"
+                            f"Enabled: {self.settings['mention_rate']['enabled']}\n"
+                            f"Number: {self.settings['mention_rate']['mentions']}\n"
+                            f"Time: {mention_time}\n"
+                            f"\n"
+                            f"**__Message Rate__**\n"
+                            f"Enabled: {self.settings['message_rate']['enabled']}\n"
+                            f"Number: {self.settings['message_rate']['messages']}\n"
+                            f"Time: {message_time}"
+            )
+
+            await ctx.send(embed=embed)
+            return
+
+        # TODO Implement subcommand info
+
+    @automod.command(name="help")
+    async def automod_help(self, ctx, subcommand: typing.Optional[str]):
+        """
+        Sends help information for automod
+
+        Usage: .automod help
+
+        :param ctx: Context object
+        :param subcommand: Specific command to show help for
+        """
+        if subcommand is None:
+            embed = discord.Embed(
+                title="Automod Commands",
+                description="```\n"
+                            "attachmentRate - Attachment rate commands\n"
+                            "info           - Displays current automod settings\n"
+                            "badWords       - Bad words commands\n"
+                            "help [command] - Displays help info\n"
+                            "mentionRate    - Mention rate commands\n"
+                            "messageRate    - Message rate commands\n"
+                            "```"
+            )
+            await ctx.send(embed=embed)
+            return
+
+        # TODO Implement subcommand help
+
+    @automod.group(name="badWords", case_insensitive=True)
+    async def automod_bad_words(self, ctx):
+        """
+        Top level command for bad words settings
+
+        Usage: .automod badWords ...
+
+        :param ctx: Context object
+        """
+        await self.automod_help(ctx, "badWords")
+
+    @automod_bad_words.command(name="add")
+    async def automod_add_bad_word(self, ctx, *, word: str):
+        """
+        Adds a word to the bad word list
+
+        :param ctx: Context object
+        :param word: Word to add
+        """
+        if word.lower() in self.settings["bad_words"]["words"]:
+            await ctx.send(
+                f"{word} is already in the bad words list",
+                allowed_mentions=discord.AllowedMentions.none()
+            )
+            return
+
+        self.settings["bad_words"]["words"][word.lower()] = {}
+        self.save_settings(self.settings)
+        await ctx.send(
+            f"Successfully added {word} to the bad words list",
+            allowed_mentions=discord.AllowedMentions.none()
+        )
+
+    @automod_bad_words.command(name="remove")
+    async def automod_remove_bad_word(self, ctx, *, word: typing.Union[int, str]):
+        """
+        Removes a word from the bad word list
+
+        :param ctx: Context object
+        :param word: Word or index of word to remove
+        """
+        if word.lower() not in self.settings["bad_words"]["words"]:
+            await ctx.send(
+                f"Did not find {word} in bad words list",
+                allowed_mentions=discord.AllowedMentions.none()
+            )
+            return
+
+        del self.settings["bad_words"]["words"][word.lower()]
+        self.save_settings(self.settings)
+        await ctx.send(
+            f"Successfully removed {word} from the bad words list"
+        )
+
+    @automod_bad_words.command(name="list")
+    async def automod_list_bad_words(self, ctx):
+        """
+        Lists out the current bad words
+
+        :param ctx: Context object
+        """
+        embed = discord.Embed(
+            title="Automod Bad Words List",
+            description=f"{', '.join([x for x in self.settings['bad_words']['words']])}"
+        )
+        await ctx.send(embed=embed)
+
+    @automod_bad_words.command(name="enable")
+    async def automod_bad_words_enable(self, ctx):
+        """
+        Enables automod for bad words
+
+        :param ctx: Context object
+        """
+        if self.settings["bad_words"]["enabled"]:
+            await ctx.send("Automod for bad words is already enabled")
+            return
+
+        self.settings["bad_words"]["enabled"] = True
+        self.save_settings(self.settings)
+        await ctx.send("Successfully enabled bad words")
+
+    @automod_bad_words.command(name="disable")
+    async def automod_bad_words_disable(self, ctx):
+        """
+        Disables automod for bad words
+
+        :param ctx: Context object
+        """
+        if not self.settings["bad_words"]["enabled"]:
+            await ctx.send("Automod for bad words is already disabled")
+            return
+
+        self.settings["bad_words"]["enabled"] = False
+        self.save_settings(self.settings)
+        await ctx.send("Successfully disabled bad words")
+
+
+    @automod.group(name="attachmentRate", case_insensitive=True)
+    async def automod_attachment_rate(self, ctx):
+        """
+        Top level command for attachment rate settings
+
+        :param ctx: Context object
+        """
+        # TODO Implement
+        pass
+
+    @automod_attachment_rate.command(name="setRate")
+    async def automod_set_attachment_rate(self, ctx, *, rate: str):
+        """
+        Sets the rate limit for attachments
+
+        :param ctx: Context object
+        :param rate: Rate to set to
+        """
+        # TODO Implement
+        pass
+
+    @automod.group(name="mentionRate", case_insensitive=True)
+    async def automod_mention_rate(self, ctx):
+        """
+        Top level command for mention rate settings
+
+        :param ctx: Context object
+        """
+        # TODO Implement
+        pass
+
+    @automod.group(name="messageRate", case_insensitive=True)
+    async def automod_message_rate(self, ctx):
+        """
+        Top level command for message rate settings
+
+        :param ctx: Context object
+        """
+        # TODO Implement
+        pass
+
+    """
+    POST CARL REPLACEMENT
+    - Whitespace abuse
+    - Ghost ping abuse
+    - Username checks
+    - Nickname checks
+    - Status checks
+    - Div abuse
+    - Crashers
+    """
+
+    @commands.Cog.listener()
+    async def on_message(self, message):
+        """
+        Checks automod settings on message
+
+        :param message: Message object
+        """
+        if message.author.bot:
+            return
+
+        if self.settings["attachment_rate"]["enabled"]:
+            await self.attachment_rate_check(message)
+        if self.settings["bad_words"]["enabled"]:
+            await self.bad_word_check(message)
+        if self.settings["mention_rate"]["enabled"]:
+            await self.mention_rate_check(message)
+        if self.settings["message_rate"]["enabled"]:
+            await self.message_rate_check(message)
+
+    async def attachment_rate_check(self, message):
+        """
+        Checks to see if the attachment rate was reached on message
+
+        :param message: Message to check
+        """
+        # TODO Implement
+        pass
+
+    async def bad_word_check(self, message):
+        """
+        Checks to see if a bad word triggers for given message
+        TODO Fuzzy matching not working as intended
+
+        :param message: Message to check
+        """
+        msg = "".join(message.content.lower().split()).replace("-", "")
+
+        for word in self.settings["bad_words"]["words"]:
+            if re.match(word, msg):
+                # TODO Punishment functions
+                pass
+
+    async def mention_rate_check(self, message):
+        """
+        Checks to see if mention rate was reached on a message
+
+        :param message: Message to check
+        """
+        # TODO Implement
+        pass
+
+    async def message_rate_check(self, message):
+        """
+        Checks ot see if message rate was reached on a message
+
+        :param message: Message ot check
+        """
+        # TODO Implement
+        pass
+
+
+def setup(bot):
+    bot.add_cog(Automod(bot))
diff --git a/config/automod.json b/config/automod.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02428c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/automod.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "msg_rate": null,
+  "bad words": null,
+  "mentions": null,
+  "whitespace": null,
+  "ghost_ping": null
+}
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