diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/chat.dm b/code/__HELPERS/chat.dm
index 2f958eeed0f..4d3a8db806f 100644
--- a/code/__HELPERS/chat.dm
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/chat.dm
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ In TGS3 it will always be sent to all connected designated game chats.
   * category - The category of the mssage.
   * message - The message to send.
   */
-/proc/send2adminchat(category, message)
+/proc/send2adminchat(category, message, embed_links = FALSE)
 	category = replacetext(replacetext(category, "\proper", ""), "\improper", "")
 	message = replacetext(replacetext(message, "\proper", ""), "\improper", "")
+	if(!embed_links)
+		message = GLOB.has_discord_embeddable_links.Replace(message, "<$1>")
 	world.TgsTargetedChatBroadcast("[category] | [message]", TRUE)
diff --git a/code/_globalvars/regexes.dm b/code/_globalvars/regexes.dm
index bd252b68ce4..73eaab76440 100644
--- a/code/_globalvars/regexes.dm
+++ b/code/_globalvars/regexes.dm
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(is_website, /regex, regex("http|www.|\[a-z0-9_-]+.(com|org|net
 GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(is_email, /regex, regex("\[a-z0-9_-]+@\[a-z0-9_-]+.\[a-z0-9_-]+", "i"))
 GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(is_alphanumeric, /regex, regex("\[a-z0-9]+", "i"))
 GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(is_punctuation, /regex, regex("\[.!?]+", "i"))
+
+//finds text strings recognized as links on discord. Mainly used to stop embedding.
+GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(has_discord_embeddable_links, /regex, regex("(https?://\[^\\s|<\]{2,})"))