diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/actions/reply.ts b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/actions/reply.ts
index 139308ba..d40681e3 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/Automod/actions/reply.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/Automod/actions/reply.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   tMessageContent,
   tNullable,
   unique,
+  validateAndParseMessageContent,
   verboseChannelMention,
 } from "../../../utils";
 import { hasDiscordPermissions } from "../../../utils/hasDiscordPermissions";
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ export const ReplyAction = automodAction({
             user: userToTemplateSafeUser(user),
           }),
         );
+
       const formatted =
         typeof actionConfig === "string"
           ? await renderReplyText(actionConfig)
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ export const ReplyAction = automodAction({
           continue;
         }
 
-        const messageContent: MessageOptions = typeof formatted === "string" ? { content: formatted } : formatted;
+        const messageContent = validateAndParseMessageContent(formatted);
         const replyMsg = await channel.send({
           ...messageContent,
           allowedMentions: {
diff --git a/backend/src/utils.ts b/backend/src/utils.ts
index 57ab0888..1c919770 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils.ts
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ export const tStrictMessageContent = t.type({
   content: tNullable(t.string),
   tts: tNullable(t.boolean),
   disableEveryone: tNullable(t.boolean),
+  embed: tNullable(tEmbed),
   embeds: tNullable(t.array(tEmbed)),
 });