Ka0s WhatGroup

WhatGroup is a lightweight, single-folder WoW addon that surfaces the details of any group you join through the Premade Group Finder, so you don't have to keep the LFG window open just to remember what you signed up for. It pairs two pieces of UI:

• A chat notification printed a moment after you join: group name, instance, type (Mythic+ / Raid / Dungeon / PvP / …), leader, playstyle (Learning / Fun (Relaxed) / Fun (Serious) / Expert — using the LFG UI's own labels), the dungeon's teleport spell (with a "not learned" tag if you don't have it), and a clickable [Click here to view details] link to re-open the popup.
• A popup dialog with the same fields plus a teleport button for known dungeon teleport spells (grayed out if not learned). Draggable, closeable with ESC, and re-openable any time the group is still active via /wg show or the chat link.

Every chat line is prefixed with a cyan [WG] banner. Every option is configurable through the standard Blizzard Settings panel and through the /wg slash command (every panel control has a CLI peer via /wg get / /wg set).

Screenshots

Popup Dialog

Chat Message

Usage

Slash commands

Settings panel

/wg config opens the Blizzard Settings panel on Ka0s WhatGroup's landing page (logo, addon notes, slash-command list) with the subcategory tree unfolded so General is one click away in the sidebar.

The General subcategory holds every setting in a two-column layout with a Notify sub-section further down. The page header carries a Defaults button on the right that resets every setting after a confirm prompt — same code path as /wg reset.

• General — master enable, popup auto-show on group join, chat notification on/off, debug log, and a Test button that runs the full notify + popup flow against synthetic data.
• Notify — notification delay (0–10s) plus per-line gates for the chat notification: Instance, Type, Leader, Playstyle, the "Click here" link, and the dungeon teleport spell line. Each toggle controls chat output only — the popup always shows every field.

How It Works

When you click Apply in the Premade Group Finder, WhatGroup quietly snapshots the group's details from the search-result tile. It tracks the application across the LFG state machine so the right group info ends up paired with the right invite, even when several applications are in flight at once. Once you actually join the group, the chat notification prints and the popup opens — both fired after notify.delay seconds so the zone-in has time to settle.

Capture state is session-only and clears when you leave the group; only your settings persist between sessions. For the full event flow, hooks, and capture-pipeline diagram see ARCHITECTURE.md.

FAQ

Troubleshooting

For contributors

WhatGroup has no automated test suite — validation is manual, in-game. Before opening a PR or tagging a release, run the relevant section of the manual smoke-test checklist (boot health, slash commands, settings panel, /wg test, real LFG flow, regression checks). The Quick reference checklist at the bottom of that file is the minimum 80%-coverage pass.

Issues and feature requests

All bugs, feature requests, and outstanding work are tracked at https://github.com/tusharsaxena/WhatGroup/issues. Please file new reports there rather than as comments — the issue tracker is the single source of truth for the project's backlog.

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