[commands] Add silent kwarg to Context.send

discord/ext/commands/context.py

@@ -734,6 +734,7 @@ class Context(discord.abc.Messageable, Generic[BotT]):
         view: Optional[View] = None,
         suppress_embeds: bool = False,
         ephemeral: bool = False,
+        silent: bool = False,
     ) -> Message:
         """|coro|
 
@@ -817,6 +818,11 @@ class Context(discord.abc.Messageable, Generic[BotT]):
             is set to 15 minutes. **This is only applicable in contexts with an interaction**.
 
             .. versionadded:: 2.0
+        silent: :class:`bool`
+            Whether to suppress push and desktop notifications for the message. This will increment the mention counter
+            in the UI, but will not actually send a notification.
+
+            .. versionadded:: 2.2
 
         Raises
         --------
@@ -854,6 +860,7 @@ class Context(discord.abc.Messageable, Generic[BotT]):
                 mention_author=mention_author,
                 view=view,
                 suppress_embeds=suppress_embeds,
+                silent=silent,
             )  # type: ignore # The overloads don't support Optional but the implementation does
 
         # Convert the kwargs from None to MISSING to appease the remaining implementations
@@ -868,6 +875,7 @@ class Context(discord.abc.Messageable, Generic[BotT]):
             'view': MISSING if view is None else view,
             'suppress_embeds': suppress_embeds,
             'ephemeral': ephemeral,
+            'silent': silent,
         }
 
         if self.interaction.response.is_done():