diff --git a/core/matcher.go b/core/matcher.go
index acc01cbf..40cbcb40 100644
--- a/core/matcher.go
+++ b/core/matcher.go
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ func doRuleActions(message models.Message, outputMsgs chan<- models.Message, rul
 				directive = false
 			}
 			// Create copy of message so as to not overwrite other message action type messages
-			copy := deepcopy.Copy(message).(models.Message)
-			err = handleMessage(action, outputMsgs, &copy, directive, rule.StartMessageThread, hitRule, bot)
+			dcopy := deepcopy.Copy(message).(models.Message)
+			err = handleMessage(action, outputMsgs, &dcopy, directive, rule.StartMessageThread, hitRule, bot)
 		// Fallback to error if action type is invalid
 		default:
 			log.Error().Msgf("the rule %#q of type %#q is not a supported action", action.Name, action.Type)
diff --git a/remote/cli/remote.go b/remote/cli/remote.go
index 556db7e6..5a6af605 100644
--- a/remote/cli/remote.go
+++ b/remote/cli/remote.go
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ func (c *Client) Name() string {
 }
 
 // Reaction implementation to satisfy remote interface.
-func (c *Client) Reaction(message models.Message, rule models.Rule, bot *models.Bot) {
+func (c *Client) Reaction(_ models.Message, _ models.Rule, _ *models.Bot) {
 	// not implemented for CLI
 }
 
 // Read implementation to satisfy remote interface.
-func (c *Client) Read(inputMsgs chan<- models.Message, rules map[string]models.Rule, bot *models.Bot) {
+func (c *Client) Read(inputMsgs chan<- models.Message, _ map[string]models.Rule, bot *models.Bot) {
 	user := bot.CLIUser
 	if user == "" {
 		user = "Flottbot-CLI-User"
diff --git a/remote/discord/remote.go b/remote/discord/remote.go
index 6124fbcf..9ae6baf7 100644
--- a/remote/discord/remote.go
+++ b/remote/discord/remote.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (c *Client) Name() string {
 // .
 // reaction: 🔥
 // .
-func (c *Client) Reaction(message models.Message, rule models.Rule, bot *models.Bot) {
+func (c *Client) Reaction(message models.Message, rule models.Rule, _ *models.Bot) {
 	if rule.RemoveReaction != "" {
 		// Init api client
 		dg := c.new()
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (c *Client) Reaction(message models.Message, rule models.Rule, bot *models.
 }
 
 // Read implementation to satisfy remote interface.
-func (c *Client) Read(inputMsgs chan<- models.Message, rules map[string]models.Rule, bot *models.Bot) {
+func (c *Client) Read(inputMsgs chan<- models.Message, _ map[string]models.Rule, bot *models.Bot) {
 	dg := c.new()
 	if dg == nil {
 		log.Error().Msg("failed to initialize discord client")
diff --git a/remote/gchat/remote.go b/remote/gchat/remote.go
index d8113008..f255a310 100644
--- a/remote/gchat/remote.go
+++ b/remote/gchat/remote.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (c *Client) Name() string {
 }
 
 // Read messages from Google Chat.
-func (c *Client) Read(inputMsgs chan<- models.Message, rules map[string]models.Rule, bot *models.Bot) {
+func (c *Client) Read(inputMsgs chan<- models.Message, _ map[string]models.Rule, _ *models.Bot) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	// init client
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (c *Client) Read(inputMsgs chan<- models.Message, rules map[string]models.R
 }
 
 // Send messages to Google Chat.
-func (c *Client) Send(message models.Message, bot *models.Bot) {
+func (c *Client) Send(message models.Message, _ *models.Bot) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	service, err := chat.NewService(
@@ -110,6 +110,6 @@ func (c *Client) Send(message models.Message, bot *models.Bot) {
 }
 
 // Reaction implementation to satisfy remote interface.
-func (c *Client) Reaction(message models.Message, rule models.Rule, bot *models.Bot) {
+func (c *Client) Reaction(_ models.Message, _ models.Rule, _ *models.Bot) {
 	// Not implemented for Google Chat
 }
diff --git a/remote/scheduler/remote.go b/remote/scheduler/remote.go
index 3cf5bb6c..a6b0f6d3 100644
--- a/remote/scheduler/remote.go
+++ b/remote/scheduler/remote.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func (c *Client) Name() string {
 }
 
 // Reaction implementation to satisfy remote interface.
-func (c *Client) Reaction(message models.Message, rule models.Rule, bot *models.Bot) {
+func (c *Client) Reaction(_ models.Message, _ models.Rule, _ *models.Bot) {
 	// not implemented for Scheduler
 }
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (c *Client) Read(inputMsgs chan<- models.Message, rules map[string]models.R
 }
 
 // Send implementation to satisfy remote interface.
-func (c *Client) Send(message models.Message, bot *models.Bot) {
+func (c *Client) Send(_ models.Message, _ *models.Bot) {
 	// not implemented for Scheduler
 }
 
diff --git a/remote/slack/helper.go b/remote/slack/helper.go
index d3f1cd10..79dc1caf 100644
--- a/remote/slack/helper.go
+++ b/remote/slack/helper.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Slack helper functions (anything that uses the 'slack-go/slack' package)
 */
 
 // getEventsAPIHealthHandler creates and returns the handler for health checks on the Slack Events API reader.
-func getEventsAPIHealthHandler(bot *models.Bot) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func getEventsAPIHealthHandler(_ *models.Bot) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		if r.Method != http.MethodGet {
 			log.Error().Msgf("received invalid method: %s", r.Method)
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ func getEventsAPIEventHandler(api *slack.Client, signingSecret string, inputMsgs
 
 		// process regular Callback events
 		if eventsAPIEvent.Type == slackevents.CallbackEvent {
-			//nolint:contextcheck // TODO: create and pass context?
 			handleCallBack(api, eventsAPIEvent.InnerEvent, bot, inputMsgs, w)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/remote/slack/remote.go b/remote/slack/remote.go
index 3a08b914..fd731d54 100644
--- a/remote/slack/remote.go
+++ b/remote/slack/remote.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (l *slackLogger) Output(_ int, s string) error {
 }
 
 // Reaction implementation to satisfy remote interface.
-func (c *Client) Reaction(message models.Message, rule models.Rule, bot *models.Bot) {
+func (c *Client) Reaction(message models.Message, rule models.Rule, _ *models.Bot) {
 	if rule.RemoveReaction != "" {
 		// Init api client
 		api := c.new()
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (c *Client) Reaction(message models.Message, rule models.Rule, bot *models.
 
 // Read implementation to satisfy remote interface
 // Utilizes the Slack API client to read messages from Slack.
-func (c *Client) Read(inputMsgs chan<- models.Message, rules map[string]models.Rule, bot *models.Bot) {
+func (c *Client) Read(inputMsgs chan<- models.Message, _ map[string]models.Rule, bot *models.Bot) {
 	// init api client
 	api := c.new()
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (c *Client) Read(inputMsgs chan<- models.Message, rules map[string]models.R
 }
 
 // Send implementation to satisfy remote interface.
-func (c *Client) Send(message models.Message, bot *models.Bot) {
+func (c *Client) Send(message models.Message, _ *models.Bot) {
 	log.Debug().Msgf("sending message %#q", message.ID)
 
 	api := c.new()
diff --git a/remote/telegram/remote.go b/remote/telegram/remote.go
index 7995c5a7..c79e29bc 100644
--- a/remote/telegram/remote.go
+++ b/remote/telegram/remote.go
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ func (c *Client) Name() string {
 }
 
 // Reaction implementation to satisfy remote interface.
-func (c *Client) Reaction(message models.Message, rule models.Rule, bot *models.Bot) {
+func (c *Client) Reaction(_ models.Message, _ models.Rule, _ *models.Bot) {
 	// not implemented for Telegram
 }
 
 // Read implementation to satisfy remote interface.
-func (c *Client) Read(inputMsgs chan<- models.Message, rules map[string]models.Rule, bot *models.Bot) {
+func (c *Client) Read(inputMsgs chan<- models.Message, _ map[string]models.Rule, bot *models.Bot) {
 	telegramAPI := c.new()
 	u := tgbotapi.NewUpdate(0)
 	u.Timeout = 60
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func (c *Client) Read(inputMsgs chan<- models.Message, rules map[string]models.R
 }
 
 // Send implementation to satisfy remote interface.
-func (c *Client) Send(message models.Message, bot *models.Bot) {
+func (c *Client) Send(message models.Message, _ *models.Bot) {
 	telegramAPI := c.new()
 
 	chatID, err := strconv.ParseInt(message.ChannelID, 10, 64)