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Bot Management Window

Bot Management is the admin window for creating, inspecting, enabling, and maintaining server-side bots. Open it from Tools > Bot Management, the Start menu Admin group, the toolbar Options dropdown, or by typing /bot with no arguments as an admin or server operator. It opens as a desktop window you can drag, resize, minimize to the taskbar, and close with its title-bar X.

The Roster

The window opens on the roster: every bot on the server, one row each. A row carries the bot's description, the channels it is assigned to, the capabilities it has enabled, how many custom commands it answers, and a coloured dot for its process — green for running, amber for a bot that is enabled but has no process, grey for one that was disabled. Selecting a row replaces the roster with that bot; the Bots button at the top left returns to it.

General Tab

The General tab reports what the running process has actually done — uptime, messages handled, commands processed — followed by the bot's identity: nickname, command prefix, cooldown, who created it and when. A bot with no process says so instead of reporting zeroes. Admins can use the Enable or Disable button in the header to toggle the bot globally, or Delete to destroy it.

Capabilities Tab

The Capabilities tab gives each capability a panel: what it does, whether it is on, and its configuration. Settings are listed under the exact key /bot set takes, so what is read here is what is typed in the console. Text a bot was configured to say is shown with its colours rendered, not as raw control codes. Admins can turn individual capabilities on or off; changes are reloaded into the bot process.

Channels Tab

The Channels tab shows where the bot is configured to join. Admins can add a channel or remove an existing channel assignment.

Commands Tab

The Commands tab shows custom command triggers and responses. Admins can add a new custom command or remove an existing trigger.

Events Tab

The Events tab is the bot's own log: what it did, in which channel, and how long ago. It loads when a bot is selected and pages further back as you scroll.

Permissions

Bot Management is visible only to identified server admins and server operators. Regular users can still list bots, inspect bot info, and view custom commands with /bot list, /bot info, and /bot commands.

See Also

  • Restore
  • Minimize
  • Maximize
  • Close
  • Cascade Windows
  • Tile Windows Horizontally
  • Tile Windows Vertically
  • Minimize All Windows