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Add Xertron to your server, say something to it, then decide what it can do and spend.

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Step 1. Add it to your server

Adding a bot needs the Manage Server permission. If you do not have it on the server you have in mind, Discord will not offer you that server in the list, and the server owner has to do this part.

Discord asks you to confirm a set of permissions. Leave these six on:

  • View ChannelRead the channels you want it in.
  • Read Message HistorySee the conversation it is being asked about.
  • Send MessagesAnswer in a channel.
  • Create Public ThreadsOpen a thread from /startthread.
  • Send Messages in ThreadsKeep answering inside one.
  • Bypass SlowmodePost a status message and then the answer.

Bypass Slowmode is not a typo

Xertron posts a short status message and then edits the real answer into it. In a channel with slowmode on, without that permission the answer never arrives and the status line sits there forever.

You can take permissions away per channel afterwards. If the bot goes quiet somewhere, the dashboard’s Permission health screen names the channel and the missing permission.

Step 2. Say something to it

Xertron does not read every message. It answers in three situations, and nothing else:

  • You mention it. Write @Xertron anywhere in the message, in any channel it can see.

  • You reply to it. Reply to one of its messages and it picks the conversation back up. No mention needed.

  • You are in one of its threads. Every message in a thread it started is for it, so a back-and-forth reads normally.

To open a thread, run /startthread with your first message, or right-click an existing message and choose Start a Thread. Threads keep their own history, their own persona and their own model.

Starting over in a channel

Send @Xertron !clear and it forgets the channel conversation up to that point. The mention is required, so a message about clearing something never wipes anything by accident. Inside a thread there is nothing to clear: leave the thread instead, or start another one.

Servers only

Xertron has no direct messages. It never sees a DM, and its commands do not appear in one.

Step 3. Set it up

Open the dashboard and sign in with the same Discord account. You will see the servers you manage, and nothing else.

Open the dashboard

Three things are worth doing on day one:

  1. Roles & limits. Set the monthly limit and split it between your roles. Until you do, everyone draws on the same pool, and one enthusiastic member can drain it.

  2. Bot profile. Name it after your server, give it a face, and pick the persona it answers with by default.

  3. Overview. Turn off anything you do not want it doing yet. Image generation and web search are the two that cost the most.