Channel Restrictions

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Channel Restrictions decide where the bot’s lookup and calculator commands can run: commander lookups, meta pairings, event and bundle info, flag cost and the KvK timers. Until you set at least one rule, those commands are blocked everywhere in the server and the bot says an admin has not configured channel restrictions yet. Set a rule once and the bot politely points members to the right channel if they try elsewhere. Setup, signup, tracker and admin commands (/ark, /mge, /calendar, /reminder, /tracker, /verification, /config) are never channel-restricted. You can manage it from Discord with /channel or visually from the dashboard.

Tier	Patron
Command	/channel
Who can use	Admins (Administrator, Manage Server, or the Bot Admin role)
Also on dashboard	Yes

How it works

Each restrictable command group can have one allowed channel. When a member runs a command from that group, the bot checks whether they are in the allowed channel:

• If they are, the command runs normally.
• If they are not, the bot tells them privately which channel to use instead.

There is also a special All Commands group. Set a channel for All Commands and every restrictable group is allowed in that channel, on top of any per-group channel you set. This is handy when you want one general bot channel plus a couple of dedicated ones.

No rule means no access

A restrictable group only runs in the channel you set for it, or in the All Commands channel. With no rules at all, every restrictable command is blocked server-wide. With some rules set, a group that has no rule of its own and no All Commands rule is blocked too, and the bot tells the member an admin needs to add one. Removing a rule does not make a group usable everywhere; it takes the group back to blocked unless All Commands covers it. The quickest setup is one All Commands rule pointing at your bot channel.

The command groups you can restrict are:

Group	Covers
All Commands	Allows every restrictable group in the chosen channel
Commander Info	/commander
Meta Lineups	/pairings
KvK Commands	/timer and /flag cost
Event Info	/event
Bundle Info	/bundle

Prefer a visual setup?

Every channel rule can be managed from the Codex Helper Dashboard in your browser, alongside reminders, calendars, and signups. The /channel command and the dashboard control the same settings.

Commands

/channel

Add or remove the allowed channel for a command group.

Option	Type	Required	Description
action	choice	Yes	Choose Add Channel to set the allowed channel, or Remove Channel to clear a group’s restriction.
group	text (autocomplete)	Yes	The command group to manage. Pick from the autocomplete list (Commander Info, Meta Lineups, KvK Commands, Event Info, Bundle Info, or All Commands). Typing the name by hand works too, capitalisation does not matter.
channel	channel	No	The channel to allow. Required when the action is Add Channel. Can be a text channel, thread, or forum channel. Leave empty when removing.

Add a restriction so a group is only allowed in one channel:

/channel action: Add Channel group: KvK Commands channel: #kvk-timers

Remove a restriction (the group falls back to the All Commands channel, or to blocked if there is none):

/channel action: Remove Channel group: KvK Commands

Choosing Add without a channel

If you pick Add Channel but do not select a channel, the bot asks you to choose one. The channel option only matters for adding; it is ignored when removing.

To review which channels are currently set for each group, run /config. Its Command Channel Settings section lists every group and its allowed channel (or shows that none is set yet).