Set up staff permissions

A staff member needs to pass two separate checks before a moderation command works:

Discord's role order still applies on top of both. A moderator can never warn, mute, kick or ban someone whose highest role is equal to or above their own, unless they own the server.

Every server starts with three Dreamliner Roles. You can't delete them, but you can change what they allow.

1. Run /config in your server and open the link, or go to the dashboard and pick your server.
2. In the sidebar, under General, click Roles.
3. You'll see Member, Moderator and Admin, plus a box to create your own. Click a role to open it.

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1. Open Moderator.
2. Under Assigned targets, use Discord roles to search for your moderator role (for example @Moderator) and pick it.
3. Only need one or two specific people? Add them under Individual members instead.
4. Do the same for Admin with your admin role.

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Changes on this page save as soon as you make them. There's no Save button to remember here.

Below the targets is the Permissions grid, grouped by plugin, like Discord's own role permissions page. Tick what the role should be able to do. Use the search box to find something fast, or All on / All off to set a whole plugin at once.

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Not sure where to start? This is a solid first setup that most communities can use as-is:

Built-in roles cover most servers, but a separate team often deserves its own access. For example, a support team that only handles tickets, or trial mods with a smaller set of commands.

1. On the Roles page, type a name under Create a role (for example "Support") and create it.
2. Link its Discord role under Assigned targets, just like before.
3. Tick only what that team needs.

By default, three groups pass every Dreamliner permission check without being in any Dreamliner Role: the server owner, anyone with Discord's Administrator, and anyone with Manage Server. That's why the commands already worked for you.

To change it, open the dashboard's Server page, find Admin Bypass under Responses, switch it off, then press Save in the save bar that appears.

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1. Ask a moderator (not an admin, they bypass everything) to run a command you switched on, like /warn on a test account.
2. Then ask them to try something you left off. They should see a short "You do not have permission" reply that only they can see.
3. To check someone's access without asking them, run /info user on them. It lists which Dreamliner Roles they belong to.