when drain joins a server it posts once, in the first channel it can write in. it says what the prefix is, shows the language when drain picked one up from the server’s discord settings, names any permission it wasn’t given, and has three buttons. nothing is switched on until somebody presses one.

the three buttons

only somebody with manage server can press them. antinuke is the owner’s or an administrator’s call, so it needs one of those. each one is a starting point. automod, antinuke and moderation each have their own setup command for tuning it after. the answer to a press only shows for the person who pressed it. if a setup doesn’t finish, it tells you the command to try instead.

every command

if drain can’t write in that channel, ,setup falls back to the first channel it can. if there is none, it says it cannot post anywhere.

good to know

  • the buttons keep working after drain restarts
  • drain posts on its own only once. ,setup is how you ask for it again, and it works even if the first post went out long ago
  • never saw the first post? ,setup in a channel drain can write in