Add POKEMONU and permissions

Add the bot

The Add button opens Discord’s own install screen for the POKEMONU application. Pick a server — only servers where you have Manage Server are listed — review the permissions and authorise. The website never sees your Discord login, and there is nothing to sign up for.

Add POKEMONU Add with server tools

Both buttons request the bot and applications.commands scopes. Neither asks for Administrator. You can untick any permission on Discord’s screen.

What it asks for

The standard Add POKEMONU button asks only for what collecting, battles, cards, games and the Pokétwo helper need (permission value 274878024768):

Permission	Why
View Channels	See the channels where people use commands and where spawns appear.
Send Messages	Reply to commands and post encounters, battles and results.
Send Messages in Threads	Reply when someone plays inside a thread.
Embed Links	Every reply is an embed: Pokémon cards, menus and battle boards.
Attach Files	Trainer cards, gym boards, bingo boards and battle art are rendered as images.
Read Message History	Find and update its own messages and reply in context.
Add Reactions	Mark Pokémon Chain links, polls and reaction-role messages.

Optional server tools

Moderation, tickets, auto-roles and lock/unlock need more authority. Add with server tools also asks for these (value 1374792313942). Only grant what you’ll use — you can add a permission to the bot’s role later in Server Settings → Roles.

Permission	Used for
Manage Roles	Auto-role on join, level and reaction roles, !role, and channel lock/unlock overwrites.
Manage Channels	Ticket channels, slowmode and lock/unlock. With it, the bot also creates #starboard and #task when it joins.
Manage Messages	!purge and AutoMod deleting filtered messages.
Timeout Members	!timeout and AutoMod timeouts.
Kick Members	!kick.
Ban Members	!ban and !unban.
Manage Nicknames	!nick.

When it joins

If the bot has Manage Channels when it joins, it creates two read-only channels when they don’t already exist: #starboard, where rare and shiny catches are posted, and #task. Without Manage Channels it skips this. Pick a different starboard any time with /starboard.

Server spawns of POKEMONU’s own game are on by default. Choose a spawn channel, a rate, or turn them off in /setup → Spawns & games before your community starts chatting.

Five different settings

When something doesn’t work, it helps to know which of these is responsible:

Bot permissions — what the bot’s role may do in your server (the table above). Set by you.
Channel overrides — a channel can deny the bot even when its role allows it. Check the channel’s Permissions tab. Set by you.
Command permissions — Server Settings → Integrations → POKEMONU controls who can use which slash commands where. Set by you.
Role hierarchy — the bot can only manage roles below its own highest role. Set by you.
Gateway intents — Message Content and Server Members are enabled by the bot operator in Discord’s Developer Portal. Server admins can’t change these; if !diag reports them off, contact support.

Role hierarchy

Level roles, reaction roles, auto-role and !role only work for roles below POKEMONU’s role. In Server Settings → Roles, drag the POKEMONU role above every role you want it to hand out. It also can’t time out, kick or ban members whose top role is higher than its own.

After adding it

Run !serverhealth in your main channel to check the bot’s permissions there.
Open /setup to choose greetings, levels, moderation, spawn channels and tickets.
Test as an ordinary member (or ask a friend): run /start and !wild.

Continue with Set up your server, or share Start playing with your members.