Installation / Sentinel

Make your serverharder to break.

Install Sentinel in a minute. Start with visibility, then add the responses your server actually needs.

Add Sentinel to Discord
  1. Step 1

    Pick a server

    Choose a server where you have Manage Server permission.

  2. Step 2

    Review permissions

    Discord shows exactly what Sentinel is asking for.

  3. Step 3

    Set your first limit

    Run /setup, then /limits add.

What Sentinel needs

Permission with a reason.

The baseline permissions power audit visibility and notifications. Nothing here lets Sentinel act against members.

View Audit Log

Read moderation events so Sentinel can detect destructive activity.

View Channels

See the channels it is configured to protect and notify.

Send Messages

Post clear audit notifications when a configured rule fires.

Embed Links

Format audit events into readable Discord embeds.

Read Message History

Keep notification context useful in configured channels.

Optional responses

Escalate deliberately.

Only grant these for the responses you plan to configure. Discord’s role hierarchy still applies, so Sentinel can never act on someone above it.

  • Manage Roles

    Strips roles from the actor, reverts dangerous grants, and powers lockdown.

    Quarantine & guards
  • Moderate Members

    Times the actor out for the duration you set, or whoever posts a scam link.

    Timeout User
  • Kick Members

    Removes the actor, or a bot added without permission.

    Kick & bot guard
  • Ban Members

    Bans the actor outright.

    Ban User
  • Manage Webhooks

    Deletes webhooks created by members who are not whitelisted.

    Webhook guard
  • Manage Channels

    Recreates deleted channels and their permission overwrites from a snapshot.

    Snapshot restore
  • Manage Server

    Lets a lockdown pause invites, and creates the anti-scam AutoMod rules.

    Lockdown & anti-scam

Before you start

A small setup, a clear owner.

  1. 01

    You need Manage Server or Administrator permission to add Sentinel.

  2. 02

    Discord pre-selects every permission Sentinel can use. Untick any you will not need.

  3. 03

    Keep Sentinel's role above any roles it may need to remove.

  4. 04

    After inviting, run /setup and point /settings at a log channel.

  5. 05

    Create limits with /limits add for the events you care about.

  6. 06

    Exempt trusted bots and staff with /whitelist add.

Ready when you are

Give your server a better early warning system.