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# First-time setup

## 1. Invite the bot

Add CSRP Moderation to your Discord server, then confirm it can read and send messages in the channels you intend to use for logging.

## 2. Run the setup command

```
>setup
```

`>setup` is the guided path and is restricted to Management. It walks through the essentials: staff, admin and management roles, and the core logging channels. Everything it asks can be changed later on the dashboard.

## 3. Set your roles

The three role lists in **Dashboard → Basic Settings** decide everything else, because every other feature checks against them. Until they are set, most commands refuse. See [Permission levels](/getting-started/permissions.md).

## 4. Turn on what you need

Features are off until enabled. Each one has a dashboard page with its own toggle:

| To do this                             | Enable                                                   |
| -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| Track staff hours                      | [Shift Management](/dashboard/staff.md#shift-management) |
| Log moderation against Roblox players  | [Punishments](/dashboard/moderation.md)                  |
| Discipline your own staff              | [Staff Management](/dashboard/staff.md#staff-management) |
| Accept time-off requests               | [Leave of Absence](/dashboard/staff.md#leave-of-absence) |
| Control your ER:LC server from Discord | [Game Integration](/dashboard/game.md#game-integration)  |

## 5. Connect your ER:LC server

If you run an ER:LC server, link it once and the in-game commands, logging and automation all become available:

```
>erlc link
```

You will need your server key from the ER:LC private server settings. This is Management only. The same key can be set on **Dashboard → Game Integration**.

## 6. Check it worked

```
>config
```

`>config` shows the current settings as the bot sees them. If something you set on the dashboard is not reflected there, the change did not save.


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