Automatic Server Setup

[TwoLettuce]

Overview

The bot requires significant effort to set up on a new Discord server. Currently, channels, roles, and permissions must be configured manually for each server. We need an idempotent setup command (e.g., /setup) that automates the creation of the necessary infrastructure to reduce maintenance overhead.

Proposed Solutions

Solution 1: Automatic /setup Command (Recommended)

The bot creates required channels, roles, permissions, and categories automatically via a single command.

Advantages:

• Minimal manual setup for new servers
• Consistent structure across all servers
• Easy to maintain and update via configuration file
• Straightforward to implement

Implementation:

• Define server structure in a configuration file (JSON/TypeScript)
• Bot creates all necessary resources when /setup is executed
• Requires the bot to have channel/role management permissions

Solution 2: Dynamic Channel Discovery

The bot discovers channels by category or type rather than relying on hardcoded names, and stores channel IDs in a database.

Advantages:

• Flexible server layouts (admins choose which channels to use)
• Less rigid structure
• Uses commands like /set-ta-channel #channel-name to configure

Disadvantages:

• More complex implementation
• Requires additional database logic

Solution 3: Hybrid Approach

Combine automatic setup for essential infrastructure with manual configuration for optional channels via database-stored channel IDs.

The goal is to get the Server/Bot setup portion of the readme to be as close to "do /setup" as possible