The First 10 Minutes After Adding a Bot to Your Discord Server

Your permissions, bot role, and permissions

• Be a server owner or Administrator on Discord. Only one of these two permissions allows you to apply the settings in the wizard. Someone accessing the dashboard through a role cannot perform the setup.
• Move the bot's role up. The bot can only assign roles that are below its own role. The wizard also displays only the roles that the bot has permission to assign in the automatic role list; if your member role is not listed, the first place to check is the role hierarchy.
• Do not restrict bot permissions. Relevant permissions are required to create channels and roles or to change the verification level. If a permission is missing, that item returns "Failed" while the others continue to be set up. You can find out what each permission does in the Discord bot permissions article.

This topic in VeyroBot:Discord Server Health Check →

Minute 0–2: Read the initial analysis in your direct message

The moment the bot is added, it scans the live settings of the server using the same engine as the Health card on the dashboard. The report is delivered in the following order:

1. A direct message to the user who added the bot.
2. If the adder cannot be found or their direct messages are closed, a direct message to the server owner.
3. If neither can be reached, a short setup message in a text channel on the server. This message does not contain scores or findings.

Since findings describe security vulnerabilities, they are never posted in a public channel. The direct message includes the health score, the number of checks passed, Security, Protection, and Configuration scores, and up to three findings of the highest severity. Anything beyond that is said to be "in the dashboard".

It is normal for the initial score to be low. In a new setup, AutoMod rules, mod-log channels, Anti-Raid, and Staff Protection are not yet configured, so these protection checks are considered failed. How the score is calculated is explained in the Server Health Score article.

Minute 2–5: Select recommendations in the wizard

The Open panel button in the direct message opens the wizard directly. When a server owner or Administrator opens the dashboard for the first time, the wizard also starts automatically if there are recommendations to be set up.

The Analysis step shows the score and how many checks need attention. In the Recommendations step, items are listed under Security and Community headings. The list only displays items that are genuinely missing in this server and all of them come pre-checked; you uncheck the ones you do not want.

There are also settings that the wizard does not touch: two-factor authentication for moderation, other bots with Administrator permissions, and role hierarchy. You fix these yourself from Discord's server settings.

Minute 5–8: Set up and read the results screen

The Install selected button first opens a confirmation window. After confirmation, items are applied sequentially and independently of one another; if one fails, the others continue. The results screen displays each item with one of three statuses:

• Installed: the setting was applied.
• Skipped: if the item was already fixed in the meantime, it says "already installed"; if it is not accessible on your server's plan, it says "not included in this server's plan".
• Failed: the action could not be applied; the error code appears next to it.

The screen also displays the new health score. If at least one setting was installed, closing the screen reloads the dashboard with the new settings; this prevents old form values in open tabs from overwriting the new settings.

Minute 8–10: Verify from the Health card and with a test account

The Server Health card on the Overview tab recalculates the score from live settings on every open and displays remaining findings with their justifications. The recommended security setup is also inside this card: if you skipped the wizard, you can select and apply the same security items from here.

For the final check, leave and rejoin the server using a secondary account. Is the welcome card in the right channel, did the role arrive, can the new member see the channels? Fine-tuning the welcome message and auto role is covered in the welcome message and auto role setup guide.

How does the 24-hour undo work?

Like setup, undo requires server owner or Administrator permissions on Discord.

If the wizard has disappeared or the score is misleading

• Closing and forgetting about the wizard. Skip for now stops the wizard from opening on its own. As long as there are recommendations left to install, you can reopen it from the Setup wizard card on Overview.
• Lowering the bot role afterwards. If the role hierarchy changes, the auto role cannot be assigned without throwing an error message. The Health card highlights this under the "Unassignable auto roles" check.
• Enabling every module just to raise the score. A disabled protection module lowers the score, but some findings may be a conscious choice. For example, you can leave Anti-Raid disabled in a private server that is accessible by invitation only. The rationale for every finding is written on the card.
• Removing and re-adding the bot to get the report again. If the bot is re-added to the same server within 7 days, the initial analysis is not sent again. Current results are always in the Health card.

How should a server with a manually built structure use the wizard?

Suitable: Server owners who have just added VeyroBot and do not want to research every missing security setting one by one; small and medium-sized communities wanting to finish basic setup in a single session.

Not suitable: Servers that have manually designed their channel and role structure and do not want new objects with ready-made names like #welcome or "Member". They should select existing channels and roles in the wizard or uncheck the community items. If the basic structure of the server does not exist yet, look at the how to set up a Discord server guide first.

Frequently asked questions

I didn't receive the initial analysis message. What should I do?

Your direct messages might be closed; in this case, the report goes to the server owner, and if they cannot be reached either, to a channel on the server as a short message without a score. Messages are also not sent if the bot is re-added to the same server within 7 days. Results are ready in the Health card on the Overview tab in all cases.

Why doesn't the wizard show certain recommendations?

The list only contains checks that are genuinely failing on this server and features accessible to your server. An already installed welcome, auto role, or leveling system is not listed. See the premium page for plan details.

Can a non-Administrator moderator use the wizard?

No. The wizard does not open for them automatically and the card on Overview is not visible. Even if they open it via a link, they will see the permission warning in the Analysis step and cannot proceed to recommendations.

Which channels and roles can the wizard create on my server?

Only three, and only if you do not specify an existing option: a #welcome channel for welcomes, a permissionless "Member" role for auto roles, and a #veyrobot-log channel for mod-logs. The names of the welcome channel and role are written according to the server's bot language.

For a general introduction to features, check out the Discord server health check and Discord security setup pages; for step-by-step details, the setup wizard, health score, and recommended security setup docs; and to change settings established by the wizard using commands, look at the setlog, setwelcome, and setautorole cards. The general framework of adding a bot can be found in the what is a Discord server bot article.

Last updated: September 26, 2026. The delivery order, recommendation list, created channels and roles, and undo rules in this article have been verified against the initial analysis, setup wizard, and recommended security setup code in the current version of VeyroBot.