Configuration

Everything is configured inside Discord — you don't edit any files. There's really just one command to run: /setup-lfg-channel.

/setup-lfg-channel — the setup wizard

This is the command that sets up LFG Hub on your server. Run it in the text channel you want to turn into an LFG channel, and pass a game:

/setup-lfg-channel game: <start typing to search>

The game option autocompletes against the game database. If your game isn't listed, you can type a custom name to request it.

The command opens a multi-step wizard with Previous / Next buttons and a final Complete Setup. Your selections are held while you move between steps and saved only when you finish. A single channel can host multiple games (up to 24).

Be as specific as possible

The more precisely you configure a game — its platforms, regions, modes, languages, and squad sizes — the better LFG Hub can match your squads and recommend your server to the right players through the LFG Network. A vague setup gets vague matches; a specific one brings in members who actually fit what your community plays.

Step 1 — Game Options

Choose which LFG filters players pick when they create a squad for this game — platform, game mode, team/squad size, region, language, and more. Options are grouped and paginated (4 filter types per page, due to Discord's component limits).

• Filters with several choices appear as dropdowns; single-choice filters appear as text.
• Special pseudo-options let you offer "Any" and "Don't ask" for a filter.
• Team size and game mode support custom entries if the presets don't fit your game.

Fill in as many relevant filters as you can here — this is the single biggest factor in how well your server gets matched and recommended across the LFG Network.

See Games for how these options shape the squad-creation experience.

Step 2 — Groups Discovery

This step sets your server's discovery toggles:

• Smart LFG Ping — enable it, optionally tie it to a specific role to ping, or disable it. Pings a role when a squad is looking for players.
• Smart DM Recommendations — enable it, set a role, disable it, or send a test. DMs members personalized squad recommendations.

See Notifications for what these look like in practice.

Step 3 — Server Settings

Server-wide settings that apply across games:

• LFG Network — connect (or disconnect) your server to the cross-server network so squads can be discovered by players on other servers.
• Role mapping — map your server's roles to search filters.
• Moderator roles — which roles count as moderators for bot reports and actions.
• Voice channel naming — the name pattern used for auto-created squad channels.
• Categories — pick or create the "searching" and "squads" voice-channel categories the bot organizes channels into.

Step 4 — Monetization

If premium is available for your server, this step configures premium roles, a store link, and the monetization platform. See Premium.

Finishing

Click Complete Setup to save. The bot creates the LFG text channel(s) and any linked voice-creator channels for the game. If it hits a permissions problem while creating channels or categories, it reports the error back to you with a retry button — usually this means a permission or role-hierarchy fix is needed.

Editing later

Run /setup-lfg-channel again with the same game to edit its configuration at any time.

/setup — checking your status

/setup is not a setup step — you never need to run it to configure anything. It's an overview command that shows, at a glance:

• how to set up LFG Hub (if you haven't yet),
• which features are currently on or off (Smart LFG Ping, Smart DM Recommendations),
• and which LFG channels are configured on your server.

Use it any time you want to check the current state of LFG Hub on your server. All the actual configuration happens in /setup-lfg-channel.

Next: explore the Features →