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Discord permissions: errors, fixes and what bots ask for

What a Discord permission error means, how to fix it in the Discord app, and the rule behind it, with Discord's own documentation linked.

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Discord Missing Permissions (50013): the six causes and the fix for eachDiscord error 50013 means the bot reached its target and was refused. The six causes in the order to check them, and the fix in the Discord app for each.Missing Permissions (50013)Discord Missing Access (50001): why a bot can't see a channelWhen a Discord bot gets error 50001 on a channel, it cannot see that channel. What hides it, how to let the bot back in from the Discord app, why the bot cannot fix it itself, and the other cases behind 50001.Missing Access (50001)Why your Discord bot can't assign roles, kick or rename someone (even with Administrator)Discord's role hierarchy decides which roles a bot can hand out and which members it can act on, and Administrator does not change it. How to fix the role order, and the cases no drag can fix.Bot can't assign a roleGreen check, red X, grey slash: what Discord channel permissions meanIn a Discord channel's permissions the green check allows, the red X denies and the grey slash sets nothing. The order Discord applies them in, and why a slash under a denied @everyone still means denied.Check, X and slashWhich Discord bots ask for Administrator?13 of 15 Discord bots we read ask for Administrator on at least one install link. One bar per link: Discord's default, the bot's site and top.gg, with sources.Bots and Administrator

What Bond asks for

The install link on this site asks for every Discord permission except Administrator. That is a wide grant, because Bond's tools reach nearly everything Discord lets a bot do. Leaving Administrator out is what keeps your channel overwrites in force: hide a channel from Bond's role and Bond stays out of it, and it tells you what it could not reach rather than working around it.

Every action is also checked against the person who asked. Bond will not change a role, a member or a channel for you unless your own permissions and role position would let you do it in the Discord client, and opening a channel to @everyone always takes a separate confirmation.

Why bots ask for AdministratorTrust and permissions

Longer reading

How the permission layers fit together, and what to check before you let a bot near your server.

Discord permissions: role hierarchy and overwritesWhy your bot can't assign that role, how channel overwrites beat server permissions, and how to debug it in five minutes.Why Discord bots ask for Administrator, and what it costs youWhat the Administrator permission actually grants, why bots request it, how to read an invite link before clicking, and what to do about bots that have it.Are Discord admin bots safe? Run these 10 checksAdministrator lets a bot ignore every channel lock, and kicking it undoes nothing. Ten checks before you invite one, and a 20-minute audit of the bots you have.Are AI Discord bots safe?What an AI Discord bot can actually do to your server, where the real risk sits, what safe design looks like, and a checklist for evaluating one.

Bond reads these settings for you. Ask it why someone cannot see a channel and it works the answer out from that channel's actual overwrites and roles, not from role names.

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