Set up Spider in 10 minutes

You just added Spider and the dashboard shows dozens of settings. Where to start? Here’s the path we recommend, in order. Allow about ten minutes.

1. Place Spider’s role

In your Discord server settings, open Roles and place Spider above the roles it will assign and the members it will moderate. It’s the number one cause of refused actions.

2. Run Quick setup

In Settings › General, the “Set up Spider in a few steps” section prepares automoderation, moderation logs, anti-raid, sanctions, verification and a ticket panel at once, based on a pack (community, gaming, creator…). Nothing is applied before the summary screen, and a button lets you restore the previous settings.

3. Create a group for your team

In Settings › Groups, create at least one “Moderation” group linked to your moderators’ role, and tick only what it needs. Your moderators will then only see their pages in the menu.

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4. Check the essential modules

Go back to Home: the “What’s left to set up” section lists what’s still missing. Enable, in this order:

1. Logs (Events then Moderation)
2. Automoderation
3. Sanctions
4. Captchas
5. Anti-raid

5. Test with a regular account

With a secondary account without staff roles: pass verification, open a ticket, send a forbidden message. Then check that everything shows up in Moderation › Logs and in Infractions.