Staff Handbook

Staff Handbook gives your team searchable, in-Discord guidance for moderation, player reports, escalation, and other server procedures. Staff can open a category, choose a situation, and follow the configured steps without leaving Discord.

Source description: Interactive JSON5-configurable staff handbook
Version in source: 1.0.0
Required AthenaBot version: 2.2.0 or newer
Dependencies: core
Node dependencies: None
Config templates read: en-staff_handbook.json5, en-staff_handbook_content.json5, and en-staff_handbook_lang.json5

The included content is a starting template. Review every category, action, and punishment guideline before staff use it on a live server.

Install the plugin, set staff access, and review the starter handbook.

Setup

Configure access, search, navigation, handbook pages, and wording.

Configuration

See how staff browse and search the handbook with /handbook.

Commands and Workflow

View the category menu, situation menu, and guidance page in Discord.

Screenshots

Fix access, content, search, and component problems.

Troubleshooting

Main Features

Interactive category and situation menus
Optional keyword search across page content and links
Pagination for handbooks with many categories or situations
Global role and user allowlists
Senior-only categories and pages
Per-category and per-page role or user restrictions
Configurable summaries, steps, action guidance, evidence requirements, notes, and links
Private replies, embed styling, labels, and navigation controls
Separate command and component permission levels
Dashboard-configurable settings, content, and language output

Plugin Names

Item	Name
Plugin folder	`staff_handbook`
Main config name	`staff_handbook`
Content config name	`staff_handbook_content`
Language config name	`staff_handbook_lang`
Main config file	`configuration/staff_handbook.json5`
Content config file	`configuration/staff_handbook_content.json5`
Language config file	`configuration/staff_handbook_lang.json5`

Best Fit

Use it when staff need one place to check server policy and incident procedures while handling a case in Discord.