If you installed Community One Bot and then received a DM asking you to grant permissions, you’re not alone. After installation, the bot checks whether it has the required permissions. If some were not approved the first time—such as permissions left unchecked—you may receive a DM asking for the missing access.
This article walks you through the two most common issues covered in the video: (1) DM permission requests after installation and (2) the bot not showing up in public channels due to channel-level permissions.
Why Community One Bot requests permissions after installation
Once you install Community One Bot, it performs a permissions check. The goal is for the bot to function with the minimum required access it needs to operate properly.
If the permissions request didn’t complete as expected—such as when some permissions were not granted during the initial install—the bot may not have everything it needs. In that situation, you can receive a DM asking you to grant additional permissions.
DM permission request: missing or unchecked permissions
The DM you receive is essentially the bot notifying you that you still need to approve some permissions. The video specifically points out that this can happen when certain permissions were not granted during the first install (for example, if some checkboxes were left unchecked).
So, if the bot says you’re missing a handful of permissions, it usually means the install process didn’t result in the full minimum set of permissions being granted.
Fix for DM issues: remove and reinstall the bot
A practical fix mentioned in the video is to remove and reinstall Community One Bot. The reason is straightforward: reinstalling lets the permission request run again so the bot can receive the permissions it needs.
If you’re currently stuck with a DM asking you to grant missing permissions, the recommended approach is:
- Remove Community One Bot from your server.
- Reinstall Community One Bot.
- During the permission request, ensure the required minimum permissions are approved.
After reinstalling, the bot should be able to proceed without continuing to DM you for missing permissions—assuming the required permissions are granted correctly.
Why the bot may not show in public channels
Even after installation, Community One Bot may not appear in public-facing channels. The video indicates that this is typically tied to channel-level permissions rather than installation alone.
In other words:
- You can have the bot installed, but
- if it isn’t allowed to access a specific channel, it may not show up there.
The key is to verify both server-level access and channel-level access.
Grant channel-level access in Edit Channel → Permissions
The video advises ensuring Community One has the required permissions at the server level first. Then, you must also explicitly enable it per channel.
To grant channel-level access:
- In the channel you care about, open Edit Channel.
- Go to Permissions.
- Grant Community One Bot the needed permissions for that channel.
The transcript emphasizes that you should include permissions needed so the bot can:
- send messages (so it can operate in the channel), and
- be tagged (so users can interact with it and get answers).
Once you update the channel permissions, check again that Community One Bot now appears in the target channel.
Confirm the bot appears and can send/tag users
After you reinstall (if needed) and update permissions, the final step is verification.
The video recommends confirming that:
- Community One Bot appears in the channel you expect, and
- it has the access needed to work there (including the ability to send messages and be tagged so users can use it).
If the bot still doesn’t appear, revisit channel-level permission settings in Edit Channel → Permissions, since those are commonly the cause of missing bot visibility.
Conclusion
Community One Bot permission problems usually come down to permissions not being granted during the initial install or channel-level access not being explicitly enabled.
- If you receive a DM permission request, the video’s practical fix is to remove and reinstall the bot so it can re-run the permission request.
- If the bot doesn’t show up in public channels, ensure server-level access first, then use Edit Channel → Permissions to grant the bot access per channel, including permissions to send messages and be tagged.
By reinstalling when needed and confirming both server and channel permissions, you can resolve both DM permission requests and missing channel access.
