Setup

Setting up Sprinto (Server owners/managers)

Steps:

1. Invite Sprinto — Bring Sprinto to your Discord server, or pass this link to the server owner or someone who has permission to add bots. Alternative links: The Join button on Sprinto's DiscordBots page; or use Sprinto's _invite command.

2. That's it. You're ready to Sprint!

But what else can I do as a server admin?

3. Create a dedicated sprint room. Sprinto usage can quickly overwhelm any chat room, so almost all servers create a dedicated sprint channel with a name like #writing-sprints, #sprints-and-excerpts or something thematically appropriate for their server like #word_sprint_dojo. Sprinto often fails to see any usage when he has to share a general #bots channel. Some servers even have two sprint channels, one for short sprints (perhaps 5 or 10 minutes) and one for longer sprinters (up to an hour). Sprints started in different channels run independently. You cannot run more than one simultaneous sprint in one channel.

4. But what about permissions? Sprinto [currently] needs no more than the default permissions, to "Read Messages", "Send Messages" and optionally* "Read Message History". If you're worried about users starting sprints outside of the sprint rooms, you can remove Sprinto's "Send Messages" permission in rooms you don't want Sprinto to respond in, or remove his "Read Messages" permission in channels you don't want Sprinto seen in. You can also give him a special Discord role to place him higher in the members list to help user can find the Sprint bot.

5. How about changing the prefix? Sprinto responds to commands starting with an underscore (_) or a mention (@sprinto). If you need this changed for your server, please ask on Sprinto's support discord server (Sprinto Planet). No one has ever requested a change so far. Use @sprinto prefix to check the prefix on your server.

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* Footnote: Why "Read Message History"? The boring details you don't need to know. Under very special circumstances Sprinto may find "Read Message History" helpful, but feel free to turn it off if you're paranoid about bots. Sprinto will sometimes clean up its response after the user deletes their error-triggering command. To do this, Sprinto may sometimes need "Read Message History". It probably shouldn't need this permission to do that, but it does due to how the Discord.Net API is structured, requiring a message to be loaded before it can be deleted. It's a default permission anyway and Sprinto will operate just fine without it just the same, but congrats on reading this far.]