Permissions & Access

A command can fail to run for a member for one of three separate reasons. Knowing which one applies makes troubleshooting much faster.

1. Discord permissions

Many commands require a real Discord permission — Ban Members for /ban, Manage Roles for role commands, and so on. This is enforced by Discord itself, not Lumière, and shows up throughout this documentation as a "Permission" note on each command.

2. Lumière's role hierarchy

For anything involving roles, Lumière can only manage roles positioned below its own role. If Lumière's role isn't high enough in your server's role list, role commands will fail even for an admin with full Discord permissions. See Adding the Bot.

3. Server-level restrictions

On top of Discord's own permission system, your server's admins can independently restrict any command using /system control — disabling it entirely, or whitelisting/blacklisting specific roles or users. This applies even if you have every relevant Discord permission.

Checking your own access

If a command isn't working and you're not sure why:

/system access

shows exactly what server-level restrictions apply to you. If that comes back clear, the issue is more likely a Discord permission or Lumière's role position — see Troubleshooting.