Introduction

Prefix & basics

How commands are triggered, and how to change it.

The prefix

Every chat command starts with the server's prefix. The default is +, so to ban someone you type +ban @user spam.

Admins can change it from Manage → Prefix. The prefix can be 1 to 10 characters with no leading or trailing whitespace. Pick something short that doesn't collide with other bots in your server.

Mentioning the bot

Mentioning Katana ✨ always works as a prefix, regardless of what's configured. @Katana ✨ ping is a guaranteed way to invoke any command even when you've forgotten the prefix or the bot role has been renamed.

Joining a new server? You can always discover its prefix by running @Katana ✨ help.

Prefixless aliases

Admins can register prefixless aliases. These are single shortcuts that don't need any prefix at all. Once you wire b up as an alias for +ban, members can just type b @someone and it works.

Manage them per-command from the gear icon on each command card in Manage → Commands. Up to 50 aliases per server. Names follow [a-z0-9_-]{1,32} and can't collide with an existing command.

Toggles

Admins can disable any individual command or an entire category from Manage → Commands. Disabled commands stay visible in +help but politely refuse to run for non-admins. Useful for trimming Katana down to just the slice your server actually uses.