From 4522ef2010ecd5b98779c04c017a0311e1665067 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: biast12 <53872542+biast12@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 23:52:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update channel permission requirements

Add ManageRoles to notification channel permissions for overwrite management, and reduce transcript channel requirements to the permissions it actually needs.
---
 botpermissions/requirements.go | 25 +++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/botpermissions/requirements.go b/botpermissions/requirements.go
index f4c335f..06d8673 100644
--- a/botpermissions/requirements.go
+++ b/botpermissions/requirements.go
@@ -47,15 +47,20 @@ var ChannelModeRequired = func() []permission.Permission {
 	return perms
 }()
 
-// NotifChannelRequired are the permissions the bot needs on the notification channel (thread mode only).
-// It is MinimalPermissions with EmbedLinks and AttachFiles appended.
-var NotifChannelRequired = func() []permission.Permission {
-	perms := make([]permission.Permission, 0, len(MinimalPermissions)+2)
-	perms = append(perms, MinimalPermissions...)
-	perms = append(perms, permission.EmbedLinks, permission.AttachFiles)
-	return perms
-}()
+// NotifChannelRequired are the permissions the bot needs on the notification channel.
+// ManageRoles is needed because the add/remove support/admin commands write an overwrite here.
+var NotifChannelRequired = []permission.Permission{
+	permission.ViewChannel,
+	permission.SendMessages,
+	permission.EmbedLinks,
+	permission.ReadMessageHistory,
+	permission.UseApplicationCommands,
+	permission.ManageRoles,
+}
 
 // TranscriptChannelRequired are the permissions the bot needs on the transcript channel (any mode).
-// Equivalent to MinimalPermissions.
-var TranscriptChannelRequired = MinimalPermissions
+var TranscriptChannelRequired = []permission.Permission{
+	permission.ViewChannel,
+	permission.SendMessages,
+	permission.EmbedLinks,
+}

From c65e86757adbdf4486db9f16a534edbf01cf5f5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: biast12 <53872542+biast12@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:49:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add guild permission requirements

Define consolidated guild-level permissions, including thread permissions needed by /notes, and add the minimal permissions required for pending-category status updates.
---
 botpermissions/requirements.go | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/botpermissions/requirements.go b/botpermissions/requirements.go
index 06d8673..e890fc6 100644
--- a/botpermissions/requirements.go
+++ b/botpermissions/requirements.go
@@ -58,6 +58,25 @@ var NotifChannelRequired = []permission.Permission{
 	permission.ManageRoles,
 }
 
+// GuildRequired are guild-level permissions, including the thread permissions /notes needs.
+var GuildRequired = func() []permission.Permission {
+	perms := []permission.Permission{
+		permission.ManageWebhooks,
+		permission.PinMessages,
+		permission.ManageRoles,
+		permission.ManageChannels,
+		permission.CreatePrivateThreads,
+		permission.SendMessagesInThreads,
+	}
+	return append(perms, StandardPermissions...)
+}()
+
+// PendingCategoryRequired covers the status update, which only reparents an existing channel.
+var PendingCategoryRequired = []permission.Permission{
+	permission.ViewChannel,
+	permission.ManageChannels,
+}
+
 // TranscriptChannelRequired are the permissions the bot needs on the transcript channel (any mode).
 var TranscriptChannelRequired = []permission.Permission{
 	permission.ViewChannel,