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title: "Configuring your bot settings"
description: "Adjust your FNLB bot categories, permissions and defaults from the FNLB App to match how you play."
canonical: https://fnlb.net/support/bot-setup/customize-bot-settings
markdown: https://fnlb.net/support/bot-setup/customize-bot-settings.md
---

# Configuring your bot settings

Adjust your FNLB bot categories, permissions and defaults from the FNLB App to match how you play.

## Open your category settings

In the FNLB App, go to **My Bots** and click the **gear** icon on a category to open its settings. Categories share their configuration across every bot inside them, so this is where you tune behavior for a whole group at once.

## General and cosmetics

The **General** section covers how the bot looks and searches:

- **Cosmetic Search Language** - which languages the bot uses to match cosmetic names
- **Platform** - the platform the bot appears on
- **Privacy** - the bot's party privacy
- **Status** - custom status text and update interval
- **Cosmetic Customization** - default outfit, backpack, pickaxe, shoes, sidekick, banner and emote the bot equips on start or when a member joins

## Permissions and command restrictions

Decide who may use commands. The **Command Restrictions** section can limit commands to owners, admins, whitelisted users, friends, party members, or whisper-only use.

Related settings in **User Management** let you add extra owners, admins, whitelist and blacklist users. If a command seems to be ignored, confirm it is not restricted - see [Commands are not working](https://fnlb.net/support/troubleshooting/commands-not-working.md).

## Limits and behavior

The **Limits and Behavior** section controls matchmaking and party behavior, including:

- **Max Bots Per Party** - how many of your bots can sit in one lobby (and separate limits for owners, admins and whitelisted users)
- **Allow Matchmaking** and **Leave After Matchmaking**
- **Disable Matchmaking Checks** - match with more game modes (bot lobbies are not guaranteed outside the default modes)
- **Accept Friend Requests** and **Accept Invites** - auto-accept friend requests and join requests
- **Run Commands Without Prefix**, plus cosmetic without-command and prefix options

> **Note:**
> Disabling checks never enables **Ranked** - ranked matches never support bot lobbies.

## Triggers and custom commands

The **Triggers and Actions** section lets you fire events on specific occurrences and create your own custom commands, so a message like `!hi` can trigger a reaction or run another command.

For the full walkthrough, see [docs.fnlb.net/custom-bot/category-config](https://docs.fnlb.net/custom-bot/category-config).