Stat Docks

Stat Docks are special voice channels that sit at the top of your server and keep themselves up to date. Use them to show the current UTC time, today’s UTC date, and a live member count, all in the channel sidebar where everyone can see it at a glance.

Tier	Free
Command	/statdock
Who can use	Admins
Also on dashboard	Yes

How it works

When you set up Stat Docks, the bot creates a voice channel for each metric you pick and drops them at the very top of your server. Nobody actually joins these channels; they exist so their name can display a stat.

A background task wakes up about every 10 minutes, checks every server’s docks, and renames any channel whose value has changed. Each metric updates on its own rhythm:

• Time shows the current UTC time (for example, 14:30 UTC) and refreshes on the roughly 10-minute cycle.
• Date shows today’s UTC date (for example, Jun 10th) and changes over at midnight UTC.
• Members shows your live member count and updates as people join and leave.

The bot only renames a channel when the displayed value actually changes, so the docks stay well within Discord’s rate limits.

The bot needs permissions

To create the channels, the bot needs the Manage Channels permission. To lock everyone out of joining the dock voice channels, it also needs Manage Roles. If it has Manage Channels but not Manage Roles, the docks are still created and still update, but anyone can join them in voice until you grant Manage Roles, remove the docks, and set them up again.

The new channels are created with no category, sitting at the top of the server. You can drag them anywhere you like afterwards and Discord remembers the new position.

Commands

/statdock setup

Create the auto-updating stat channels. Choose any combination of the three metrics; you must pick at least one.

Option	Type	Required	Description
time	true/false	Yes	Show the current UTC time (updates every ~10 minutes)
date	true/false	Yes	Show today’s UTC date (updates at midnight UTC)
members	true/false	Yes	Show the live server member count

If a metric you ask for is already set up, the bot leaves the existing channel alone and tells you it skipped it. If a dock channel was deleted manually, running setup again recreates it.

/statdock setup time:True date:True members:True

/statdock remove

Delete this server’s stat dock channels and clear the saved configuration. Any dock channels that were already deleted by hand are simply cleaned out of the records.

Option	Type	Required	Description
(none)

/statdock remove

Admins only

Both /statdock setup and /statdock remove need Administrator or Manage Server, or the server’s Bot Admin role.

Settings

Stat Docks are configured entirely by which metrics you enable, and you can manage that in two places:

• In Discord with /statdock setup and /statdock remove.
• On the dashboard at dashboard.codexhelper.com, where you can switch each metric (time, date, members) on or off in the browser. The bot reconciles your choices automatically: it creates a channel for any metric you turn on and removes the channel for any metric you turn off.