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Welcome & Leave

Off by default

Greet new members in a channel, by DM, or both, with text, an embed or a custom welcome image with their avatar and name. Leave and ban messages live on the same page, each with its own switch.

Set it up

  1. Open the dashboard and pick your server. Sign in with Discord if you haven’t.

  2. Find Welcome & Leave in the sidebar (or press ⌘K and type its name) and turn it on.

  3. Go through the settings below. Simple mode shows the essentials; switch to Advanced for the rest.

  4. Changes apply in your server within a few seconds of saving.

Tips

  • Use `{user}` to mention the new member and `{membercount.ordinal}` for “the 1,204th member”.
  • Dyno splits these into Welcome and Announcements. In Kovu the Welcome, Leave and Bans tabs share one page and one save button.

Settings

What you’ll find on the Welcome & Leave page of the dashboard. Settings marked Advanced only show in Advanced mode.

Welcome message

Posted when someone joins. Use text, embeds or both.

Send a welcome message
On/off
Welcome channel
ChannelWhere new members are greeted. Leave empty to only send a DM.
Welcome message
Message

Direct message

A private hello, sent to the new member.

Also DM new members
On/off
DM message
Message
Attach the welcome card to the DMAdvanced
On/off

Welcome card

An image with the member’s avatar and name, attached to the welcome message.

Send a welcome card
On/off
Background
Setting
Title
Text with variables
Subtitle
Text with variables
Font
Choice
Avatar
Choice
Layout
Choice
Ring around the avatarAdvanced
On/off
Text colourAdvanced
ColourThe default white and mint switch to ink and pine on the Paper background.
Accent colourAdvanced
Colour
Overlay strengthAdvanced
Number
Overlay colourAdvanced
Colour
Card placementAdvanced
ChoiceInside the first embed shows the card as that embed’s image.

OptionsAdvanced

Ignore bots
On/off
Wait for members to accept the rules
On/offWith membership screening on, greet members once they’ve accepted.
DM the member if the channel is unavailable
On/offUsed when the welcome channel was deleted or Kovu can’t post in it.

Leave message

Posted when a member leaves the server.

Send a leave message
On/off
Leave channel
Channel
Leave message
Message
Also DM the memberAdvanced
On/offBest effort: Discord only delivers it while they share another server with Kovu.
Goodbye DMAdvanced
Message
Ignore botsAdvanced
On/off
Skip members who were bannedAdvanced
On/offA ban also counts as leaving. With this on, only the ban is announced.

Ban message

Posted when a member is banned, by Kovu or anyone else.

Send a ban message
On/off
Ban channel
Channel
Ban message
Message
Ignore botsAdvanced
On/off

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