Temp Channels

Members joining a "lobby" voice channel cause Phantom to create a private temp VC for them. The temp VC auto-deletes when everyone leaves.

Why

Lets you avoid having 50 named voice channels for every game / activity. Instead: one lobby per category (Gaming, Music, Public, Staff), and each joining member gets their own temp room.

How it works

1. Member joins a configured "lobby" channel.
2. Phantom creates a new VC named after their preset's template, with appropriate permissions.
3. Member is moved into the new VC. They're the channel owner.
4. Optional text channel auto-spawns next to it for the VC's text chat.
5. When the VC empties, Phantom deletes it (after a short delay to allow rejoins).

Presets

Built-in:

• gaming — public; up to 10 users; voice + text.
• music — public; high bitrate; voice only.
• staff — locked to a staff role; private.
• public — anyone-can-join.
• custom — your own template (any feature combination).

Owner controls

Each temp VC owner sees a control panel message in the auto-spawned text channel. Buttons:

• Rename
• Lock (deny @everyone join)
• Hide (deny @everyone view)
• Set user limit
• Set bitrate
• Set region
• Invite a specific user
• Kick a user
• Ban a user (denies rejoin)
• Transfer ownership

Each button is feature-gated by the preset.

Settings

Setting	What it does
Enabled	Master switch.
Lobbies	List of lobby channels with per-lobby preset.
Features per preset	Which control-panel buttons are enabled.
Abuse guards	max_per_user (concurrent temp VCs per member), cooldown (between creations), server_cap (total temp VCs), min_account_age, min_tenure_days, role filters.
Support config	A "staff-help" temp VC variant for support flows.

Slash commands

Members don't usually use slash commands for temp VCs (the join-the-lobby flow is the primary UX). Staff:

• /pvc group — for staff to create support VCs on demand for a member.

Limits

• 10 lobbies per guild
• 100-char max VC name
• 99 user limit (Discord cap)
• 8K–384K bitrate (boost-tier-aware)

Permissions

• community.view — see lobbies + settings
• community.edit — change lobbies, presets, abuse guards
• VC owner controls are scoped to the owner, not Phantom permissions.

Tips

• Always set abuse guards. Without max_per_user, a single member can fork-bomb your server with thousands of empty VCs.
• Music preset with high bitrate is heavy on Discord's bandwidth; charge a small currency cost via a custom integration if needed.
• Staff-only lobbies are great for impromptu mod calls during incidents.

Related pages

• Channel Stats — live VC member counts