Before You Start
- Operations or manager-level dashboard access.
- Configured channels and modules you want to monitor.
Steps
Check process and service health
Start with bot and web heartbeat status. A stale heartbeat means the process may be down or not publishing health data.
Review Discord reachability
Use channel and role checks to spot permission or deletion problems. If a configured destination is unreachable, fix Discord permissions or update GearCheck settings.
Fix what needs attention, then read Recent problems
Needs attention ranks what to fix first, critical before warning, each card with its own fix. Recent problems groups failures from the latest 250 audit events, up to 8 kinds, and Open in Audit Log shows each event. A notice that reached every channel is not a problem.
Post a notice, checked before it goes out
Post a notice opens a panel: the type, a title, the message and the channels it is for. The preview shows exactly what posts. Review and post opens a confirm naming the server, every channel and the exact words; nobody is pinged, and GearCheck can't take a posted notice back. If a channel fails, the panel says why, and Retry posts the same notice to that channel only.