Lesson 4 — Permissions & Cooldowns

Create commands/secret.js

const { SlashCommandBuilder } = require("@discordjs/builders");

module.exports = {
  dev: true,
  cooldown: 10,           // 10 seconds between uses per user
  users: ["PUT_YOUR_USER_ID_HERE"], // only these users can run it
  data: new SlashCommandBuilder()
    .setName("secret")
    .setDescription("A locked command for approved users"),
  async execute(interaction) {
    await interaction.reply({ content: "You are allowed to use this command.", ephemeral: true });
  },
};

Discord → Settings → Advanced → Developer Mode ON → Right-click your name → Copy ID.

node index.js

Run /secret. Then run it again quickly to see cooldown.