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Configure who can edit counters and review what is shared publicly."},"chat-polls":{"title":"Live chat polls and an OBS poll overlay","description":"Ask your community a question with an InstiBot chat poll, configure participation and show supported live results in OBS."},"collaborations":{"title":"Stream collaborations and shared goals","description":"Configure supported InstiBot collaboration settings with another creator and review goal sources, invitations and participation before a joint stream."},"raid-finder":{"title":"Find a Kick channel to host after your stream","description":"Use InstiBot’s Kick raid suggestions to review live channels and copy a host command before ending your stream."},"account-settings":{"title":"Account settings, language and connection recovery","description":"Manage your InstiBot command prefix, channel language and time zone, review platform connections, and understand owner-only account actions."},"getting-started":{"title":"Set up your stream with InstiBot","description":"Connect your streaming account, set up a chatbot, and add your first OBS overlay with this step-by-step InstiBot guide."},"platform-support":{"title":"Platform support: Kick, Twitch, YouTube and TikTok","description":"Compare InstiBot support across Kick, Twitch, YouTube and TikTok: chat replies, moderation, alerts, channel points and stream tools."},"kick-bot":{"title":"Kick chatbot: commands, moderation, alerts and overlays","description":"Set up InstiBot as your Kick chat bot: log in with Kick, mod the bot, add commands, timers, filters and alerts, and use Kick-only tools like !clip and analytics."},"twitch-bot":{"title":"Twitch chatbot and alerts with InstiBot","description":"Connect Twitch to InstiBot for chat commands, timers, moderation, follower, sub, Bits and raid alerts, loyalty points and channel points rewards."},"youtube-chatbot":{"title":"YouTube Live chatbot and alerts","description":"Use InstiBot with YouTube Live for commands, live-chat moderation, membership alerts, Super Chat events and OBS widgets."},"tiktok-live":{"title":"TikTok LIVE alerts, chat commands and overlays","description":"Connect TikTok LIVE to InstiBot: gift, follow and subscription alerts, chat commands, points and games for TikTok viewers, and chat on your overlay."},"multistream-chatbot":{"title":"Manage a multistream chatbot from one dashboard","description":"Manage connected Kick, Twitch, YouTube and TikTok accounts together, with shared bot settings and platform-aware replies and timers."},"commands":{"title":"Custom chat commands for Kick, Twitch and YouTube","description":"Create chat commands with InstiBot: replies, aliases, cooldowns, ranks, prices in points, keyword triggers and variables like $(user) and $(uptime)."},"timers":{"title":"Chat timers: automatic messages in your stream chat","description":"Post your socials, schedule or sponsor messages automatically with InstiBot timers. Set the interval, minimum chat activity, live-only posting and platforms."},"moderation":{"title":"Chat moderation bot: filters, timeouts and a live mod console","description":"Protect your stream chat with InstiBot: caps, links, emotes, symbols, bad words, raid protection and a shared ban list, plus a live mod console for Kick."},"custom-bot-name":{"title":"Use a custom bot identity on Kick","description":"Learn how InstiBot’s Kick custom bot identity works, which permissions to check, and how to test it before your stream."},"obs-overlays":{"title":"OBS overlays for Kick, Twitch, YouTube and TikTok","description":"Add one InstiBot browser source to OBS and get alerts, chat, goals, a subathon timer and mini-games on stream. Place everything in the layout editor."},"chat-overlay":{"title":"Chat overlay for OBS: Kick, Twitch, YouTube and TikTok chat on stream","description":"Show your live chat on stream with InstiBot’s chat overlay: badges, emotes, name colours and themes, with chat from every connected platform in one box."},"stream-alerts":{"title":"Stream alerts for Kick, Twitch, YouTube and TikTok","description":"On-stream alerts for follows, subs, gifted subs, raids, KICKs, Bits, TikTok gifts and tips. Design them with a visual editor, sounds, text to speech and variants."},"subathon-timer":{"title":"Subathon timer for OBS that grows with subs, gifts and tips","description":"Run a subathon with InstiBot: a countdown overlay that adds time for subs, gifted subs, KICKs, Bits, follows and tips, with chat controls and milestones."},"stream-goals":{"title":"Stream goals, event labels and viewer counters","description":"Display stream progress with InstiBot goal overlays, event labels and viewer counters in OBS. Learn how platform and currency support affect totals."},"engagement-widgets":{"title":"Emote walls, shoutouts and engagement widgets","description":"Explore InstiBot emote walls, combos, shoutouts, hype train, cup, birthday and stage widgets, with guidance for adding them to OBS."},"media-and-tts":{"title":"Media and text-to-speech widgets","description":"Set up InstiBot media and TTS widgets for stream interactions, then test audio, visibility and viewer access before going live."},"kick-clips":{"title":"Kick clip command and stream-time markers","description":"Use InstiBot’s !clip command on Kick and understand the difference between a created clip, a saved marker and chat-activity auto clips."},"loyalty-points":{"title":"Loyalty points for Kick, Twitch and YouTube chat","description":"Reward your chat with InstiBot loyalty points: earn rules, bonuses, a points shop, leaderboards, seasons and commands like !points, !give and !redeem."},"channel-points":{"title":"Kick and Twitch channel-points reward actions","description":"Connect native Kick and Twitch channel-points redemptions to InstiBot sounds, images, TTS, chat messages and supported reward actions."},"stream-chat-games":{"title":"Interactive chat games for Kick, Twitch and YouTube streams","description":"19 mini-games your chat plays with loyalty points, animated on your OBS overlay: roulette, crash, heist, horse race, trivia, wordle, blackjack and more."},"viewer-queue":{"title":"Viewer queue for community games","description":"Let viewers join a stream queue with chat commands while moderators manage turns, notes and participation rules in InstiBot."},"song-requests":{"title":"Song requests for Kick, Twitch and YouTube chat","description":"Let viewers request YouTube songs with !sr. Play the queue in an OBS dock, show a now-playing overlay and control limits, costs and vote skips."},"community-bets":{"title":"Community predictions with loyalty points","description":"Run InstiBot community predictions, set outcomes, lock entries and resolve or refund a round using viewer loyalty points."},"giveaways":{"title":"Chat giveaways and tournaments for your stream","description":"Run giveaways from chat with a keyword, subscriber tickets, points to enter and an on-stream overlay, and host bracket tournaments with your community."},"discord-notifications":{"title":"Discord go-live notifications","description":"Send an InstiBot go-live announcement to your Discord community with links to supported live streaming destinations."},"tips":{"title":"Tip pages, alerts and stream goals","description":"Configure a public InstiBot tip page and connect supported tip events to alerts and goals. Review currency settings before your stream."},"sponsors":{"title":"Sponsor messages, banners and click reports","description":"Manage sponsor links, chat-message rotation and OBS sponsor banners in InstiBot, then review supported click reports."},"stream-control":{"title":"Stream control, OBS docks and quick actions","description":"Manage your live stream with InstiBot stream controls, moderator tools, OBS docks and supported quick-action links."},"analytics":{"title":"Kick stream analytics and after-stream reports","description":"Review supported Kick viewer, chat and event statistics in InstiBot and use after-stream reports to understand your stream activity."},"stream-schedule":{"title":"Share your stream schedule and public pages","description":"Help viewers find your InstiBot stream schedule, commands, leaderboard and rewards shop through your channel’s public pages."},"team-access":{"title":"Team access for moderators and editors","description":"Give moderators and editors the InstiBot permissions they need without sharing your account, and review actions in the audit log."},"import-settings":{"title":"Import chatbot commands and settings","description":"Move supported commands and settings into InstiBot, review the import preview, and test responses before enabling them for viewers."},"plans-and-referrals":{"title":"Free plan, Premium and referrals","description":"Understand where to check InstiBot plan limits, manage a subscription and review referral progress without relying on outdated pricing."},"troubleshooting":{"title":"Troubleshoot your chatbot, timers and OBS overlays","description":"Fix common InstiBot setup issues: missing chat replies, timers that do not fire, blank OBS widgets, missing events and account connections."},"roulette-chat-game":{"title":"Roulette chat game for Kick, Twitch and YouTube","description":"Run a European roulette table in your stream chat: viewers bet loyalty points on red, black, odd, even or a number, and the wheel spins on your OBS overlay."},"slots-chat-game":{"title":"Slots chat game with custom symbols and a jackpot","description":"A three-reel slot machine your viewers play from chat with loyalty points. Pick your own symbols, weights and payouts, or use Kick emotes as reel symbols."},"gamble-chat-game":{"title":"Gamble chat game: roll 1 to 100 for points","description":"The simplest points game for stream chat: viewers roll a number from 1 to 100, high rolls double the bet and the top rolls hit the jackpot on your overlay."},"duel-chat-game":{"title":"Duel chat game: viewer vs viewer RPG battles","description":"Viewers challenge each other to duels for points. Each viewer has a hero that levels up, finds loot and pets, and fights animated battles on your stream overlay."},"wheel-of-fortune-chat-game":{"title":"Wheel of Fortune for stream chat with your own prizes","description":"Build a prize wheel for your stream: points, timeouts, chat shoutouts or nothing at all. Viewers spin it from chat and it turns on your OBS overlay."},"heist-chat-game":{"title":"Heist chat game: team up and split the loot","description":"Viewers join a heist with their points. The bigger the crew, the better everyone’s chance to escape with the loot, animated on your stream overlay."},"horse-race-chat-game":{"title":"Horse race chat game: bet on five horses","description":"Viewers back one of five horses with their points and watch the race on your overlay. Name the horses, set their strength and choose fixed odds or a shared pool."},"trivia-chat-game":{"title":"Trivia chat game: first right answer wins","description":"Post trivia questions in your stream chat and reward the first viewer who answers correctly. Use built-in question packs or write your own, shown on your overlay."},"coinflip-chat-game":{"title":"Coinflip chat game: heads or tails for points","description":"A fair heads or tails game for stream chat. Viewers call a side with their points, a 3D coin spins on your overlay, and a right call doubles the bet."},"higher-or-lower-chat-game":{"title":"Higher or Lower card game for stream chat","description":"Viewers draw a card and guess whether the next one is higher or lower. Every right guess grows the pot, so the question is when to cash out."},"blackjack-chat-game":{"title":"Blackjack chat game: play 21 against the dealer","description":"Seat up to six viewers at a blackjack table in your stream chat. They hit, stand and double against the dealer while the cards are dealt on your overlay."},"lottery-chat-game":{"title":"Lottery chat game: tickets, a pot and one winner","description":"Viewers buy lottery tickets with their points and one lucky winner takes the pot at the draw. Add a bonus prize to make the pot bigger, shown live on your overlay."},"crash-chat-game":{"title":"Crash chat game: cash out before the rocket crashes","description":"Viewers bet points, watch the multiplier climb on your overlay and type !cashout before it crashes. Auto cash-out, house edge and a top multiplier are all yours to set."},"boss-raid-chat-game":{"title":"Boss Raid chat game: fight a boss together","description":"Your chat stakes points to fight a boss as a team on your stream overlay. Beat it and every raider still standing wins, with a bonus for the MVP."},"word-scramble-chat-game":{"title":"Word Scramble chat game: unscramble to win","description":"The bot posts a word with its letters shuffled and the first viewer to type the real word wins points. Built-in words in English and Hebrew, or add your own."},"wordle-chat-game":{"title":"Wordle for stream chat: guess the word together","description":"Your whole chat plays Wordle on your overlay: every guess fills a row, green is the right spot, yellow is in the word, and the viewer who finds it wins points."},"hangman-chat-game":{"title":"Hangman chat game: guess letters before the gallows","description":"Chat guesses a hidden word one letter at a time while the gallows are drawn on your overlay. The viewer who completes the word wins points."},"plinko-chat-game":{"title":"Plinko chat game: drop a ball for a multiplier","description":"Viewers drop a Plinko ball through 12 rows of pegs on your overlay. The slot it lands in multiplies the bet, up to 170x on high risk."},"quiz-chat-game":{"title":"Quiz chat game: four options, everyone can win","description":"A multiple choice quiz for your stream chat. Viewers answer A, B, C or D, and everyone who picks the right option wins points. Use built-in questions or write your own."},"commands-reference":{"title":"InstiBot commands and variables reference","description":"Every built-in chat command and every $(variable) you can use in InstiBot commands and timers, with syntax, who can use it and an example of each."}}}