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1. 1Invite Vellum and open the dashboard. Pick your server.
2. 2Open Automations. A flow is a Trigger → Actions graph: something happens, then Vellum does things.
3. 3Click Create flow to open the full-screen builder. Drag nodes from the right rail, wire their pins together, then Test and Publish.

Nodes have two kinds of connections. Execution wires (the ▷ wedges) decide the order things run. Data wires (the round colored dots) pass values — a message’s author, a number, some text. Colors show types; you can only connect compatible pins.

Pure value nodes (conditions and transforms) have no execution pins — they’re pulled on demand when something reads them. Use Branch to take different paths, For each to loop a list, and Wait to pause.

Every run is bounded by safety limits (messages, ER:LC commands, AI calls, loop iterations) so a flow can never run away. Hit a limit and the run stops with a clear message — raise the limit with Credits.

Type a value straight into a node’s field, or hit “↗ Make this a value node” to turn it into its own Text / Number / Toggle value node and wire it in — handy when you reuse the same value in several places.

For memory, use the State nodes. Set / Get variable hold a value for one run. Save / Load value persist between runs, per server or per member. Add to counter is an atomic number — the building block for points, XP, balances and warns. Leaderboard ranks members by any number. Cooldown gate and Only once gate how often something runs.

Give a role when someone reacts, take it back when they un-react — no extra module needed:

1. 1Trigger: Reaction added. Add a Compare (Emoji = 🎮) → Branch.
2. 2On the true path, Add role (pick the role) to the reaction’s member.
3. 3Make a second flow with Reaction removed → Remove role to take it back.

There’s no “economy node” — an economy is just a number you store. To pay people for chatting:

1. 1Trigger: Message sent. Add a Cooldown gate (per member, 60s) so it can’t be farmed.
2. 2On ready, Add to counter → scope A member, key balance, amount 5.
3. 3Anywhere else, Load value balance to show it, or Leaderboard balance for a richest-members list. XP/levels work the same way with a key called xp + the Math node.

Turn on AI first. Then: Message sent → Classify (labels: question, spam, other) → Branch. For question, Ask AI with the message content and Reply with the answer. For spam, Delete message.

AI powers the Ask AI, Summarize, Classify and Extract nodes. It’s off by default. Open Automations → Settings:

1. 1Choose a provider. Groq is free and fast — get a key at console.groq.com → API Keys. You can also bring an OpenAI or Anthropic key.
2. 2Paste the key (encrypted at rest, never shown again) and optionally set a model. Toggle Enable AI.
3. 3Each run is capped on AI calls and tokens (raise with Credits). AI prompts and replies are kept out of run logs by default.

Link your ER:LC private server from the dashboard ER:LC tab (you’ll need its server key from the in-game API settings). Then flows can read the server — Server status, Players in-game, Staff in-game — and react to Player joined / left and Player count crossed triggers.

Commands (kick, ban, jail, teleport, weather, time, peacetime) are off by default. Turn on ER:LC commands in flows in Automations → Settings. They’re tightly rate-limited (1 every 5s) and capped per run, with a queue guard so a flow can’t flood the server. Hints, announcements and PMs work without enabling commands.

Credits are an earned currency — never bought with real money. You earn them by being active and by sharing good flow templates in the marketplace. Spend them to raise your own limits: more flows, more messages/ER:LC commands/AI calls/tokens per run, more storage keys. Everything is free; Credits just lift ceilings. See your balance on the wallet page.

Vellum never feature-gates. Premium is a one-time, per-server purchase that simply raises limits (and adds cosmetics) — the same ceilings Credits raise, reachable by everyone for free through activity. No feature is ever locked behind it.