# Admin vs Members

> Who can do what in a group where Group Bot is installed.

**Group Bot** has two user classes, based on whether you are an admin of the Telegram group. The bot reads the group's administrator list directly from Telegram — there is no separate permission list to maintain.

## Group Admins

Any admin of the Telegram group where the bot lives is automatically a bot admin.

Admins can:

- Open the admin panel by sending **`/start`** inside the group.
- Add and remove tracked tokens (up to **10** per group).
- Edit every per-token setting — *TX Threshold*, *Price Alert*, *Emoji*, *GIF*, and *Mono*.
- Change the admin panel's language.

## Regular Members

Anyone else in the group.

Members do not interact with the bot directly. They simply see the alert messages — buy, sell, burn, and optional price-move alerts — as they are posted in the chat.

- Sending **`/start`** in the group returns a short note saying the bot is configured by admins.
- Sending **`/start`** in a private chat with the bot returns a *"this bot is designed for groups"* message.
- Members cannot open the admin panel, add tokens, or change any setting.

## Switching Admin Status

Telegram admin status is inherited automatically:

- Promote a regular member to admin, and the next time they send **`/start`** in the group they see the admin panel.
- Demote an admin, and the admin panel disappears the next time they try.

No separate "refresh permissions" step is required.

## A Note for Group Owners

Removing the bot from a group ends all tracking for that group. If the bot is removed and later re-added, the tracking list starts empty — there is no automatic restore.

> **WARNING: Only add admins you trust**
>
> Any Telegram admin can change thresholds, disable alerts, add tokens that spam the chat, or point *GIF URLs* somewhere unwanted. Keep the admin list tight — the bot will honour whatever any admin configures, so admin trust is essential.