Skip to main content
Every check AuthenticateMe can run lives on the Settings page of the dashboard. Checks are grouped by what they look at, and each one can be turned on or off on its own.
The Settings page with presets at the top and the Core settings belowThe Settings page with presets at the top and the Core settings below

Presets

Presets set every check at once. Pick one as a starting point, then adjust single checks below it.
The four presets, with Balanced marked as activeThe four presets, with Balanced marked as active

Basic

Low friction. Stays out of your members’ way and quietly logs anything suspicious.

Balanced

The recommended middle ground. Stops the clearest threats and keeps an eye on the rest. New servers start here.

Aggressive

Maximum protection. Strict on everything, and turns away anyone who looks suspicious.

Custom

Selected automatically whenever your setup doesn’t match a preset.
Applying a preset only changes the form. Nothing happens until you click Save changes.
Presets never touch your roles, channels, messages, logs, alerts, GeoGate, Help Desk, Honeypot, Cooldown, or MFA Required.

Categories

Core

Roles, channels, logs, and how members verify.

Account

Screen the Discord account behind each member.

Network

See where members are really connecting from.

Browser

Spot browsers that hide, spoof, or automate.

Device

Know what machine is behind each verification.

Actions

Most checks have an Action that decides what happens when a member fails it. The Honeypot also offers Timeout and Softban. A softban bans the member and unbans them right away, which deletes everything they posted in the last hour. Whatever the action, the member never gets the Verified Role from a failed attempt, and the failure is posted to your logs if you’ve set them up. The member also gets a DM that tells them why.
The DM a member gets when they fail the Block VPN checkThe DM a member gets when they fail the Block VPN check

Which checks run where

Only four checks can run in Button-Click and Instant-Grant mode, which are Account Age, Avatar Required, Cooldown, and Max Verifications. Every other check needs the Web-Link mode, because it reads the member’s browser, connection, or device. Checks run in a fixed order, and the first one that fails is the one the member sees.

Find a setting fast

  • Type in Search settings to filter the cards, for example “VPN” or “role”.
  • Press Ctrl K (⌘ K on Mac) anywhere on the dashboard to jump straight to a setting.
  • Click the ? next to a setting’s name for a short explanation.

Copy settings between servers

Use the folder button next to the search box to copy your setup to another server you manage.
The import and export menu on the Settings pageThe import and export menu on the Settings page
  • Copy settings code copies the setup as text.
  • Download settings file saves it as a .txt file.
  • Import settings loads a code or a file of up to 64 KB.
Roles, channels, and custom messages are never imported, because they belong to the server they came from.

Saving

Changes on the Settings, Premium, and Appearance pages share one form. As soon as you change something, a bar appears at the bottom of the screen. Click Save changes or press Ctrl S (⌘ S on Mac), or click Reset to undo everything since the last save. If a value isn’t valid, the dashboard points you to it before saving.