Update configuration and README for improved setup and security; disable default API and emoji sync, and enhance Discord permission checks in API routes.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

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+dashboard/node_modules
+dashboard/.next
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+# Ignore Python cache
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
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+# Ignore virtual environments
+venv/
+.venv/
+env/
+ENV/
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+# Ignore IDE files
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
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+# Ignore OS files
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
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+# Ignore logs
+*.log
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+# Ignore build outputs
+dist/
+build/
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+# Ignore temporary files
+*.tmp
+*.temp
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+# Ignore Python packaging
+*.egg-info/
+.Python
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+# Ignore Jupyter Notebook checkpoints
+.ipynb_checkpoints/
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+# Ignore environment variables
+.env
+.env.local
+.env.*.local
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+# Ignore node_modules
+node_modules/
+package-lock.json
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+# Ignore Next.js build output
+.next/
+out/
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+# Ignore Python cache
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+*.zip
+*.rar
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