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>

bot/cogs/commands/messages.py

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+# ║                                                                  ║
+# ║            © 2026 CodeX Devs — All Rights Reserved              ║
+# ║                                                                  ║
+# ║   discord  ──  https://discord.gg/codexdev                      ║
+# ║   youtube  ──  https://youtube.com/@CodeXDevs                   ║
+# ║   github   ──  https://github.com/RayExo                        ║
+# ║                                                                  ║
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+
+import discord
+from utils.emoji import ARROWRED
+from discord.ui import LayoutView, TextDisplay, Separator, Container
+from discord.ext import commands
+import sqlite3
+from datetime import datetime
+from utils.config import *
+
+
+class MessagesView(LayoutView):
+    def __init__(self, member, total, today_count, daily_average, author):
+        super().__init__(timeout=None)
+
+        self.add_item(
+            Container(
+                TextDisplay(f"**Messages Stats for {member.display_name}**"),
+                Separator(visible=True),
+                TextDisplay(
+                    f"**User**: {member.mention}\n\n"
+                    f"**Daily Messages**: {daily_average}\n"
+                    f"**Today Messages**: {today_count}\n"
+                    f"**Total Messages**: {total}\n\n"
+                    f"**{ARROWRED}Upgrade Your Experience With [{BRAND_NAME} Noprefix](https://discord.gg/codexdev)**"
+                ),
+            )
+        )
+
+
+class Messages(commands.Cog):
+    def __init__(self, client):
+        self.client = client
+
+    @commands.Cog.listener()
+    async def on_message(self, message):
+        if message.author.bot or not message.guild:
+            return
+
+        conn = sqlite3.connect("db/messages.db")
+        c = conn.cursor()
+        c.execute("""
+            CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS messages (
+                guild_id INTEGER,
+                user_id INTEGER,
+                date TEXT,
+                count INTEGER
+            )
+        """)
+
+        today = datetime.utcnow().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+        c.execute(
+            "SELECT count FROM messages WHERE guild_id = ? AND user_id = ? AND date = ?",
+            (message.guild.id, message.author.id, today),
+        )
+        result = c.fetchone()
+
+        if result:
+            c.execute(
+                "UPDATE messages SET count = count + 1 WHERE guild_id = ? AND user_id = ? AND date = ?",
+                (message.guild.id, message.author.id, today),
+            )
+        else:
+            c.execute(
+                "INSERT INTO messages (guild_id, user_id, date, count) VALUES (?, ?, ?, 1)",
+                (message.guild.id, message.author.id, today),
+            )
+
+        conn.commit()
+        conn.close()
+
+    @commands.command(name="messages", aliases=["msg"])
+    async def messages(self, ctx, member: discord.Member = None):
+        member = member or ctx.author
+        today = datetime.utcnow().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+
+        conn = sqlite3.connect("db/messages.db")
+        c = conn.cursor()
+        c.execute(
+            "SELECT date, count FROM messages WHERE guild_id = ? AND user_id = ?",
+            (ctx.guild.id, member.id),
+        )
+        data = c.fetchall()
+        conn.close()
+
+        total = sum(row[1] for row in data)
+        today_count = sum(row[1] for row in data if row[0] == today)
+        unique_days = set(row[0] for row in data)
+        daily_average = round(total / len(unique_days), 2) if unique_days else 0
+
+        view = MessagesView(member, total, today_count, daily_average, ctx.author)
+        await ctx.send(view=view)
+
+
+async def setup(client):
+    await client.add_cog(Messages(client))