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/moderation/kick.txt

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+import discord
+from utils.emoji import CODEBASE, DELETE_ALT1, MENTION_ALT1, TICK, ZHUMAN
+from discord.ext import commands
+from discord import ui
+from utils.Tools import *
+
+class KickView(ui.View):
+    def __init__(self, member):
+        super().__init__(timeout=120)
+        self.member = member
+        self.message = None
+
+    async def interaction_check(self, interaction: discord.Interaction) -> bool:
+        return True
+
+    async def on_timeout(self):
+        for item in self.children:
+            item.disabled = True
+        if self.message:
+            try:
+                await self.message.edit(view=self)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+
+    @ui.button(style=discord.ButtonStyle.gray, emoji=DELETE_ALT1)
+    async def delete(self, interaction: discord.Interaction, button: discord.ui.Button):
+        await interaction.message.delete()
+
+class Kick(commands.Cog):
+    def __init__(self, bot):
+        self.bot = bot
+        self.color = discord.Color.from_rgb(255, 0, 0)
+
+    @commands.hybrid_command(
+        name="kick",
+        help="Kicks a member from the server.",
+        usage="kick <member> [reason]",
+        aliases=["kickmember"])
+    @blacklist_check()
+    @ignore_check()
+    @top_check()
+    @commands.has_permissions(kick_members=True)
+    @commands.bot_has_permissions(kick_members=True)
+    @commands.guild_only()
+    async def kick_command(self, ctx, member: discord.Member, *, reason: str = None):
+        reason = reason or "No reason provided"
+
+        if member == ctx.author:
+            return await ctx.reply("You cannot kick yourself.")
+
+        if member == ctx.bot.user:
+            return await ctx.reply("You cannot kick me.")
+
+        if not ctx.author == ctx.guild.owner:
+            if member == ctx.guild.owner:
+                return await ctx.reply("I cannot kick the server owner.")
+
+            if ctx.author.top_role <= member.top_role:
+                return await ctx.reply("You cannot kick a member with a higher or equal role.")
+
+        if ctx.guild.me.top_role <= member.top_role:
+            return await ctx.reply("I cannot kick a member with a higher or equal role.")
+
+        if member not in ctx.guild.members:
+            embed = discord.Embed(
+                description=f"**Member Not Found:** The specified member does not exist in this server.",
+                color=self.color
+            )
+            view = KickView(member)
+            message = await ctx.send(embed=embed, view=view)
+            view.message = message
+            return
+
+        
+        dm_status = "Yes"
+        try:
+            await member.send(f"You have been kicked from **{ctx.guild.name}**. Reason: {reason}")
+        except discord.Forbidden:
+            dm_status = "No"
+        except discord.HTTPException:
+            dm_status = "No"
+
+        
+        await member.kick(reason=f"Kicked by {ctx.author} | Reason: {reason}")
+        
+
+        
+        embed = discord.Embed(
+            description=(
+                f"**{ZHUMAN} Target User:** [{member}](https://discord.com/users/{member.id})\n"
+                f"{MENTION_ALT1} **User Mention:** {member.mention}\n"
+                f"{CODEBASE} **Reason:** {reason}\n"
+                f"{TICK}**DM Sent:** {dm_status}"
+            ),
+            color=self.color
+        )
+        embed.set_author(name=f"Successfully Kicked {member.name}", icon_url=member.avatar.url if member.avatar else member.default_avatar.url)
+        embed.add_field(name=f"{ZHUMAN} Moderator:", value=ctx.author.mention, inline=False)
+        embed.set_footer(text=f"Requested by {ctx.author}", icon_url=ctx.author.avatar.url if ctx.author.avatar else ctx.author.default_avatar.url)
+        embed.timestamp = discord.utils.utcnow()
+
+        view = KickView(member)
+        message = await ctx.send(embed=embed, view=view)
+        view.message = message
+
+
+