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/utils/config_loader.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 yaml
+import json
+import os
+
+# Config load
+with open('config.yml', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as config_file:
+    config = yaml.safe_load(config_file)
+
+## Language settings ##
+valid_language_codes = []
+lang_directory = "lang"
+
+current_language_code = config['LANGUAGE']
+
+for filename in os.listdir(lang_directory):
+    if filename.startswith("lang.") and filename.endswith(".json") and os.path.isfile(
+            os.path.join(lang_directory, filename)):
+        language_code = filename.split(".")[1]
+        valid_language_codes.append(language_code)
+
+def load_current_language() -> dict:
+    lang_file_path = os.path.join(
+        lang_directory, f"lang.{current_language_code}.json")
+    with open(lang_file_path, encoding="utf-8") as lang_file:
+        current_language = json.load(lang_file)
+    return current_language
+
+# Instructions loader
+def load_instructions() -> dict:
+    instructions = {}
+    for file_name in os.listdir("instructions"):
+        if file_name.endswith('.txt'):
+            file_path = os.path.join("instructions", file_name)
+            with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
+                file_content = file.read()
+            # Use the file name without extension as the variable name
+                variable_name = file_name.split('.')[0]
+                instructions[variable_name] = file_content
+    return instructions
+
+def load_active_channels() -> dict:
+    if os.path.exists("channels.json"):
+        with open("channels.json", "r", encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            active_channels = json.load(f)
+    return active_channels