Staff & Presence
Staff & Presence Commands
Two modules cover "who is around and what they're doing." Presence is the everyday awareness layer — AFK, /list, nicknames, /whois, server health — most of which players use themselves. Staff is a dedicated, staff-mode-only toolkit that turns a moderator into a patrol loadout with a single command.
All output is MiniMessage-formatted, and every command is registered through Brigadier with permission-filtered tab completion.
Presence
Awareness and identity commands. The read-only verbs default to everyone; nicknames are staff-gated. (Vanish moved to its own vanish module — see below.)
| Command | Description | Permission |
|---|---|---|
/afk [reason] (away) | Toggle AFK, with an optional reason | uxmessentials.afk.use |
/list (who, online, playerlist) | See who is online | uxmessentials.list.use |
/realname <player> | Resolve a nickname back to the real account name | uxmessentials.realname.use |
/nick <name>|off|clear | Set or clear your own display name | uxmessentials.nick.use |
/nick <player> <name> | Set another player's display name | uxmessentials.nick.others |
/whois <player> | Account, identity, and status card | uxmessentials.whois.use |
/gc (lag, tps, mem) | Server health: TPS, uptime, memory, loaded chunks | uxmessentials.gc.use |
/staff | List the staff currently online | uxmessentials.staff.use |
/presencesettings | Open your personal presence settings panel | uxmessentials.presencesettings.use |
A couple of marker nodes shape how presence behaves:
uxmessentials.afk.kick.exempt— never auto-kicked for being AFK.uxmessentials.staff.member— marks an account as staff, so it shows in/staffand staff-only broadcasts.
Vanish
The vanish module owns /vanish — PremiumVanish-class invisibility with layered see/use levels, buffs, fake join/quit messages, and cross-server sync. It is the single vanish authority the whole plugin reads (messaging, nametags, and staff mode all defer to it). Full details in the Vanish feature guide.
| Command | Description | Permission |
|---|---|---|
/vanish (v) | Toggle your own vanish; on / off set it absolutely | uxmessentials.vanish.use |
/vanish <player> | Toggle another player's vanish (console-usable) | uxmessentials.vanish.others |
/vanish list | List the hidden players you may see (scoped to your see level) | uxmessentials.vanish.list |
/vanish pickup [on|off] | Flip whether you pick up items while vanished | uxmessentials.vanish.use |
/vanish -s | Vanish or reappear silently — no fake join/quit broadcast | uxmessentials.vanish.silent |
uxmessentials.vanish.see— see vanished players (other staff) and/tpto them.uxmessentials.vanish.persist— rejoin already vanished across a relog.- The layered families
uxmessentials.vanish.use.level<N>/.see.level<N>tier who can see whom — a viewer sees a vanished player only when their see level is at least the target's use level.
Staff Mode
The staff module is staff-mode-only: entering staff mode swaps your survival inventory for a moderation loadout (a gadget hotbar) and drops you into vanish, then restores everything when you toggle back out. It is separate from the everyday /vanish above.
| Command | Description | Permission |
|---|---|---|
/staffmode [player] | Flip yourself (or a target) into staff mode — loadout swap, gadget hotbar, and vanish | uxmessentials.staff.mode |
/staffchat <message> (sc) | Post to the staff-only chat channel | uxmessentials.staff.chat |
/stafflist | Online-staff GUI (vanish-aware; click a head to teleport) | uxmessentials.staff.list |
/staff (presence) prints a quick chat list of who is on duty and is fine for players. /stafflist (staff module) opens an interactive, vanish-aware GUI where you can click a staff head to teleport straight to them.
Examples
Everyday presence
/afk grabbing coffee
/list
/whois Steve
/nick <gold>KingSteve
/nick off
Going on patrol
/staffmode
/staffchat heading to spawn, reports of grief
/stafflist
Every command literal above can be renamed, re-aliased, or switched off in commands/commands.conf without touching permissions — see Renaming Commands.
Next Steps
- 🫥 Vanish Feature Guide - See/use levels, buffs, fake messages, and cross-server sync
- 🕵️ Staff Mode Feature Guide - Loadout, gadgets, and the vanish workflow
- 🛡️ Moderation - Freeze, punishments, and investigation tools
- 🔐 Permission Reference - Every vanish, nick, and staff node
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