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FilterGuard Guide

This page introduces FilterGuard as a public staff guide. It focuses on what the tool does, how authorized staff get started, and which commands are useful.

FilterGuard extends server chat-filter style checks to other player-written text surfaces: signs, wall signs, hanging signs, wall hanging signs, books, anvils, item names, and server nicknames.

Start with /filterguard. The sections below explain what FilterGuard is for, which commands authorized staff can use, and what its output means.

Available features include:

  • Reads CMI Settings/ChatFilter.yml deny rules.
  • Checks sign text, wall sign text, hanging sign text, wall hanging sign text, book edits, anvil rename text, item-name rename text, and CMI nickname changes.
  • Supports per-surface enabled toggles.
  • Supports per-surface actions: log, alert, cancel, and cancel-and-alert.
  • Sends live alerts to staff with onembcmi.filterguard.alert.
  • Keeps bounded recent detections for the current runtime.
  • Provides a safe /filterguard test <surface> <text> command before enabling cancellation.
  1. Start with /filterguard to open or view FilterGuard.
  2. Use /filterguard status to check your current progress, settings, or state.
  3. Try /filterguard recent when you are ready to use one of the feature actions.
CommandWhat it doesExample
/filterguardOpens or shows the main FilterGuard player view./filterguard
/filterguard statusShows your current FilterGuard status./filterguard status
/filterguard recent [page]Runs the FilterGuard recent action./filterguard recent
/filterguard rules [page]Runs the FilterGuard rules action./filterguard rules
  • /chatfilterguard
  • /cfguard
  • /filterguard
  • /filterguard status
  • /filterguard recent
  • /filterguard recent 2
  • /filterguard rules
  • This is a permission-gated staff or server-management feature, not a normal player feature.
  • Review the full reference before changing settings or using any command that can write data.

The full synced FilterGuard reference is available for exact technical details.