> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://mbcz.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Permissions

> Player why.self / why.claim, staff why, and causechain.admin children.

CauseChain is usable for players out of the box. Death and claim inspect default **true**. Global inspect and graph tools default **op**.

## Player

| Permission             | Default | Description                                                                                                     |
| ---------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `causechain.why.self`  | true    | Your last death (`/why`) and last denied build (`/why deny`). Also required for on-deny hints.                  |
| `causechain.why.claim` | true    | Inspect captured chains inside a claim or region you can build in. Empty inspect points at CoreProtect `/co i`. |

A player needs at least one of `why.self`, `why.claim`, or `why` to run `/why` at all.

## Staff

| Permission                | Default | Description                                                                                                             |
| ------------------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `causechain.why`          | op      | Global inspect: toggle inspect on bare `/why`, inspect anywhere, `/why player`, `/why entity`, `/why chain`, `/cc why`. |
| `causechain.chain`        | op      | `/chain <id> [--up\|--down]`                                                                                            |
| `causechain.evidence`     | op      | `/cc explain <edge-id>`                                                                                                 |
| `causechain.status`       | op      | `/cc`, `/cc status`, `/cc adapters`, `/cc help`                                                                         |
| `causechain.export`       | op      | `/cc export <id>`                                                                                                       |
| `causechain.visual.trace` | op      | `/cc trace` / `/cc trace cancel`                                                                                        |
| `causechain.admin.reload` | op      | `/cc reload`                                                                                                            |

Staff with `causechain.why` can also use player death/deny and claim inspect (those checks treat `why` as sufficient).

## `causechain.admin`

Default **op**. Grants every investigation and admin child:

| Child                     | Included |
| ------------------------- | -------- |
| `causechain.why.self`     | true     |
| `causechain.why.claim`    | true     |
| `causechain.why`          | true     |
| `causechain.chain`        | true     |
| `causechain.evidence`     | true     |
| `causechain.status`       | true     |
| `causechain.export`       | true     |
| `causechain.visual.trace` | true     |
| `causechain.admin.reload` | true     |

Give `causechain.admin` to senior staff. Give `causechain.why` without `export` if you want inspect without JSON dumps.

## Typical LuckPerms groups

```text theme={null}
# Members — already default true; only needed if you negated defaults
lp group default permission set causechain.why.self true
lp group default permission set causechain.why.claim true

# Moderators
lp group mod permission set causechain.why true
lp group mod permission set causechain.chain true
lp group mod permission set causechain.evidence true
lp group mod permission set causechain.status true
lp group mod permission set causechain.visual.trace true

# Admins
lp group admin permission set causechain.admin true
```