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

# Trade Post for moderators

> What the app does, what it requires, and what to read first.

Trade Post turns your subreddit's posting rules into a composer, records trades,
and keeps the evidence. Listings stay real Reddit posts and offers stay real
Reddit comments, made under the trader's own account.

## What it does

* **Enforces your rules at publish time.** Title schema, region format, photo
  requirements and condition vocabulary become the composer. A listing that
  breaks them is never posted, so it never reaches your queue.
* **Updates trade counts.** Confirmed trades write user flair, or post the comment
  your existing bot already reads.
* **Records every resolved trade** on a mods-only wiki page in your subreddit, with
  a permalink to the thread. Reddit versions every revision.
* **Answers "has this trader done this before".** Look up a trader for completions,
  back-outs with the stated reason, and people who went silent past a deadline.

## What it does not do

No payments, no escrow, no linking out to a payment site. No dispute arbitration;
both sides confirm and the app keeps the record. No cross-subreddit reputation, and
no trade history visible to anyone but you.

## Requirements

<Warning>
  The app account needs moderator permissions in your subreddit.
</Warning>

Four features need it:

* Writing user flair, for trade counts.
* Writing the ledger, on a mods-only unlisted wiki page.
* Posting the closing notice when a stalled trade resolves.
* Filing a trader's report into your modqueue.

The flair half is optional. Trade Post keeps its own count in every mode, so
[declining it](/moderators/flair) costs nothing.

## Where to start

1. [Installing and first run](/moderators/install)
2. [How settings work](/moderators/settings)
3. [Listing format](/moderators/listing-format) ·
   [Region format](/moderators/region-format) ·
   [Photo requirements](/moderators/photo-rules) ·
   [Trade rules](/moderators/trade-rules) ·
   [Inventory rules](/moderators/inventory-rules) ·
   [Trade counts and flair](/moderators/flair)
4. [Mod tools](/moderators/mod-tools) and [the ledger](/moderators/ledger)
5. [Troubleshooting](/moderators/troubleshooting)