Add packs and flows, and manage what you added

What a pack is

A pack offers several ready-made flows for one part of your channel. Starter covers everyday reactions and commands; Alerts covers stream events. Every flow in a pack is also offered on its own, so you can add the whole pack or just the one flow you want. Every flow you add is a separate flow with its own live switch and graph.

Starter is added to channels using the earlier setup automatically once. A new guided-setup channel chooses its own tools, so Starter is added only if you choose it. New flows arrive paused: open Flows → Packs → Starter, review each flow, and turn on the ones you want. Existing Starter flows keep their edits and live state. You can remove flows or the whole pack; Bloopbot will not add them back automatically. To restore one later, add it from the Marketplace.

Before you start

Choose your channel in the dashboard, then open Flows. Packs opens first, with All flows beside it. Press Marketplace at the top right, beside New flow: Add to Flows opens on the right of your list. It lists Packs, then single Flows, with anything that has a newer version under Update ready first. It ends with From another bot, which opens the importer for your Nightbot or StreamElements commands, and See everything in Marketplace, which opens the Marketplace with the same packs beside themes and overlays.

+ New flow is for a flow of your own: Start blank or Paste a link or drop a file, which opens the Marketplace to bring in a saved flow file. Adding untouched built-in flows does not use your flow allowance. Flows from a pack shared by a channel do count when added. Check What your plan includes for your channel’s count.

Read a row

Each row shows the item’s picture, its name and what it is: Pack · 12 flows, or Flow · 1 flow. A Community pack also names its creator. On the right, Add opens its review, Installed means it is already in your channel, and Update means a newer version is ready. Pressing a row’s name opens the same review. Nothing is added until you press the review’s own button.

Find what you need

Use Search flows and packs to look across built-in packs, single flows and Community packs by name, summary or creator. All, Packs and Flows narrow the list. If nothing matches, clear the search, or start your own from + New flow.

Add a pack or a flow

1. Open Flows and press Marketplace.
2. Press Add on a pack, such as Starter, or on a single flow, such as Timed promo. Its review opens in the panel.
3. Read it: one sentence says what happens — for one flow, “Adds 1 flow to your channel. It starts paused — nothing runs until you switch it on.” — then What you get, with details such as What’s inside folded below. Answer any question it asks, such as which channel point reward a flow listens for.
4. Press Add 1 flow — paused (for a pack, Add 12 flows — paused). The review turns into Added — paused with a short Set it up list.
5. Close the panel. A pack is a card on Packs with a Marketplace chip, and a single flow sits in the pack it comes from; a flow that belongs to no pack is under Not in a pack. Open each flow to read its message and command before switching it on.

Adding the same flow again does not make a second copy: its review says it is already in your channel. A pack you already have adds only the flows you left out, and its overlay if you do not have it (Packs that bring an overlay). To add only some of a pack’s flows, add each one on its own from Flows in the panel. When a pack or flow has a newer version, it moves to Update ready: a flow you have not changed updates in place, keeping its name and whether it is on. A flow you changed stays as it is until you choose: the review asks Keep mine or Use the new one. A group the old version used is tidied away once nothing uses it, unless you edited it. If two different flows claim the same command, the review warns you so you can keep one paused or change a command.

Packs that bring an overlay

Some packs show something on stream, so they come with a small overlay of their own, holding only the layers their flows use, in your Active theme:

1. Open Flows, press Marketplace, then Add on one of these packs. Its review counts the overlay under What you get, and What’s inside names it under Look.
2. Press the review’s button. The flows arrive paused, and the overlay is ready at once.
3. In Set it up, Add the OBS source comes first: press Copy URL and paste it into a Browser source in OBS (Add an overlay to OBS).
4. Switch on the flows you want.

For example, add Minigames, paste the Minigames overlay’s URL into OBS, switch on Slots (!slots) and type !slots 10 in chat: the slot card plays in the bottom-right corner. The overlay shows nothing until one of the pack’s flows plays something, so it can sit on top of any scene.

• No second copy. Adding the pack again never makes a second overlay. If you delete it, the pack’s review offers it again.
• Already placed the layer yourself? If an overlay you already use in OBS has a Minigames or Stream Boss layer, you do not need the new one in OBS. Leave it out, or delete it from Overlays.
• Giveaway’s alert designs (giveaway-open, giveaway-winner and giveaway-claimed) arrive in your draft. Publish in Studio so they show. A design of yours with the same name is kept.
• Updates. When a new version of a pack changes its overlay, an overlay you have not changed takes the new layout in your draft: nothing on stream changes until you publish. If you changed it, the review asks Keep mine or Use the new one.
• Your overlay allowance. If your plan’s overlays are all in use, the pack adds its flows and says the overlay did not fit. Remove an overlay you do not use, then add the pack again.
• One flow, or a feature page’s row, adds flows only. Add the whole pack from Flows → Add to get its overlay.

Add from the Community group

Community packs are bundles other streamers made and listed in the marketplace. Each one was reviewed before it was listed. They sit in Add to Flows beside Bloopbot’s own, each row naming its creator, and in the Marketplace, where their cards also show how many channels use them and their rating.

1. Open Flows, press Marketplace, and search for the bundle or its creator.
2. Press Add on its row. The review lists what it brings — flows, overlays, alert designs, rewards, variables and files, with their sizes — says which you already have, and what it adds to your file storage.
3. Answer its reward questions: one of your channel point rewards, or Make it for me, which makes it on Twitch switched off, so nothing appears to viewers until you turn it on.
4. Press Add N flows — paused.

The flows arrive paused in a pack named after the bundle. Adding it again adds only what you do not have yet. If its files do not fit in your file storage, nothing is added: free some space on the Media page and try again.

When its creator publishes a new version and it passes review, the bundle moves to Update ready, and its card on Packs offers Review N updates. The review shows what changed, in the creator’s words. A flow you have not changed updates in place, keeping its name and whether it is on; a flow you changed is asked about, with Keep mine chosen. Nothing updates until you press Update. You can update it under Marketplace → Installed too (Update what you added).

Reviews. Once you have had a Community bundle for 3 days, with at least one of its flows switched on, you can review it:

1. On Packs, choose Marketplace in the toggle, press Manage on the bundle’s card, then Reviews in the side panel.
2. Under Your review, pick a number of stars from 1 to 5 and, if you like, write what you think.
3. Press Post review.

The same dialog shows the bundle’s rating, once 3 streamers have reviewed it, and the latest reviews. Your words are checked before they show, so a review can take a little while to appear. Come back to change it with Update review or remove it with the bin icon (Delete your review), and select the flag icon (Report) under someone else’s review if it breaks the rules.

You can also browse every listed bundle without signing in, on the public marketplace — handy for a link someone shared with you.

Something wrong with a bundle — it breaks Twitch’s rules, uses someone else’s work, or does not do what it says? Press Report in its pack’s side panel, or Report this bundle on its public page. The people who review the marketplace read every report. To list your own flows, see List your flows in the marketplace.

Read a pack at a glance

Packs is one grid of cards: the packs you made and the packs you added from the Marketplace, side by side. The toggle above it switches between All, Mine and Marketplace, each with a count. Marketplace lists only packs you have already added; to find and add more, press Add or open the Marketplace. A chip on each card says where the pack came from: Marketplace · Built in for one of Bloopbot’s own packs, Marketplace followed by the creator’s name for a Community pack, and Mine · Only you for a pack you made (Group flows and overlays into a pack).

Each card has a cover, the pack’s name and how many flows it holds, and a bar with one segment for every flow:

A solid shape means the flow is in your channel and a dashed one means it is not; blue means it is running. Every state also has its word in the line under the bar, such as 2 live, 2 paused, 1 needs attention, 7 not added or 2 updates ready. A pack you made counts only the flows in it, so it never shows not added.

The card offers one action, the first of these that applies: Fix N flows, which opens the pack with only the flows that need attention; Review N updates; Turn all on; Add N more; or a plain All live. Click the card’s title or press Manage to open the pack’s page.

Beside the toggle, the chips Needs attention, Not fully added (packs from the Marketplace only) and Nothing live narrow the grid. Click a chip again to clear it. New pack starts an empty pack of your own. When any flow cannot run yet, a banner at the top of the page says how many.

Not in a pack sits under the grid on All and Mine, and is hidden on Marketplace. It holds every flow that belongs to no pack, whether you built it or added it on its own. It has its own bar and counts, shows the first four flows with a live switch and an Add to pack button each, and offers Show all N and Show fewer. Make a pack from these groups them into a pack of your own.

Open a pack’s page

A pack’s page has the same layout for a pack you added and a pack you made. The top shows the cover, the name, the provenance chip and a large bar with its counts. The chips All, Live, Paused, Needs attention and Not added filter the list; on a pack you made the last one reads Not in this pack.

Under the chips are the flows you have in the pack, as the ordinary Flows rows with a switch, a tick box and a menu. Below them a dashed line reads Still in the pack and how many are not in your channel (on a pack you made, Your other flows and how many are not in the pack), followed by dashed rows for the flows you do not have. On a pack from the Marketplace, Add on a dashed row opens the pack’s review so you can add that flow. On a pack you made, Add to pack adds the flow at once; it shows five rows with and N more, and a search box to find the rest.

The side panel for a pack from the Marketplace has:

• About this pack: the source, how many flows are in your channel (4 of 11), whether you edited any, and the version.
• An update card, N updates ready, with Review N updates.
• Add N more, and Turn all on (or Pause all when nothing is paused).
• Reviews and Report, for Community packs only.
• Remove pack: its flows go to Trash, where you can restore them.

Manage what you added

Each flow stays editable on its own. Turn all on and Add N more work on a whole pack from its card or its page. If only some flows can be turned on, the result names the ones that failed so you can open and fix them. A flow you edited stays in its pack, and it is the same flow wherever it shows: Not in a pack holds only flows that belong to no pack. All flows shows each flow once, with search and Trash, and a small chip on each row names its pack (+2 when it is in several); open the chip to open that pack.

A pack's card also counts any overlays it brought, and removing a pack leaves its overlays on Overlays. Removing a pack moves its installed members to Trash, including any you edited. The confirmation marks edited members. Undo restores those same flows and their history. The pack group disappears if its last member is in Trash, and returns when a member is restored. If the original shared pack is no longer available, installed members remain usable, though adding or updating from it is unavailable.

Select several flows at once

All flows and a pack’s page let you act on several flows together, and Packs lets you act on several whole packs.

1. Press Select beside the filters. A box appears at the start of each flow's row, and Select becomes Done.
2. Tick the box on a flow's row.
3. Hold Shift and tick another row. Every flow between the two takes the same state, so a Shift-click on a ticked row unticks the whole range.
4. To tick every flow in the list, use the box beside the section heading. Use it again to untick them all.
5. In the bar that appears at the bottom of the list, choose what to do with the selection.
6. Press Done to hide the boxes again. It clears anything still ticked.

On Packs, press Select in the toolbar, then click the cards you want: a picked card is outlined and marked with a tick, and clicking it again unpicks it. Cards have no boxes, and while you are selecting a click picks the card instead of opening it. Select all picks every card shown. The bar counts the packs and their flows, such as 2 packs · 9 flows, and its buttons act on every flow in them.

When the selection mixes live and paused flows, the buttons show how many each one affects, such as Turn on 2 and Pause 3.

Example: start with two greetings

Suppose you want a follow greeting and a welcome for first-time chatters, but no commands yet. If Starter is already in your channel, open it and turn on just those two flows. The steps below show how to add them after you have removed Starter.

1. Open Flows, press Marketplace and search welcome.
2. Press Add on Welcome new followers, read its review and press Add 1 flow — paused. Press Back to the list.
3. Do the same for Welcome new chatters, then close the panel.
4. On Packs, the Starter card’s bar shows two paused segments and ten dashed ones, and its counts read 2 paused · 10 not added.
5. Open each flow, make the message sound like your channel, save, and switch on only the one you are ready to use.

The edited member stays in the Starter pack. The other member remains free under the allowance until you change its behaviour.

What you should see

• Packs first, with All flows beside it; the Starter card shows a partial bar with independent live or paused segments and the rest dashed.
• An edited member still in its pack, with one row in All flows that names its pack.
• New copies paused until you switch them on. A Test fire dry run does not post to Twitch.

If something looks wrong

• A flow you expected is missing: press Marketplace on Flows and add it on its own, or open its pack’s page and press Add on its dashed row.
• A command replies twice: two different live flows may claim it. Pause one or change its command.
• A shared pack source is gone: installed copies stay in your channel, but adding or updating from that source is unavailable.
• A Community bundle says it is no longer in the marketplace: its creator unlisted it, or it was taken down. The flows you added stay yours. If it was taken down after a copyright claim, a notice at the top of the Flows page names each file that was removed and what used it: those widgets and alerts now show without it.
• Own the copyright in something a bundle uses? Send a copyright claim.
• A bundle's overlays did not change after an update: an overlay update waits in your draft. Publish in Studio to make it live.
• The allowance number is lower than the number of rows you added: untouched built-in copies are free. Changing what one does makes it one of your flows.