Tools that plug into your raid train

Your raid train lives on R3dLabs, but the night itself happens in OBS, on a Stream Deck, in your chat, and in whatever you posted to get people there. These four tools carry your lineup and your raid target into all of it.

FirePanel: A raid and stream HUD for Twitch streamers

FirePanel docks straight into OBS as a custom browser dock, so you can see who is live, build a raid queue, check your raid train schedule, and fire off a raid without ever tabbing away from your stream.

Read more about FirePanel or open https://firepanel.r3dlabs.com.

Panels inside FirePanel

• Chat: Read and send Twitch chat from inside OBS, with an emote picker, @mention autocomplete, and slash commands like /announce and /raid.
• Viewers: See who is watching with total, real, and known-bot counts. Filter to mods, VIPs, or bots, then raid or ban a viewer straight from their card.
• Who's Online: One live list combining the channels you follow and your R3dLabs teammates. Sort by viewers or uptime, then queue or raid any of them.
• Events: Your R3dLabs raid train schedule, including a live banner for your active slot that tells you exactly who your raid target is.

FirePanel features

• Your raid target, front and center: When your raid train slot is live, FirePanel shows the on-deck streamer and flips to "click to raid" the moment they go live.
• Build a raid queue: Add streamers from Who's Online or your teammates list, drag to reorder, and keep a backup target ready if plans change.
• Floating raid button: A draggable one-tap raid button shows your next target's avatar and flashes a notification when they come online.
• Find your teammates: A dedicated popout lists every R3dLabs Teams teammate who is live right now, with shared team names and viewer counts.
• Never tab away: Built for narrow OBS docks and tuned for long streams, so chat stays connected and the panel refreshes itself in the background.
• Free, and no extra account: Sign in with the Twitch account you already stream from. If you use R3dLabs, FirePanel already knows your schedule and teams.

How to add FirePanel to OBS

• In OBS, open Docks → Custom Browser Docks
• Add a dock named FirePanel pointing at https://firepanel.r3dlabs.com
• Dock it beside your preview and sign in with Twitch

R3dLabs Toolbox: One-press raiding on your Stream Deck

R3dLabs Toolbox turns a single Stream Deck key into your raid button. It watches your raid train for the next streamer in line, lights up the moment they go live, and raids them when you press it.

Read more about R3dLabs Toolbox or install it from the Elgato Marketplace.

Stream Deck key states

• No raid target: You are linked, but your raid train has not handed you a target yet.
• Raid target acquired: Your next streamer is locked in. The key shows their name and waits for them to go live.
• Raid now: They are live. Press the key to send your viewers their way.
• Raiding: The raid is on its way. Press again during the countdown to cancel it.

Stream Deck plugin features

• Knows who is next: The key pulls the on-deck streamer from your active R3dLabs raid train slot, so you never have to look up who you are raiding.
• Lights up on go-live: Toolbox checks Twitch every few seconds and switches the key from orange to red the instant your target starts streaming.
• Shows their name: The key art is generated with your target's display name on it, so a glance at your deck tells you where the raid is headed.
• Raid in one press: No commands, no tabbing to Twitch. Press once to start the raid, press again during the countdown to cancel.
• Setup takes one click: Link your Twitch account from the plugin's settings panel. No API keys, no usernames to type, no separate login.
• Free on the Marketplace: Install it from the Elgato Marketplace like any other plugin and it appears under the R3dLabs Toolbox category.

How to set up the Stream Deck plugin

• Install R3dLabs Toolbox from the Elgato Marketplace
• Drag the Raid Now action onto any key
• Click Link Twitch Account and approve the raid permission

Requirements

• Stream Deck 6.5 or later
• macOS 10.15+ or Windows 10+
• A R3dLabs raid train slot

R3ddyBot: A Twitch chat bot that knows your raid train

R3ddyBot is the R3dLabs Twitch chat bot for raid trains. !raidnow raids the next streamer in your lineup and tells chat when they go live. Commands, timers, event actions, and AI personalities all live in one web console.

Read more about R3ddyBot, visit r3ddybot.com for full details, or open the R3ddyBot console.

What R3ddyBot does on a raid train

• !raidnow — Raid the next streamer in one command: R3ddyBot asks R3dLabs who holds the next slot on your live event and sends the raid there. No opening the schedule, no spelling a username wrong on your way out the door.
• Tells chat when your target goes live: R3dLabs pings R3ddyBot the moment the next streamer in the lineup starts broadcasting — and again if they drop offline — so your chat knows the handoff is coming.
• Posts who is live now and who is next: Lineup announcements go out on a timer with the next few start times in your timezone and a link to the event, so viewers who just walked in can follow the whole train.
• Runs the organizer's script for them: Organizers queue messages on the event and R3ddyBot rotates them through whichever streamer is live, so every channel on the train shares the same charity link, hashtag, or house rule.
• !calendar — Announces your upcoming raid trains: The R3dLabs calendar module posts your upcoming events on a timer, either the closest one or a rotation through all of them, and viewers can ask for the list whenever they like.

R3ddyBot stream overlay modules

• !checkin — Check-In Map: Your chat, lit up on a live globe: Viewers run !checkin and their city lights up on a dotted globe on your stream, next to a running feed of who just checked in from where. It turns a quiet chat into something to talk about, and on a raid train it shows the whole world the train is pulling in. Viewers check in from anywhere in the world with one command. Live feed of the most recent check-ins beside the globe. Browser source you can size and place anywhere in your scene. Learn more about Check-In Map. Set up Check-In Map in the R3ddyBot console.
• !so — Shoutout: A proper !so, in chat and on screen: One !so posts a formatted message in chat and pops an animated card on stream with the streamer's name, avatar, category, and channel art. Perfect for the raid you just took, the friend passing through, or the streamer you are about to hand the train to. Animated on-stream card with avatar, category, and channel art. Formatted chat message goes out at the same time. Made for raids, hosts, and raid train handoffs. Learn more about Shoutout. Set up Shoutout in the R3ddyBot console.
• !spin — Wheel Spin: A prize wheel your chat gets to pull: Build a wheel out of whatever you want to give away — song requests, the next game, mod for a minute — and chat spins it live on your stream. Spins can be free, cost channel credits, or be handed to one specific viewer, so a new sub or the raider who just showed up gets a moment of their own. Segments, colors, fonts, and the spin animation are all yours to style. Free spins, credit-cost spins, daily limits, or a spin granted to one viewer. Role-based permissions decide who can spin and who can reload the wheel. Learn more about Wheel Spin. Set up Wheel Spin in the R3ddyBot console.

Inside the R3ddyBot console

• Dashboard: A live snapshot of chat messages, viewers, AI replies, and Twitch events, plus a feed of everything the bot just did.
• Commands: Custom chat commands with up to ten aliases each, access levels from everyone to broadcaster-only, and usage counts.
• Timers: Scheduled messages that post only once both the time interval and a minimum amount of chat activity are met.
• Events: Automatic responses to follows, subs, resubs, cheers, and incoming raids.
• Modules: Pre-built features you install and configure, including the check-in map, shoutout, and wheel spin overlays, AI chat engagement, and R3dLabs calendar posts.
• AI Personalities: Named instruction sets that shape how the bot writes. One is active at a time, so you can switch tone per stream.

R3ddyBot features

• Writes its own messages: Every command, timer, and event action can post fixed text or let AI generate the line, as a normal chat message or a highlighted Twitch announcement.
• Answers your chat: The AI engagement module reads along and replies when it has something worth saying. A sensitivity dial sets how often, and exclude patterns keep it out of conversations you would rather it skipped.
• Takes orders from your other tools: Modules can expose a webhook, so OBS, a Stream Deck key, or anything else that can send a POST request can make the bot say something.
• Won't spam your chat: A global limiter caps how often automated messages go out, holding extras in a queue you can review or cancel.
• Ignores who you tell it to: Mute the bot for specific viewers, or only for commands, AI, modules, or events. Known bots can be filtered out entirely.
• Use your own bot account: Run it as the shared @r3ddybot account or connect your own Twitch account so messages come from a name you picked.

How to add R3ddyBot to your channel

• Sign in with Twitch at console.r3ddybot.com
• Mod @r3ddybot in your channel so it can post announcements
• Switch the bot on, then add your first command or timer
• Install the R3dLabs modules to turn on raid and calendar announcements

Flyer Studio: A flyer maker built around your raid train

Flyer Studio is the flyer maker built into R3dLabs. Drop a lineup block onto the canvas and every claimed slot fills itself in with the streamer's name, handle, avatar, and time. Design it once, publish it to your event page, and download it to post anywhere else.

Read more about Flyer Studio or open it at Flyer Central.

What Flyer Studio knows about your raid train

• The lineup fills itself in: Drop a lineup block on the canvas and every claimed slot appears with the streamer's name, handle, avatar, and start time. Nobody gets typed in by hand, and nobody gets left off.
• Forty-odd fields read from the event: Wildcards like {event_name}, {start_date}, {time_range}, and {open_slot_count} pull straight from R3dLabs, so the flyer says what the event actually says.
• Long trains paginate themselves: Say how many slots fit on a page and the design repeats across as many pages as the lineup needs. A forty-slot train is still one design you edit once.
• Times in the timezone you picked: Set the timezone and 12 or 24 hour once on the template. Every slot time on every page follows it, and you can show the timezone on each line.
• Preview against a real event: Flip to preview and see the finished pages built from an actual event of yours, or from sample lineups ranging from six slots to very large.
• Change the lineup, redo the flyer: When someone claims a slot or drops out, reopen the design and republish. The slots re-read themselves, so it is one click rather than a re-edit.

Finishing and publishing a flyer

• AI backgrounds from your event: Describe the artwork you want, or let it work from the event's title, description, and image. It renders at your canvas size and never draws text into the picture.
• Publish to the event page: One click renders every page and posts them to your event's public flyer gallery, where anyone can flip through them and download a copy.
• Download to post anywhere: Export PNG or JPG at full canvas size. Multi-page flyers come down together as a zip, ready for X, Discord, or the printer.
• Save it and use it again: Keep any design as a template, duplicate it for next month, or copy a flyer you already made onto a different event. Copies are one-way, so editing one never disturbs the other.
• Take your templates with you: Export a template to a file to back it up or hand it to a co-organizer, and import it back into any account.
• Or upload your own art: Already have a flyer? Event settings take up to thirty pages of PNG, JPG, or WebP, so the gallery works whether or not you designed it here.

How to make your first flyer

• Open Flyer Studio and pick the event you are promoting
• Start from one of your templates, a flyer you already made, or a blank canvas
• Drop in a lineup block and watch the claimed slots fill themselves in
• Publish it to the event page, or download the pages and post them yourself

All four tools read your R3dLabs raid train. Browse open raid trains, learn what a Twitch raid train is, or compare free vs Membership features.

New to this? Read how to raid on Twitch, how to host a raid train, or what to look for in a raid train app.