Department Applications

The CAD can run proper written applications — not a quick Discord modal, a real multi-question form someone fills out on the website, reviewed by staff with the same accept/deny flow used everywhere else in Varko.

It's not a separate system

Worth knowing up front: this is the exact same application system Varko uses for recruitment generally. A form only shows up inside the CAD because it's been marked to — there's no CAD-specific application type underneath. That means anything you already know about how Varko's applications work (review flow, decisions, role grants) applies here directly.

Building a form

Two question types only: a short answer (one line) or a paragraph (several lines). Each question can be marked required or optional, given a character limit, and a placeholder hint. There's no multiple-choice or dropdown option — if the question needs a real decision from the applicant, it's one of these two text types.

Tie the form to a specific department, and accepting someone places them straight into it — no separate step needed to assign them afterward.

Unlike a Discord modal, there's no hard cap on how many questions you can ask — the usual five-question modal limit doesn't apply to a form filled out on the website.

Reviewing

Submissions queue up for staff to review, same accept/deny decision as any other application in Varko — accepting runs the same role-grant and (if tied to one) department-placement logic automatically. Someone can only have one pending submission per form at a time, so there's no way to accidentally spam the same application in twice.