How to add support for private slash commands

[dapper sand]

Not a big Discord user so lots of common stuff I don't know. But I've made a bot for use just in one channel with a couple of friends. I have slash commands working and I've experimented enough to send and receive DMs.
But now I want to add support slash commands in DMs. I can't seem to find the next step via Google, the official docs, Stack Overflow, searching this discord, or asking AI chatbots.
Do I have to modify some stuff on my bot's dev page? Pass some more settings in new Client() in my bot code? Or both?

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[glass grove]

Can you show how you're deploying your slash commands.

[dapper sand]

i modified the deploy-commands.js from a Coding Train video to add support for multiple commands per module:

import { REST, Routes } from 'discord.js';
import { config } from 'dotenv';
import fs from 'node:fs';

config();

const commands = [];
const commandFiles = fs.readdirSync('./commands').filter((file) => file.endsWith('.js'));

for (const file of commandFiles) {
  const command = await import(`./commands/${file}`); // Using dynamic import
  if ('data' in command && 'execute' in command) {
    commands.push(command.data.toJSON());

    if ('data2' in command && 'execute2' in command) {
      commands.push(command.data2.toJSON());

      if ('data3' in command && 'execute3' in command) {
        commands.push(command.data3.toJSON());

        if ('data4' in command && 'execute4' in command) {
          commands.push(command.data4.toJSON());

          if ('data5' in command && 'execute5' in command) {
            commands.push(command.data5.toJSON());
          }
        }
      }
    }
  } else {
    console.log(`[WARNING] The command ${file} is missing a required "data" or "execute" property.`);
  }
}

const rest = new REST().setToken(process.env.TOKEN);

(async () => {
  try {
    console.log(`Started refreshing ${commands.length} application (/) commands.`);

    // The put method is used to fully refresh all commands in the guild with the current set
    const data = await rest.put(Routes.applicationGuildCommands(process.env.CLIENTID, process.env.SERVERID), {
      body: commands,
    });

    console.log(`Successfully reloaded ${data.length} application (/) commands.`);
  } catch (error) {
    // And of course, make sure you catch and log any errors!
    console.error(error);
  }
})();

i only dug in and grokked enough to do my mods

this is the video that was my starting point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvQcTjB3gPg
and its repo: https://github.com/CodingTrain/Discord-Bot-Examples/tree/main/01-discordjs

[glass grove]

Yeah so, the line where you have Routes.applicationGuildCommands

You'd want to change that to Routes.applicationCommands(client_id)

Or your process.env.CLIENTID anyway

That will deploy them globally, into DMs

You'd also then want to remove them from the guild, so they aren't duplicated

[glacial shard]

Creating Your Bot: Registering slash commands
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[glass grove]

Our guide covers it