README: add note on docs/operating.md

README.md

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ or third party libraries (such as [Eris](https://github.com/abalabahaha/eris)).
 Requirements:
 
 - **Python 3.7+**
-- PostgreSQL (tested using 9.6+)
+- PostgreSQL (tested using 9.6+), SQL knowledge is recommended.
 - gifsicle for GIF emoji and avatar handling
 - [pipenv]
 
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ You can check if your instance is running by performing an HTTP `GET` request on
 the `/api/v6/gateway` endpoint. For basic websocket testing, a tool such as
 [ws](https://github.com/hashrocket/ws) can be used.
 
+After checking that it actually works, `docs/operating.md` continues on common
+operations for a Litecord instance.
+
 ## Updating
 
 Update the code and run any new database migrations:

docs/operating.md

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Operating a Litecord instance
+
+`./manage.py` contains common admin tasks that you may want to do to the
+instance, e.g make someone an admin, or migrate the database, etc.
+
+Note, however, that many commands (example the ones related to user deletion)
+may be moved to the Admin API without proper notice. There is no frontend yet
+for the Admin API.
+
+The possible actions on `./manage.py` can be accessed via `./manage.py -h`, or
+`pipenv run ./manage.py -h` if you're on pipenv.
+
+## `./manage.py generate_token`?
+
+You can generate a user token but only if that user is a bot.