Admin can now control channel creation from the admin dashboard

database/migrations/2026_05_15_235625_add_can_create_channel_to_users_table.php

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+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->boolean('can_create_channel')->default(false)->index()->after('is_admin');
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn('can_create_channel');
+        });
+    }
+};

database/migrations/2026_05_15_235629_create_platform_settings_table.php

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+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::create('platform_settings', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->id();
+            $table->boolean('channel_creation_open')->default(false);
+            $table->timestamps();
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::dropIfExists('platform_settings');
+    }
+};