I never, ever remember the commands for ChanServ on Freenode. I’m always looking them up, so this time I made a quick cheat-sheet to help me out. You can basically follow this from top to bottom.
Register Your Channel
/msg ChanServ register #<channel> <password>
Tells ChanServ about your channel and makes you the founder.
Make ChanServ Stick Around
/msg ChanServ set #<channel> guard on
Makes ChanServ hang out in your channel.
Protect Your Topic
/msg ChanServ set #<channel> topiclock on
Makes it so you can only change the topic through ChanServ.
Set A Topic
/msg ChanServ set #<channel> topic <topic>
Set the channel topic via ChanServ.
Make Your Topic Sticky
/msg ChanServ set #<channel> keeptopic on
ChanServ keeps your topic even when there is no one in the channel.
Set The Channel URL
/msg ChanServ set #<channel> url <url>
Sets the URL for the channel if someone does an INFO query.
Set The Channel Description
/msg chanserv set #<channel> desc <description>
Sets the description for the channel if someone does an INFO or LIST query.
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