diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ee77dc..b63f431 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ client.
 
 Slash commands: `NewCommand(...).With(dctl.String(...), dctl.Sub(...))` builds a
 typed command; `c.Interactions().Registry()` owns `Add`, `Sync` (diff against
-Discord: create/edit/delete), and `Dispatch` / `DispatchAutocomplete`.
+Discord: create/edit/delete), and `Dispatch` / `DispatchAutocomplete`. They are
+registered on the default guild — instant, one server — or on the application
+with `WithGlobalCommands`, which reaches every server the bot is in and takes up
+to an hour to propagate.
 
 Path segments are percent-escaped and queries built with `url.Values`.
 `Webhook.Token` and `Interaction.Token` are `Secret` — `[REDACTED]` in logs and
diff --git a/dctl.go b/dctl.go
index 429b233..b6ccc45 100644
--- a/dctl.go
+++ b/dctl.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type ClientOption func(*clientConfig)
 type clientConfig struct {
 	httpClient *http.Client
 	guild      string
+	global     bool
 }
 
 // WithHTTPClient overrides the default 15s-timeout HTTP client.
@@ -36,6 +37,15 @@ func WithGuild(id string) ClientOption {
 	return func(c *clientConfig) { c.guild = id }
 }
 
+// WithGlobalCommands registers slash commands on the application rather than on
+// one guild, so every server the bot is in gets them — the only scope that
+// works for a bot meant to be installed anywhere. Guild commands appear
+// instantly and global ones take up to an hour to propagate, which is why they
+// stay the default. Other guild-scoped ops are unaffected.
+func WithGlobalCommands() ClientOption {
+	return func(c *clientConfig) { c.global = true }
+}
+
 // New builds a Client. token is the bot token (kept in memory only). defaultChannel
 // is the channel that message ops target when no explicit channel id is passed.
 func New(token, defaultChannel string, opts ...ClientOption) *Client {
@@ -50,6 +60,7 @@ func New(token, defaultChannel string, opts ...ClientOption) *Client {
 	rt := transport.NewHTTP(token, topts...)
 	c := newWith(rt, defaultChannel)
 	c.def.guild = cfg.guild
+	c.def.globalCommands = cfg.global
 	return c
 }
 
diff --git a/dctl_registry_test.go b/dctl_registry_test.go
index 02a0942..dc70032 100644
--- a/dctl_registry_test.go
+++ b/dctl_registry_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,45 @@ func TestClientRegistryIsStable(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Commands default to the guild scope: instant propagation, one server.
+func TestCommandsBaseDefaultsToGuildScope(t *testing.T) {
+	s := transport.NewStub().Reply(`{"id":"app1"}`).Reply(`[{"id":"g1","name":"srv"}]`)
+	c := newWith(s, "chan")
+
+	base, err := c.Interactions().commandsBase(context.Background())
+	if err != nil || base != "/applications/app1/guilds/g1/commands" {
+		t.Fatalf("base = %q, %v", base, err)
+	}
+}
+
+// A bot installable anywhere cannot pin its commands to one server. Global
+// scope must also skip the guild lookup entirely — that lookup fails outright
+// once the bot is in more than one server.
+func TestGlobalCommandsScopeSkipsGuildLookup(t *testing.T) {
+	s := transport.NewStub().Reply(`{"id":"app1"}`)
+	c := newWith(s, "chan")
+	c.def.globalCommands = true
+
+	base, err := c.Interactions().commandsBase(context.Background())
+	if err != nil || base != "/applications/app1/commands" {
+		t.Fatalf("base = %q, %v", base, err)
+	}
+	for _, call := range s.Calls() {
+		if call.Path == "/users/@me/guilds" {
+			t.Fatal("global commands must not resolve a guild")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWithGlobalCommandsConfiguresDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	if c := New("token", "chan", WithGlobalCommands()); !c.def.globalCommands {
+		t.Error("WithGlobalCommands did not reach the client")
+	}
+	if c := New("token", "chan"); c.def.globalCommands {
+		t.Error("commands must stay guild-scoped without the option")
+	}
+}
+
 // AppID is fetched once and cached, even across separate sub-client ops.
 func TestAppIDCached(t *testing.T) {
 	s := transport.NewStub().Reply(`{"id":"app1"}`).Reply(`{"id":"app1"}`)
diff --git a/defaults.go b/defaults.go
index 6eb096d..c92c4bd 100644
--- a/defaults.go
+++ b/defaults.go
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ type defaults struct {
 	guild   string
 	guilds  *Guilds
 
+	// globalCommands scopes slash commands to the application instead of a
+	// guild; it deliberately touches nothing else that resolves a guild.
+	globalCommands bool
+
 	// appID and the sole-guild id are resolved independently via one network
 	// call each; separate locks keep a slow guild lookup from blocking an app-id
 	// lookup (and vice-versa). Each guards only its own value, held across the
diff --git a/interactions.go b/interactions.go
index 75dca59..321c43e 100644
--- a/interactions.go
+++ b/interactions.go
@@ -198,18 +198,24 @@ func fetchAppID(ctx context.Context, rt transport.Doer) (string, error) {
 	return u.ID, nil
 }
 
-// RegisteredCommand is the read form of a registered guild command.
+// RegisteredCommand is the read form of a registered command.
 type RegisteredCommand struct {
 	ID          string `json:"id"`
 	Name        string `json:"name"`
 	Description string `json:"description"`
 }
 
+// commandsBase is the command collection every command op reads and writes:
+// the application's global commands when the client asked for them
+// (WithGlobalCommands), otherwise the default guild's.
 func (in *Interactions) commandsBase(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	appID, err := in.AppID(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
+	if in.def.globalCommands {
+		return "/applications/" + seg(appID) + "/commands", nil
+	}
 	gid, err := in.def.resolveGuild(ctx, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
@@ -217,7 +223,7 @@ func (in *Interactions) commandsBase(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	return "/applications/" + seg(appID) + "/guilds/" + seg(gid) + "/commands", nil
 }
 
-// RegisterCommands bulk-overwrites the sole guild's commands from raw maps.
+// RegisterCommands bulk-overwrites the command scope from raw maps.
 func (in *Interactions) RegisterCommands(ctx context.Context, commands []map[string]any) error {
 	base, err := in.commandsBase(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -226,7 +232,7 @@ func (in *Interactions) RegisterCommands(ctx context.Context, commands []map[str
 	return in.rt.Do(ctx, http.MethodPut, base, commands, nil)
 }
 
-// Register bulk-overwrites the sole guild's commands from builders.
+// Register bulk-overwrites the command scope from builders.
 func (in *Interactions) Register(ctx context.Context, cmds ...*Command) error {
 	body := make([]map[string]any, 0, len(cmds))
 	for _, c := range cmds {
@@ -235,7 +241,7 @@ func (in *Interactions) Register(ctx context.Context, cmds ...*Command) error {
 	return in.RegisterCommands(ctx, body)
 }
 
-// List returns the sole guild's currently registered commands.
+// List returns the currently registered commands in the client's scope.
 func (in *Interactions) List(ctx context.Context) ([]RegisteredCommand, error) {
 	base, err := in.commandsBase(ctx)
 	if err != nil {