A lot of things.

app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 namespace App\Providers;
 
 use App\Auth\XenForoGuard;
+use App\Auth\XenForoUser;
 use App\Policies\TempFilePolicy;
 use App\Services\TemporaryFileService;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
 
 class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
@@ -28,5 +30,12 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
         });
 
         \Gate::policy(TemporaryFileService::class, TempFilePolicy::class );
+
+        Gate::define('is-admin', function (XenForoUser $user) {
+            return $user->is_admin === 1;
+        });
+        Gate::define('is-mod', function (XenForoUser $user) {
+            return $user->is_moderator === 1;
+        });
     }
 }