Discord Message Finder MCP

Read-only MCP server for finding Discord messages. It does not send, edit, delete, react to, or moderate messages. The tools are built around answering questions like "where was this discussed?", "which channel has the message?", and "show the context around this result."

Features

• Search guild messages with Discord's native search filters.

• Locate a message from a Discord jump URL or channel/message IDs.

• Read context before and after a message.

• List searchable channels and active threads.

• Scan recent channel history when native guild search is not enough.

• Return stable Discord jump links, timestamps, channel IDs, author IDs, attachments, embeds, and readable snippets.

Related MCP server: discord-py-self-mcp

Requirements

• Node.js 20 or newer.

• A Discord bot token.

• The bot must be in the target guild and have View Channel and Read Message History where you want to search.

• For message content search/results, enable the Discord MESSAGE CONTENT INTENT privileged intent for the application.

Setup

npm install
npm run build

Create an environment file or configure your MCP client with these variables:

DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=your_bot_token
DISCORD_DEFAULT_GUILD_ID=optional_default_guild_id
DISCORD_ALLOWED_GUILD_IDS=optional_comma_separated_allowlist

Example MCP client configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "discord-search": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/Users/dh/work/discord-mcp/build/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN": "YOUR_BOT_TOKEN",
        "DISCORD_DEFAULT_GUILD_ID": "YOUR_GUILD_ID"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

check_discord_access

Checks whether the token works and whether a guild can be read.

list_guild_channels

Lists guild channels and optionally active threads, with IDs and parent/category context.

search_guild_messages

Uses Discord guild search to find messages by content, author, channel, mentions, attachments, links, pin status, and time/message bounds.

find_in_recent_history

Scans recent message history across selected channels or matching channel names. This is useful when Discord search indexing is delayed or when you want a bounded recent-history search.

locate_message

Fetches one exact message from a jump URL or channel/message IDs and returns where it lives.

get_message_context

Fetches an exact message plus surrounding messages before and after it.

read_channel_messages

Reads recent messages from a channel with Discord's before, after, or around pagination.

Notes

Discord's native search can return an indexing response with a retry delay, and search access depends on the application's Message Content privileged intent. The server surfaces those responses explicitly instead of hiding them.