Provides comprehensive tools for interacting with Discord, including managing guilds, channels, and members, sending and fetching messages, and performing RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) ingest and queries on server content.
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Discord MCPsummarize the recent discussions in the general channel"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
Discord MCP
Repository: github.com/sandraschi/discord-mcp
FastMCP 3.1 Discord MCP server with sampling (server-side Ollama / OpenAI-compatible or client LLM), agentic workflow (discord_agentic_workflow), skills (SkillsDirectoryProvider + skill://…/SKILL.md), prompts, and a 2026 fleet-style dashboard (React + Vite + Tailwind, dark glass shell).
Ports
Backend: 10756 — REST (
/api/v1/…) + MCP streamable HTTP at/mcpFrontend: 10757
Setup
Create a bot at Discord Developer Portal. Copy the bot token.
Invite the bot to your server (OAuth2 URL Generator, scope:
bot).Copy
.env.exampleto.envin the repo root (discord-mcp/.env) and setDISCORD_TOKEN=...(no quotes). The backend loads this file on startup (python-dotenv). Restart the server after changing.env. If the token is already set in the system environment or Cursor MCPenv, that value wins (.envdoes not override existing vars).For local agentic sampling (when the MCP host does not provide sampling): run Ollama and optionally set
DISCORD_SAMPLING_BASE_URL/DISCORD_SAMPLING_MODEL. SetDISCORD_SAMPLING_USE_CLIENT_LLM=1if you want the host LLM to sample and the server handler only as fallback.
Run
Webapp (backend + dashboard): from repo root run
.\start.ps1orstart.bat, or fromwebapp/:.\start.ps1.Backend only:
uv run python -m discord_mcp.server --mode dual --port 10756Stdio (MCP only):
uv run python -m discord_mcp.server --mode stdio
Cursor MCP
This repo as workspace root:
.cursor/mcp.jsonregisters discord-mcp (stdio). SetDISCORD_TOKENin that file’senvor rely on your shell environment. Reload MCP / restart Cursor after edits.Global / multi-root merge: copy the
discord-mcpblock fromcursor-config-template.jsoninto your user MCP JSON (Windows:%USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json). Adjustcwdto your clone path if you are not using the defaultD:/Dev/repos/discord-mcp.
MCP HTTP (remote / Inspector)
Endpoint:
http://localhost:10756/mcp(streamable HTTP, FastMCP 3.1)Discovery / manifest:
GET /api/v1/metaHealth:
GET /api/v1/health(includes sampling status)
Tools
discord(operation=…) — Portmanteau:
list_guilds,list_channels,send_message,get_messages,get_guild_stats,create_channel,create_guild,create_invite,list_invites,revoke_invite,list_members,get_member,list_active_threads,rag_ingest,rag_query.create_guildrequires user OAuth2 (bot 403).list_members/get_memberrequire GUILD_MEMBERS intent.discord_help(category=…, topic=…) — Multi-level help.
discord_agentic_workflow(goal, ctx) — High-level goal via
ctx.sample+ tools (SEP-1577). Returns a structured dict (success,message,recommendationsor error fields).
Prompts (registered)
discord_quick_start, discord_diagnostics, discord_moderation_playbook, discord_rag_workflow, discord_invite_operations
Skills
Bundled under src/discord_mcp/skills/<name>/SKILL.md, exposed as MCP resources (skill://…). Listed in the dashboard under Skills and via GET /api/v1/skills.
Resources
resource://discord-mcp/capabilities— Short capability summary for clients.
API (REST)
GET /api/v1/health— Health, token_set, rate limits, sampling,mcp_http_pathGET /api/v1/meta— Tools, prompts, resources, skills root, samplingGET /api/v1/skills— Bundled skill previews (dashboard)GET /api/v1/guilds— List guilds (proxy to tool)GET /api/v1/guilds/{guild_id}/channels— List channels(See OpenAPI at
/docsfor full list.)
Discord HTTP 429 (API rate limits)
Discord enforces per-route limits on the REST API. On HTTP 429, the server now waits for retry_after (from the response body or Retry-After header) and retries the same request up to 5 times before returning an error. If you still see 429 after that, slow down (e.g. fewer parallel message fetches, smaller RAG ingest batches) or wait a minute—especially if "global": true appears in Discord’s response (rare; indicates a broader limit).
Safety and rate limits (anti-spam)
Write operations are rate-limited so the bot is not usable as a spambot:
Messages: max 10/min global, max 3/min per channel, min 5s between sends (configurable).
Channels: max 5 created per minute.
Invites: max 5 created per minute (
DISCORD_RATE_LIMIT_INVITES_PER_MINUTE).Message length: capped at 2000 (Discord max); override with
DISCORD_MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH.
Env: DISCORD_RATE_LIMIT_MESSAGES_PER_MINUTE, DISCORD_RATE_LIMIT_MESSAGES_PER_CHANNEL_PER_MINUTE, DISCORD_RATE_LIMIT_CHANNELS_PER_MINUTE, DISCORD_MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH, DISCORD_MIN_MESSAGE_INTERVAL_SECONDS. When a limit is hit, the tool returns success: false, rate_limited: true, and an explanatory error. Current config is in GET /api/v1/health under rate_limit.
Documentation
docs/README.md — doc index
docs/TECHNICAL.md — architecture, env, Discord 429, MCP
/mcpCHANGELOG.md — release notes
Standards
FastMCP 3.1: instructions, sampling handler, skills provider, strict validation, streamable HTTP mount.
Webapp:
start.ps1, ports 10756/10757, dark glass layout, top bar status, activity log, Tools / Skills / Apps pages.