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Summary
Send messages, embeds, files and reactions to Discord channels and DMs from any AI agent via the Discord REST API. 13 tools, Bot Token auth. Outbound + lightweight channel/guild reads (no gateway / websocket / voice).
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Example prompts for Discord Bot
Click any prompt to copy it. Paste into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot or OpenClaw to run it against this connector.
Claude is AI and can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.
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Discord Bot + Gemini
Send messages, embeds, files and reactions to Discord channels and DMs from any AI agent via the Discord REST API. 13 tools, Bot Token auth. Outbound + lightweight channel/guild reads (no gateway / websocket / voice).
Prerequisites
See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:
DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN
Step 1 — Get credentials
Setup:
- Open https://discord.com/developers/applications → New Application → name it (this becomes the app, not the bot).
- Sidebar → Bot → Reset Token → copy the token. Treat as a secret — anyone with it can act as the bot.
- Sidebar → Installation (or OAuth2 → URL Generator in older UI): pick scope
bot, then permissions like Send Messages, Embed Links, Attach Files, Read Message History, Add Reactions, View Channels. Open the generated URL in a browser to install the bot into a server (you must be admin or have Manage Server). Repeat per server. - Set
DISCORD_BOT_TOKENto the token from step 2.
…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)
Step 2 — Install the adapter
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d
Step 3 — Add the connector in Gemini
Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide showsYOUR_SERVER_ID.
Gemini CLI reads MCP servers from ~/.gemini/settings.json (or %APPDATA%\gemini\settings.json on Windows). Add:
{
"mcpServers": {
"anythingmcp": {
"httpUrl": "https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID",
"headers": { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_MCP_API_KEY" }
}
}
}
- Get your MCP API key from AnythingMCP → MCP Servers → your server → API keys.
- Save the file and restart
gemini. - Run
/mcpinside the Gemini CLI —Discord Botshould be listed as available. - Vertex AI Studio: pass
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_IDto thetoolsarray of your request with the sameX-API-Keyheader.
Available tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
discord_bot_get_current_user | Return the bot's own user object (id, username, discriminator, avatar) |
discord_bot_list_guilds | List the servers (guilds) the bot is a member of |
discord_bot_get_guild | Fetch a single guild by ID |
discord_bot_list_guild_channels | List all channels (text, voice, category, threads' parents) in a guild |
discord_bot_get_channel | Fetch a single channel by ID |
discord_bot_send_message | Send a message to a channel or thread |
discord_bot_edit_message | Edit a message the bot previously sent |
discord_bot_delete_message | Delete a message |
discord_bot_list_messages | Fetch recent messages from a channel |
discord_bot_add_reaction | Add a reaction emoji to a message as the bot |
discord_bot_create_dm_channel | Open a DM channel with a user |
discord_bot_create_thread_from_message | Start a public thread anchored to an existing message |
discord_bot_get_guild_member | Fetch a guild member by user_id |
FAQ
Does Gemini 1.5 Pro or 2.x support MCP? Yes — Gemini CLI ≥ 0.4 and Vertex AI tools API both accept MCP httpUrl connectors with custom headers.
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