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Connect Discord to Adapt by creating a Discord application with a bot, so Adapt can read and send messages in the channels and servers the bot can access.

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Set up credentials

1

Open the Discord Developer Portal

Go to discord.com/developers/applications and sign in.
2

Create an application

Click New Application, enter a name, and click Create. You land on the General Information page.
3

Copy your Application (Client) ID

On the General Information page, copy the Application ID. This is your client ID.
4

Create the bot and copy its token

Open the Bot page, click Reset Token, then copy the token immediately. The token is shown only once, so store it right away.
5

Enable the intents you need

On the Bot page, under Privileged Gateway Intents, enable the intents your use case requires (for example Message Content Intent to read message text), then click Save Changes.
6

Invite the bot to your server

Go to OAuth2 > URL Generator, select the bot scope (and applications.commands for slash commands), choose the bot permissions you need such as Read Messages and Send Messages, then open the generated URL, pick your server, and click Authorize. You need the Manage Server permission on that server.
Intents must be enabled in the Developer Portal for the bot to receive the matching events. Bots in 100 or more servers require Discord verification to use privileged intents.

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Connect to Adapt

1

Open Integrations

In Adapt, go to Settings > Integrations.
2

Find Discord

Search for Discord and select it from the catalog.
3

Start the connection

Click Connect to open the connection form.
4

Add your credentials

Enter the values you gathered above, then click Add connection:
Secret NameValue
DISCORD_TOKENYour bot token
DISCORD_CLIENT_IDYour application’s client ID (optional)
You can rename the connection and choose whether it is shared with your organization or kept personal to you.
5

Test the connection

Ask Adapt to list the channels your bot can access.

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Security

  • Credentials are encrypted at rest with AES-256
  • The bot can only access the servers it has been invited to and the channels its permissions allow
  • If your bot token is exposed, reset it immediately in the Developer Portal to invalidate the old one
  • Never share or commit your bot token

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Capabilities

Adapt can read and send messages and read the channels and servers your bot has access to, scoped to the bot’s permissions and intents.

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Examples

Summarize the latest messages in my Discord support channel.

Send a message to the #announcements channel in my server.

List the channels my Discord bot can access.

What questions came up in my Discord community this week?