Guides to make your Discord bot
These guides cover the whole path, from an idea to a bot that answers on your server. The bot ideas show what discbot.net can do, each with a real example. The technical guides explain the settings on Discord’s side, with the exact Developer Portal labels.
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Where do you start?
- Make a Discord bot without coding
The whole path, from an idea to a bot that answers on your server.
A first bot can fit in one sentence. For instance:
Make a /dice command that rolls a six-sided die and announces the result.
discbot.netDone. /dice picks a number from 1 to 6.
Which bot do you want to make?
- Welcome bot
Greet every new member with a message, a button and a role.
- Moderation bot
Remove ads, warn, time out members and slow a channel down.
- Poll bot
A /poll command with buttons, one vote per member and live results.
- Game bot
Points, an inventory and a leaderboard saved for every player.
- Role bot
Let members pick their roles with buttons, menus or reactions.
- Slash commands
Your own / commands, with options, buttons, menus and forms.
How do you set the bot up on Discord?
- Get your bot token
Create the Discord application and copy the token without breaking another bot.
- Invite the bot to a server
The invite link, the right permissions and where the bot’s role goes.
- Enable privileged intents
Server Members Intent, Message Content Intent: when to turn them on, and where.
- Host a Discord bot
Your computer, a VPS or discbot.net: what each option really asks of you.
The official reference remains Discord’s developer documentation. These guides follow it and link to it at each step.
Which free tools can help?
- Permissions calculator
Tick a bot’s permissions, get the integer and the invite link.
- Timestamp generator
A date shown in each member’s own time, in all 9 Discord formats.
- Embed builder
An embed with fields and buttons, previewed as in Discord and ready to copy as JSON.
They run in your browser, with no account: nothing you type is sent. They are all gathered on the free Discord tools page.
Frequently asked questions
Which guide should I start with?
Make a Discord bot without coding: it gives the whole path and points to each guide at the right moment.
Do these guides help with a bot I code myself?
Yes for the token, the invite, intents and hosting: those settings are the same for every Discord bot. The bot ideas show what discbot.net does.
Are the guides up to date?
Each page shows when it was last updated. Discord sometimes changes its portal: if a label has moved, the official documentation is the reference.
Free for now. Create your account: during the private beta, you build your bot as soon as your access is approved.