Discord MCP Server

Discord MCP Server provides Discord API integration for MCP-compatible AI models through a simple, secure server.

🚀 Quick Start with uvx (Recommended)

The easiest way to use Discord MCP Server is with uvx - no installation required:

# Set your Discord bot token
export DISCORD_TOKEN="your_bot_token_here"

# Run directly with uvx (no installation needed!)
uvx discord-mcp

🛠 Alternative Installation Methods

Using pipx

pipx install discord-mcp
export DISCORD_TOKEN="your_bot_token_here"
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Using pip

pip install discord-mcp
export DISCORD_TOKEN="your_bot_token_here" 
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Development Installation

git clone https://github.com/defi-wonderland/discord-mcp
cd discord-mcp
uv add mcp httpx python-dotenv
cp .env.example .env  # Add your Discord token
uv run python -m discord_mcp

🔧 Discord Bot Setup

1. Go to https://discord.com/developers/applications
2. Create a new application and bot
3. Copy the bot token to your environment or .env file
4. Invite the bot to your server with these permissions:
   • View Channels
   • Send Messages
   • Read Message History
   • Add Reactions
   • Create Public Threads

🔨 Available Tools (12 Total)

Message Operations

• send_message - Send messages with mentions, formatting, and replies
• get_messages - Retrieve message history with pagination
• add_reaction - Add emoji reactions to messages

Channel Management

• list_channels - List server channels with type filtering
• get_channel_info - Get detailed channel information

Thread Discovery & Management

• create_thread - Create new discussion threads
• list_threads - Discover active threads in channels
• list_archived_threads - Find archived threads (public/private)
• join_thread - Join existing threads
• get_thread_members - View thread membership

Server Information

• get_server_info - Get server details and member counts
• list_servers - List all accessible Discord servers

✨ Features

• Zero Installation: Run directly with uvx discord-mcp
• Direct REST API: No persistent bot process required
• Comprehensive Error Handling: Helpful error messages with permission hints
• Discord Formatting: Full support for markdown and mentions
• Thread Management: Complete thread discovery and interaction
• Secure: Minimal permissions, read-only server access
• MCP Standard: Compatible with Claude Desktop and other MCP clients

🔗 Integration with MCP Clients

Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "discord": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["discord-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "DISCORD_TOKEN": "your_bot_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Other MCP Clients

The server communicates via stdio and follows the MCP protocol standard.

📝 Usage Examples

Send a Message with Mentions

{
  "tool": "send_message",
  "arguments": {
    "channel_id": "123456789",
    "content": "Hello <@987654321>! Check out <#555666777>"
  }
}

Create and Manage Threads

{
  "tool": "create_thread", 
  "arguments": {
    "channel_id": "123456789",
    "name": "Discussion Thread"
  }
}

🤝 Contributing

This project is open source and contributions are welcome! See the repository for development setup and contribution guidelines.

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.