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Discord

Discord is a free voice, video, and text chat application designed for communities. PicoClaw connects to Discord servers via the Discord Bot API, supporting both receiving and sending messages.

Configuration

{
  "channel_list": {
    "discord": {
      "enabled": true,
      "type": "discord",
      "token": "YOUR_BOT_TOKEN",
      "allow_from": ["YOUR_USER_ID"],
      "group_trigger": {
        "mention_only": false
      }
    }
  }
}

Field	Type	Required	Description
enabled	bool	Yes	Whether to enable the Discord channel
token	string	Yes	Discord Bot Token
allow_from	array	No	Allowlist of user IDs; empty means all users are allowed
group_trigger	object	No	Group trigger settings (example: { "mention_only": false })

Setup

1. Go to the Discord Developer Portal and create a new application
2. Enable Intents:
   • Message Content Intent
   • Server Members Intent
3. Obtain the Bot Token
4. Fill in the Bot Token in the configuration file
5. Invite the bot to your server and grant the necessary permissions (e.g. Send Messages, Read Message History)