How to add discord bot to server

How to Add Bots to Your Discord Server

Robert Hayes Robert is a freelance editor and writer living in Colorado. Read more July 22, 2022

If you run a Discord server, you have a wide variety of options to provide neat features for your members. One of those features is bots. Customizing your server is simple once you learn how to add these bots.

This article will show you how to set up a Discord server, introduce you to the world of bots, and explain how to add bots to your Discord server (and why you might want to).

What Are Discord Bots?

Bots are simply computer programs that interact with human beings (and sometimes with other bots) to perform certain functions automatically. A website with a helpful chat window immediately opens up, offering to talk with you about their product or service; that’s a bot. If you use Reddit, you see bot interactions (beep! boop!) all the time.

Bots can be helpful or infuriating, depending on their purpose, design, and deployment. On Discord, bots provide a variety of productive and not-so-productive features to the community on the server where they “live.” You can add bots to your Discord server that help you moderate members or make your server a little more unique and fun.

For example, there are bots that play music, bots that offer amusing memes on request, bots that fetch your game stats for you, and bots that play a loud air horn noise on the channel when prompted to do so.

Finding Good Discord Bots

The Discord world is full of bots; there are thousands of freely available bots out there. There’s a list of some silly and semi-useful bots here if you like, but users who need some more serious bots can find them on the Carbonitex website. Carbonitex is one of the best repositories of Discord bots around. Another reputable repository for Discord bots is Discord Bots. A GitHub search for Discord bots will find just about everything in the public view for the truly hardcore.

Adding Bots To Your Discord Server

Adding Bots to your Discord server can be a lengthy process the first time around. Once you get the hang of it, it’s actually quite simple.

Step 1 – Turn On Administrator Access

To add bots to your Discord Server, you will have to be an Administrator of that server. If you don’t own the server, it’s probably a good idea to check with the owner before adding anything to it.

Step 2 – Get the Bots You Want

It’s important to note that depending on your Bots’ source website, you may see Invite or Add Bots. For this example, we’ll use Dyno, but the instructions may vary if you’re adding another Bot. Do remember that you will need to perform these steps for each server you own or moderate.

Here’s how to add a Bot to your Discord server:

If you have trouble finding your server, make sure that you are logged into Discord in the same browser you’re using for the Bots’ website. Also, verify that you are signed into the correct account.

If you want to add someone as an administrator on your server, check out this TechJunkie article on adding a new administrator.

If you’re more hardcore and want to add bots without bothering with the pretty interface, you can also add them directly. You’ll need to know the client ID of the bot, and you’ll need to be logged into your Discord server. This is the method you’ll need to use for most GitHub bots, which don’t have a web interface.

Managing Your Discord Bot

Now that you’ve added your bot, let’s review how you can manage it. Most bots have a dashboard located on the website with comprehensive controls for moderation. But you can make some adjustments in Discord’s settings too. To reiterate, the instructions below will vary depending on the bot you’re using.

Again, each bot will have different instructions and different capabilities.

Authorizing Your Discord Bot

Discord is very careful with bots and sometimes requires multiple authorizations to enable one to work. Even though the platform uses Oauth2 to permit a bot to access and interact, you may still see a prompt to authorize it within the channel.

Some Popular Discord Bots

Now that you know how to add bots, what are some bots you should add? Well, only you know what kind of environment you want your server to have. Here is a list of some of the more popular Discord bots and why you might want to add them.

Dank Member displays memes and has a variety of other meme-related features.

Pancake is a basic multi-featured bot with moderation features and music playing.

Nadeko plays games, offers gambling, and has administration tools.

MedalBot lets your users record clips.

RickBot offers more than 4500 custom soundboards.

Groovy is a music bot that supports Spotify, YouTube, and Soundcloud.

Rythm is a very stable and fully functional music bot.

Mantaro is a customizable “fun” bot.

A translator is a multilingual bot that provides instant translation between more than 100 languages.

More Bot Resources

There are a lot of resources out there to help you choose, customize, and even create your own Discord bots. Here are some of the most popular and useful bot-oriented resources available on the Web to help you get the most out of your bot experience.

Discord.me is a large Discord community where users can add and promote servers, but the site’s overall mission is to “help people find online communities they love.” The site has 33 categories of servers, ranging from Military to Mature, Anime to Art, and Fitness to Furry.

An active blog keeps community members up to date, and the site features an NSFW toggle that lets you avoid (or seek out) the “after dark” servers out there.

Discordbots.org is a bot-themed Discord community with a vast array of resources for bot users. The site has thousands of bots categorized and rated and also publishes and supports its own bot creation API, available in JavaScript, Java, Python, C#/.NET, and Go variations.

This site is a goldmine of great resources and examples for bot developers.

Bastionbot.org takes an interesting philosophical position on the bot world. Rather than having a dozen bots, each running their own functions, Bastion attempts to be an all-in-one bot that can handle everything a server might need.

Bastion’s feature list includes music, games, giveaways and promotions, a suggestions channel, voting, user profiles, virtual currencies, leveling systems, a server shop, filters, searches, game stats, messaging, moderation features, emojis, “fun” features like airhorns and quotes, starboard, scheduled commands, and triggers and reaction events. Bastion is a full-featured bot that can do just about anything you want it to do, and it adds features regularly.

Carbonitex is a statistics-collecting website devoted to Discord servers and bots and is a fantastic resource for those who want to see where the action is in the server and bot playing field. You can invite Carbonitex to monitor your server and collect statistics to show where you are in the great server ecosystem.

Frequently Asked Questions

Bots are a great tool to use as a Discord server admin. Here are some more answers to your most frequently asked questions.

How do I create a Discord Server?

We actually have an article to walk you through creating a server. The process is relatively simple, and you can have multiple servers for free. This means that you can create a server for your Minecraft friends and a separate one for your Call of Duty friends.

You can even create a Discord server for business or school meetings too!

Do I have to add a bot to every server?

Yes. Let’s say you want to add the music bot to your servers; you’ll need to follow the steps above for each server.

I added a bot, but it isn’t doing anything. What’s wrong?

Depending on the bot you’ve added, you could have some issues because there’s something wrong with the bot itself. However, in most cases, you need to navigate to ‘Roles’ in your server’s settings and grant the right permissions to your mechanical helper.

Most bots have a dashboard on their website. If you’ve added the roles, but it still isn’t performing correctly, head over to the bot’s website and check out the moderator’s permissions from there. For example, the Mee6 bot is incredibly popular, but you have to toggle the Moderator permissions on from the website before it’ll do anything.

Do I have to be an Admin to add bots?

Yes, if you don’t have Administrator permissions turned on, you can’t add a bot to that server. You can always ask the owner or admins for access to these permissions. The admins reserve the option to deny you the necessary permissions depending on what you’re trying to accomplish and your relationship with them.

Can I add a bot on Discord mobile?

Yes! The desktop version is a little easier to work with than the mobile version; it is possible to add most bots to your Discord server on a mobile device.

1. Open the web browser of your choice and go to the website of the bot you’d like to add.

2. Authorize the bot and select the server where you’ll use it.

# Adding your bot to servers

After you set up a bot application, you’ll notice that it’s not in any servers yet. So how does that work?

Before you’re able to see your bot in your own (or other) servers, you’ll need to add it by creating and using a unique invite link using your bot application’s client id.

# Bot invite links

The basic version of one such link looks like this:

The structure of the URL is quite simple:

If you get an error message saying «Bot requires a code grant», head over to your application’s settings and disable the «Require OAuth2 Code Grant» option. You shouldn’t enable this option unless you know why you need to.

# Creating and using your invite link

To create an invite link, head back to the My Apps

open in new window page under the «Applications» section, click on your bot application, and open the OAuth2 page.

At the bottom of the page, you’ll find Discord’s OAuth2 URL generator. Select the bot and applications.commands options. Once you select the bot option, a list of permissions will appear, allowing you to configure the permissions your bot needs.

Grab the link via the «Copy» button and enter it in your browser. You should see something like this (with your bot’s username and avatar):

Choose the server you want to add it to and click «Authorize». Do note that you’ll need the «Manage Server» permission on a server to add your bot there. This should then present you a nice confirmation message:

Congratulations! You’ve successfully added your bot to your Discord server. It should show up in your server’s member list somewhat like this:

How to add a bot to Discord to help you run and organize your server

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Bots on Discord, the group messaging platform, are helpful artificial intelligence that can perform several useful tasks on your server automatically.

That includes welcoming any new members, banning troublemakers, and moderating the discussion. Some bots even add music or games to your server.

Don’t worry, you don’t have to be a coding genius to add an automaton to your server. You just download pre-made bots and customize what they do and say.

We’ll cover how to download and use the popular MEE6 bot as a welcoming bot, a moderating bot, and a bot that alerts your server when you’re streaming on Twitch.

How to add a bot to Discord

You can add a number of popular, premade bots to your server. One of the most popular is MEE6.

Check permissions

You must be an administrator on a Discord server or its owner before you can add bots to it. If you are not the owner, it is probably a good idea to ask the server’s owner permission before doing anything.

If you are the server owner, you can grant a role administrator rights by following the below:

1. Click on your server’s name and select Server Settings.

2. Click on Roles, hover over the role that you wish to grant administrator to and click the Edit button that appears.

3. Click on the Permissions heading and scroll down to the bottom. Once you get there, turn on the toggle for Administrator.

Quick tip: Alternatively, you can use the Search permissions field to find this toggle. Just start typing admin in the search box and it should appear.

Download a bot

2. Click the button that says Add to Discord.

3. Provide your Discord login to authenticate your account. If a pop-up asks for permission to use your account, click Authorize.

4. Click Setup next to your server name.

5. Select your server in the pop-up window and click Continue.

6. Select or deselect the permissions you’ll give this bot.

7. Scroll down and click Authorize. If prompted, complete the Captcha human verification.

How to set up MEE6 as a welcoming bot on Discord

Once you authorize MEE6, you are given options of what kind of bot you can create.

Set up a welcome bot

First, we’ll create a bot that welcomes new members to your server.

1. Click the Welcome option.

2. Select what you want the bot to do. Your options are: Send a message when a user joins the server, Send a private message to new users, Give a role to new users and Send a message when a user leaves the server.

3. You can set what your bot says down to the text color and font, as well as which channel your bot will post in.

4. Hit Save when finished. Visit this plug-ins page again if you want to make changes.

Set up a moderating bot

Circle back to the plug-ins page on the MEE6 website to set up your moderator bot. A moderator can do things like censor language and kick bad actors off of your server.

1. Click on the Moderator icon.

2. Then click Yes in the pop-up to enable it.

3. Scroll down to «Auto-moderator» and select what rules you want your bot to enforce. Options include censoring bad words, spoilers, and excessive emojis.

4. When selecting what your bot will moderate, you can decide how the bot reprimands users. The message can be automatically deleted, the user who triggered the auto-moderation can be sent a warning message, or both.

5. Click Settings to customize the threshold for what triggers the bot. For example, the bot can spring into action once a post has been marked with a certain number of spoiler tags. You can also select channels for the bot to ignore.

6. Save any changes.

Set up a Twitch streaming alert

Discord began as a messaging platform for gamers, so streaming culture goes hand in hand with it. If you are a streamer, you can set up MEE6 to alert your server whenever you go live on the streaming site Twitch.

First, revisit the MEE6 plug-ins page again.

1. Scroll and click the Twitch icon.

2. Click Yes in the pop-up to enable it.

3. Enter the name of your Twitch channel.

4. Customize a message to your server.

5. Select a channel for the bot to post in.

6. Choose whether or not you want to receive a Discord notification when someone follows the Twitch channel.

7. Click Save. Now, when you go live on Twitch, everyone on your server will be notified.

Quick tip: Other integrations are possible, including for Tweets, YouTube, and Instagram. All of these integrations require a premium account.

Popular Discord bots

There are multiple Discord bots out there and you can even make your own if you know some programming. Here are a few reputable bots:

How to remove a bot from Discord

If you are an administrator – or even just have a higher level role than the bot – you can remove Discord bots from a server by right clicking the bot’s name and kicking them.

Добавление бота на сервер в Discord

Добавление ботов на сервер в Discord через мобильное приложение или программу на компьютере происходит одинаково, поскольку большинство действий осуществляется в браузере и веб-версии мессенджера. В следующих инструкциях будет показано добавление ботов на ПК под управлением Windows, но сможете сделать то же самое в iOS или Android, открыв удобный веб-обозреватель.

Способ 1: Официальный сайт бота

Крупные проекты, например MEE6, уже давно обзавелись официальными сайтами, откуда и осуществляется добавление бота на сервер. Это самый эффективный и безопасный метод, поскольку вы будете точно уверены в подлинности инструмента и получите доступ к дополнительным функциям на сайте, если там реализована система учетных записей. Разберем этот метод на примере упомянутого только что бота.

Принцип действий на официальных сайтах разных ботов немного меняется, но процесс авторизации остается неизменным, в чем вы еще раз сможете убедиться при чтении следующего метода. Что касается взаимодействия с такими веб-ресурсами, то практически всегда их интерфейс выполнен интуитивно понятно, кнопка для добавления бота бросается в глаза и искать ее не придется.

Способ 2: Открытие площадки с ботами

К сожалению, не все создатели ботов считают свой проект настолько крупным, чтобы создавать для него отдельный сайт. Многие предпочитают использовать известные открытые площадки, где их бот будет значительно популярнее, соберет положительные отзывы и войдет в топ, принося пользу многим участникам мессенджеров и создателям серверов. Поэтому чаще всего поиск и добавление ботов происходят именно на таких площадках, одну из которых мы и возьмем в качестве примера в следующей инструкции.

Для проверки добавленного бота все так же откройте выбранный сервер и просмотрите список участников в сети. Кстати, бот всегда обозначается соответствующим маркером на сервере, поэтому с его определением не должно возникнуть никаких трудностей.

Популярные открытые площадки с ботами

Существует множество сайтов, распространяющих ботов для Discord. Не все из них работают на честной основе и под видом одних ботов предлагают пользователю другие или вообще обманным путем заражают компьютер вирусами либо рассчитывают на невнимательных юзеров, которые скачают рекламное ПО на свой компьютер. Избежать подобных ситуаций поможет использование проверенных открытых площадок, о некоторых из них и пойдет речь далее.

Top.gg

В предыдущем методе мы как раз взяли во внимание этот сайт, поскольку он является одним из самых популярных, насчитывая огромное количество различных ботов, добавлением которых занимаются сами создатели. У каждого решения есть собственная страница с описанием, открытая система оценок и отзывов, которые оставляют реальные люди. Отличная функция — распределение ботов по категориям и топам, что позволит владельцам серверов отыскать новые инструменты, улучшающие процесс взаимодействия со своими проектами.

Вы можете зарегистрироваться на сайте Top.gg, чтобы оставлять отзывы или общаться с другими пользователями. Есть премиум-доступ, предоставляющий дополнительную функциональность, узнать о которой лучше на самом сайте. Еще имеется раздел с отображением распространенных серверов, открытых для вступления и общения.

discord.me

Еще один сайт, сосредоточенный на тематике Дискорда и предоставляющий огромное количество полезных материалов и информации. Сюда же входит и распространение многих популярных ботов. Некоторые из них эксклюзивные, поскольку разработчики предпочли сотрудничество только с данной платформой или пока еще не добавили свой проект на другие сайты.

Все же боты — не основное направление discord.me, потому что больше внимания здесь уделено открытым серверам. Вы можете искать их по категориям или выбрать любой рандомный для просмотра его содержимого или присоединения. Что же касается ботов, то у каждого из них есть своя страница, отдельные тексты документации и специальная кнопка, позволяющая быстро приступить к добавлению его на сервер.

Carbonitex

В качестве третьего возможного варианта упомянем сайт Carbonitex, который сосредоточен на мониторинге серверов, имея при этом большую базу ботов, доступных для добавления на сервер. Сайт примечателен там, что на страницах его ботов присутствует огромное количество информации о них — а это пригодится, если вы желаете досконально изучить инструмент перед началом взаимодействия с ним.

Способ 3: Добавление личного бота

В завершение статьи поговорим о том, как добавить личного пользователя-бота, который еще ни разу не использовался на серверах в Дискорде. Это будет полезно всем новичкам в плане разработки подобных решений и тем, кто только получил код, отредактировал его и желает интегрировать с программой. Для этого создатели предоставляют специальное средство управления API, о котором и пойдет речь далее.

Шаг 1: Создание нового приложения

На сайте Discord есть отдельный раздел для разработчиков, где каждый может взаимодействовать с API, добавлять свои приложения и, соответственно, заниматься управлением ботами, если они являются авторскими и необходимы для использования на сервере. Первый шаг всей процедуры — создание нового приложения, куда в дальнейшем и будет прикреплен бот.

Шаг 2: Создание пользователя-бота

Открываются основные настройки добавленного приложения, но сейчас вам нужен только раздел, посвященный боту. Именно его и будем использовать для создания нового пользователя, чтобы в будущем добавить его на сервер.

Шаг 3: Авторизация бота на сервере

Завершающий этап настройки пользователя-бота — авторизация его на сервере. Для этого генерируется специальная ссылка, но предварительно придется установить несколько важных параметров, зависящих от тематики созданного бота.

How to Add Bots to Your Discord Server

Discord – the free chat service for gamers – is very popular, in fact, Discord has 140 million monthly active users. A lot of that is because the app is easy to use, and managing servers on Discord is also pretty easy. While Discord is quite powerful at what it does, there is always a scope for adding more features. After all, not everyone uses Discord the same way. To customize a Discord server to your liking and add new features, Discord allows you to add bots to the server. So, here is how to add bots to your Discord server in 2022.

Note: Adding bots to a server requires you to have “Manage Server” permissions on the server you’re adding the bot to. We will discuss how you can obtain these permissions on your server as well, so read on.

Find and Add Bots to Discord Server (2022)

Discord bots can add a ton of new functionality to servers. They can also offer fun activities to do with members of the server. In this article, we will discuss how you can add bots to your Discord server. Plus, we will also discuss how you can find new bots for your server because a number of people struggle to find new or helpful bots.

How to Find Bots for Discord in 2022

Before you figure out how to add bots to a server, let’s take a quick look at how you can find useful Discord bots in 2022. There are a couple of ways to do this, but the easiest one, and the one I use most often, is heading to the unofficial Discord bot list website. Here you will find the most used Discord Bots right on the front page itself, and you can add those to your server if you like.

There’s also a handy search option on this website that you can use to find bots for your use case. Once you have found a bot (or multiple bots) that you want to add to your server, move on to the next section to learn how to integrate Discord bots to your server.

How to Add Bots to Discord Server in 2022 (Desktop)

That’s all you need to do, and the bot will be added to your Discord server. You can use bots to extend the functionality available on your server or add fun things to do with your friends.

Note: Many Discord bots are also hosted on GitHub. To install those on your server, you can read the Wiki for these GitHub projects to find the installation guide for the bot. It is not feasible to cover them in an article, as the methods differ from bot to bot.

How to Add Bots to Discord Server in 2022 (Android and iOS)

You can not only add bots to a server from the desktop app or website. You can use the Discord mobile app to invite bots to your server as well, and here’s how that works:

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How do I add bots to my Discord server on mobile?

You can add bots to your Discord server on mobile by logging in to the Discord website on a web browser like Google Chrome or Firefox.

Q: How to add music bots to a Discord server?

The process to add music bots to the Discord server is the same as any other bot. You can use the invite link to add the bot, and you will find the best Discord music bots from our dedicated article.

Q: Why can’t I add bots to my Discord server?

Easily Add Bots to a Discord Server

Now that you know how you can add bots to a Discord server, go ahead and enhance your server with awesome bots that you find useful. There are many bots available for Discord, and you can look through the article and website I mentioned to find some of the best ones out there. Also, we have created a separate list for Discord music bots, so go check them out too. You could also check out the best Discord servers for Minecraft, the best servers for Among Us, and even Fortnite if you still play any of these games. As always, we would like to know your opinion on Discord bots, as well as the app itself. Share your thoughts in the comments section below.