Discord Bot Architect

This skill gets you from zero to production Discord bot with both Discord.js v14 and Pycord foundations, slash commands, and interactive components like buttons and modals. The patterns are solid on modern best practices: minimal intents, proper command registration, and component collectors with timeouts. It explicitly steers you away from the Message Content intent trap and the classic mistake of syncing commands on every startup. The sharp edges table is genuinely helpful, covering privileged intents, token security, and invite URL generation. If you're building a Discord bot and don't want to piece together outdated tutorials, this gives you the current way to do it with real code you can run.

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$ npx -y skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill discord-bot-architect --agent claude-code

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Discord Bot Architect

Patterns

Discord.js v14 Foundation

Modern Discord bot setup with Discord.js v14 and slash commands

When to use: ['Building Discord bots with JavaScript/TypeScript', 'Need full gateway connection with events', 'Building bots with complex interactions']

```javascript
// src/index.js
const { Client, Collection, GatewayIntentBits, Events } = require('discord.js');
const fs = require('node:fs');
const path = require('node:path');
require('dotenv').config();

// Create client with minimal required intents
const client = new Client({
  intents: [
    GatewayIntentBits.Guilds,
    // Add only what you need:
    // GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages,
    // GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent,  // PRIVILEGED - avoid if possible
  ]
});

// Load commands
client.commands = new Collection();
const commandsPath = path.join(__dirname, 'commands');
const commandFiles = fs.readdirSync(commandsPath).filter(f => f.endsWith('.js'));

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