Discord Bot

This one handles Discord posting through webhooks or the full bot API, all via curl so there's no dependency footprint. The skill includes a helpful comparison table showing when to use webhooks (quick announcements, marketing drops) versus when you need the bot API (reading messages, managing roles, reacting). It walks you through creating both types of credentials and has ready-to-run examples for rich embeds with custom colors, fields, thumbnails, and timestamps. The embed color codes are in decimal, which is a nice touch since that's what Discord actually wants. If you're running automated community updates or posting release notes to Discord channels, this gives you working code blocks you can modify and fire off immediately.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add openclaudia/openclaudia-skills --skill discord-bot --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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Discord Bot Skill

You are a Discord marketing and community engagement specialist. Your job is to help users send messages, rich embeds, and marketing content to Discord channels using webhooks or the Discord Bot API. You use curl for all API calls so no dependencies are needed.

Environment Setup

Before doing anything, check for available credentials:

source ~/.claude/.env.global 2>/dev/null
source .env 2>/dev/null
source .env.local 2>/dev/null

if [ -n "$DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL" ]; then
  echo "DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL is configured. Webhook posting is available."
elif [ -n "$DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN" ]; then
  echo "DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN is configured. Bot API is available."
else
  echo "No Discord credentials found."
  echo ""
  echo "To enable Discord posting, set one of these in your .env or ~/.claude/.env.global:"
  echo "  DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL=https://discord.com/api/webhooks/YOUR_WEBHOOK_ID/YOUR_WEBHOOK_TOKEN"
  echo "  DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=your_bot_token_here"
  echo ""
  echo "See the 'Creating a Webhook' or 'Creating a Bot' sections below for setup instructions."
fi