Connectors
Discord connector
Discord is the fastest connector to set up, because on a server you own or manage you can add the bot yourself. The important detail is Message Content: Discord treats the text of messages as a privileged intent, and access to it is granted by Discord, not by us. The connector is explicit about what it can see before you finish setup.
Scope
What the Discord connector reads
Access is granted one channel at a time. Anything outside your selection is dropped before it is stored.
It reads
- Messages in the channels you opt in to, on servers where the bot is installed
- Thread and forum post replies under those channels
- Author display name, channel name, server name and message timestamps
- Message links, so each commitment points back to its source
It does not read
- Channels the bot has not been given access to, and channels you did not opt in to
- Direct messages between other people
- Voice channel audio
- Attachments and their contents
Permissions
Every permission, explained.
If a permission on this list has no reason you accept, do not grant it. Where a permission is optional, the connector says so and works without it.
- View Channels
- See that a channel exists so you can pick it during opt-in.
- Read Message History
- Backfill the recent window of an opted-in channel so commitments made before setup are not lost.
- Send Messages
- Part of the permission set the install asks for, so that replying in a thread can be added later without every server having to re-authorise. Nothing in the product posts to Discord today, and no screen offers it.
- Message Content intent
- Read the text of messages. This is a privileged intent. Without approval from Discord for this intent, the bot sees message metadata but not message text, and extraction cannot run.
Limits
What Discord does not let this do
These come from the platform, not from the plan you are on. Paying more does not remove any of them.
- Message Content is a privileged intent. Discord must approve it, and approval can be withdrawn. If it is withdrawn, extraction stops and you will be told, rather than shown a stale list.
- A bot present on more than 100 servers must pass Discord verification. Until verification is granted, installs are capped at that limit.
- The bot only sees channels its role can access. If a channel is restricted, granting access is a Discord permission change on your side, not a setting in our app.
- Discord gateway rate limits apply, so backfill of a very busy server is paced over time.
- Removing the bot from a server ends ingestion immediately. It does not reach back and delete what was already stored: that text runs out on your retention window, and deleting the workspace is what removes it at once.
Discord bot verification and Message Content intent approval are decisions made by Discord. We will not claim either until it is granted.
Set up Discord when the first invitations go out
Join the waitlist and pick your channels on day one. One email, no drip sequence.