Discord Raw API MCP Server

This MCP server provides raw Discord API access through a single flexible tool. It supports both REST API calls and slash command syntax.

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install Discord Raw API for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @hanweg/mcp-discord-raw --client claude

Manual Installation

1. Set up your Discord bot:

   • Create a new application at Discord Developer Portal
   • Create a bot and copy the token
   • Enable required privileged intents:
     • MESSAGE CONTENT INTENT
     • PRESENCE INTENT
     • SERVER MEMBERS INTENT
   • Invite the bot to your server using OAuth2 URL Generator

2. Clone and install the package:

   
   # Clone the repository
   git clone https://github.com/hanweg/mcp-discord-raw.git
   cd mcp-discord-raw

Create and activate virtual environment

uv venv .venv\Scripts\activate

If using Python 3.13+ - install audioop library: uv pip install audioop-lts

Install the package

uv pip install -e .

## Configuration

Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json`
```json
    "discord-raw": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory", 
        "PATH/TO/mcp-discord-raw",
        "run",
        "discord-raw-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DISCORD_TOKEN": "YOUR-BOT-TOKEN"
      }
    }

Usage

REST API Style

{
    "method": "POST",
    "endpoint": "guilds/123456789/roles",
    "payload": {
        "name": "Bot Master",
        "permissions": "8",
        "color": 3447003,
        "mentionable": true
    }
}

Slash Command Style

{
    "method": "POST",
    "endpoint": "/role create name:Bot_Master color:blue permissions:8 mentionable:true guild_id:123456789"
}

Examples

1. Create a role:

   {
    "method": "POST",
    "endpoint": "/role create name:Moderator color:red permissions:moderate_members guild_id:123456789"
   }

2. Send a message:

   {
    "method": "POST",
    "endpoint": "channels/123456789/messages",
    "payload": {
        "content": "Hello from the API!"
    }
   }

3. Get server information:

   {
    "method": "GET",
    "endpoint": "guilds/123456789"
   }

Recommendations:

Put server, channel and user IDs and some examples in project knowledge to avoid having to remind the model of those, along with something like this to get it started:

"Here's how to effectively use the Discord raw API tool: The tool is called discord_api and takes three parameters:

1. method: HTTP method ("GET", "POST", "PUT", "PATCH", "DELETE")
2. endpoint: Discord API endpoint (e.g., "guilds/{guild.id}/roles")
3. payload: Optional JSON object for the request body Key examples I've used:
4. Creating roles:

   discord_api
   method: POST
   endpoint: guilds/{server_id}/roles
   payload: {
    "name": "Role Name",
    "color": 3447003,  // Blue color in decimal
    "mentionable": true
   }

5. Creating categories and channels:

   // Category
   discord_api
   method: POST
   endpoint: guilds/{server_id}/channels
   payload: {
    "name": "Category Name",
    "type": 4  // 4 = category
   }
   // Text channel in category
   discord_api
   method: POST
   endpoint: guilds/{server_id}/channels
   payload: {
    "name": "channel-name",
    "type": 0,  // 0 = text channel
    "parent_id": "category_id",
    "topic": "Channel description"
   }

6. Moving channels to categories:

   discord_api
   method: PATCH
   endpoint: channels/{channel_id}
   payload: {
    "parent_id": "category_id"
   }

7. Sending messages:

   discord_api
   method: POST
   endpoint: channels/{channel_id}/messages
   payload: {
    "content": "Message text with emojis \ud83d\ude04"
   }

8. Assigning roles:

   discord_api
   method: PUT
   endpoint: guilds/{server_id}/members/{user_id}/roles/{role_id}
   payload: {}

   The tool supports the full Discord API, so you can reference the Discord API documentation for more endpoints and features. The responses include IDs and other metadata you can use for subsequent requests. Pro tips:

• Save IDs returned from creation requests to use in follow-up requests
• Unicode emojis can be included directly in message content ? Tell the model to use discord emoji like :champagne_glass: - Messages with unicode emoji hangs Claude Desktop?
• Channel types: 0 = text, 2 = voice, 4 = category, 13 = stage
• Role colors are in decimal format (not hex)
• Most modification endpoints use PATCH method
• Empty payloads should be {} not null"

License

MIT License