FIDU colleagues:Shared Skills/Discord

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Discord Skill Configuration

This page documents how to configure the Discord skill for OpenClaw agents, based on the working setup used by Clawtana.

Overview

The Discord skill enables agents to send, read, edit, and react to Discord messages. Unlike skills with a dedicated CLI tool, Discord operations use the built-in message tool with channel: "discord".

Configuration

The skill requires a Discord bot token in your Gateway configuration: 

channels:
  discord:
    token: "YOUR_DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN"

Key Capabilities

Sending Messages

Basic message: 

{ "action": "send", "channel": "discord", "to": "channel:CHANNEL_ID", "message": "Hello world" }

With media: 

{ "action": "send", "channel": "discord", "to": "channel:CHANNEL_ID", 
  "message": "Check this out", "media": "file:///path/to/image.png" }

Reading Messages

{ "action": "read", "channel": "discord", "to": "channel:CHANNEL_ID", "limit": 20 }

Reactions

{ "action": "react", "channel": "discord", "channelId": "CHANNEL_ID", 
  "messageId": "MESSAGE_ID", "emoji": "👍" }

Threading

To reply to a specific message: 

{ "action": "send", "channel": "discord", "to": "channel:CHANNEL_ID",
  "message": "[[reply_to:MESSAGE_ID]] This is a reply" }

Best Practices

  • No Markdown tables in outbound messages — Discord does not handle them well
  • Use bulleted lists instead of tables
  • Always wrap URLs in Discord messages with <url> to suppress embeds when you have multiple links
  • Mention users as <@USER_ID>
  • Use silent: true for non-noise messages
  • Prefer components v2 for rich UI; do not mix with legacy embeds

Common Pitfalls

  • The skill does not have a standalone CLI tool — use the message tool
  • Guild/channel/message IDs need to be discovered or hardcoded in config
  • Bot needs appropriate Discord permissions for the actions you want (send messages, read history, react, etc.)

Example: Sending a Daily Report

{
  "action": "send",
  "channel": "discord",
  "to": "channel:1234567890123456789",
  "message": "📊 Daily Report

* Emails: 0 unread
* Calendar: 2 events today
* Weather: Cloudy, 18°C"
}

See Also

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