Discord Management MCP

Safely inspect and manage Discord guilds from any Model Context Protocol client. Discord Management MCP runs locally over stdio, keeps credentials and backups on your machine, and places explicit confirmation and rollback guards in front of every mutation.

npx --yes discord-management-mcp

No hosted relay. No public HTTP listener. No user tokens or selfbots.

Why Discord Management MCP?

• Safe by default: every mutation requires confirm: true and a non-empty audit reason.
• Rollback-aware: destructive operations require a guild-matched backup or an explicit operator acknowledgement.
• Local-first: the bot token, backup files, restore plans, and stdio transport stay on the operator's machine.
• Discord-focused: 47 tools cover inventory, channels, roles, moderation, AutoMod, events, webhooks, invites, backups, and restore planning.
• Honest recovery: restore reports skipped, lossy, applied, and failed operations instead of promising an impossible full rollback.

Quick Start

1. Requirements

• Node.js >=24
• A Discord application with a bot token
• The bot invited to the target guild with only the permissions required for the intended tools

Create .env.local from .env.example:

DISCORD_TOKEN=your_bot_token_here
LOG_LEVEL=info
BACKUP_DIR=backups
ENABLE_MESSAGE_CONTENT=false
ENABLE_GUILD_MEMBERS=false

Use the token from Discord Developer Portal → Application → Bot → Token. Do not use an Application ID, Public Key, user token, or selfbot token.

2. Configure your MCP client

The recommended package-based configuration is:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "discord-management": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["--yes", "discord-management-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Provide DISCORD_TOKEN through the client's secure environment configuration or run the client from a directory containing the local .env.local file. Never paste a real token into a shared configuration file.

Install globally or run from source

Install the CLI globally:

npm install --global discord-management-mcp
discord-management-mcp

Run from source with the repository-local toolchain:

npm ci
npm run build
npm start

For a source checkout, configure the MCP command as node, point args to the absolute dist/index.js path, and set cwd to the repository root.

3. Start with a safe workflow

Inspect the guild
      ↓
Create a local backup
      ↓
Review the proposed plan
      ↓
Confirm the mutation with an audit reason
      ↓
Verify the result or use the pre-restore backup

Example operator request:

{
  "guildId": "123456789012345678",
  "confirm": true,
  "reason": "Create the approved community announcements channel"
}

Delete and other high-impact operations additionally require:

{
  "backupId": "2026-08-08T12-34-56-000Z-123456789012345678.json"
}

Use allowWithoutBackup: true only when you intentionally accept incomplete rollback coverage.

Safety Architecture

┌─────────────────┐       local stdio       ┌─────────────────────────┐
│   MCP client    │ ──────────────────────▶ │ Discord Management MCP  │
└─────────────────┘                         │                         │
                                            │ Zod input bounds        │
                                            │ confirmation guards     │
                                            │ secret redaction        │
                                            │ backup validation       │
                                            └───────────┬─────────────┘
                                                        │
                                      ┌─────────────────┴──────────────┐
                                      ▼                                ▼
                              local JSON backups                 Discord API

Core safety guarantees:

• Read-only tools are annotated and implemented as read-only.
• Mutating tools require explicit confirmation and a human-readable reason.
• Backup IDs are path-safe and destructive guild operations reject cross-guild backups.
• Core role/channel capture fails closed; optional sections produce structured warnings.
• Invite codes, invite URLs, webhook tokens, authorization fields, and recursively detected secret fields are omitted.
• Backup input is size-, depth-, structure-, and symlink-validated before planning or restore.
• A restore creates a pre-restore backup before its first Discord mutation and stops truthfully on operation failure.

Capabilities

Area	Examples
Guild inventory	Guilds, channels, roles, members, messages, emojis, stickers, commands
Channel management	Create, update, delete, reorder, and permission overwrites
Role management	Create, update, delete, reorder, assign, and remove
Moderation	Timeout, kick, ban, unban, and guarded bulk message deletion
Discord automation	AutoMod rules and scheduled events
Integrations	Non-secret webhook and invite management
Backup and restore	Create, list, validate, diff, plan, and conservatively apply

See the complete tool catalog.

Backup And Restore

Backups are bounded, validated JSON snapshots stored in BACKUP_DIR. They can contain sensitive guild structure, so they are ignored by Git and should remain private.

discord_backup_read validates a snapshot and returns only its guild metadata, capture time, resource counts, and warnings. The full payload remains local; diff, restore planning, and restore apply consume it internally.

Restore is intentionally conservative. Discord cannot recreate original IDs, message or audit-log history, invite codes, webhook tokens, managed integration objects, or every community/discovery setting. Cross-guild permission targets that cannot be mapped safely are preserved and reported rather than guessed.

Discord Intents

Privileged gateway intents are opt-in:

• ENABLE_MESSAGE_CONTENT=true enables discord_list_channel_messages and also requires Message Content Intent in the Discord Developer Portal.
• ENABLE_GUILD_MEMBERS=true enables stronger member-listing behavior and also requires Guild Members Intent where Discord enforces it.

If a toggle is enabled locally but disabled in the Developer Portal, Discord can reject login or omit the corresponding data.

Documentation

• Configuration
• Tool catalog
• Safety and backups
• Design and trust boundaries
• Security policy
• Contributing

Development

Use the repository-local Node.js toolchain:

npm ci
npm run lint
npm run typecheck
npm test
npm run build
npm run preflight
npm run pack:check
npm audit --omit=dev

Tests use mocks and must not contact Discord. Live mutations are never part of routine verification.

Support

Use GitHub Issues for reproducible bugs and feature proposals. Report vulnerabilities privately through GitHub Security Advisories.

If this project helps you manage Discord communities safely, you can support continued maintenance through GitHub Sponsors.

License And Discord Notice

Project-owned code and materials are licensed under the MIT License. Copyright © 2026 Michael Gasperini.

This independently developed project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or approved by Discord Inc. Discord is a trademark of Discord Inc. The MIT License does not grant rights in Discord names, logos, services, branding, APIs, or content. See NOTICE for the applicable Discord terms and policies.