Check in: Unit 1 - Discord setup

Before installing anything locally, give discord-mcp a safe place to work. In this unit, you will create a dedicated Discord application, install its bot in a private test server, and grant only the permissions needed by the tutorial.

Where are you going?

At the end of this unit, you will have four pieces of information ready for local setup:

• a bot token stored privately;
• the ID of your test server;
• the ID of a channel where the bot can read and send messages;
• a bot role limited to View Channels and Send Messages.

The token authenticates the server. The server and channel IDs identify exactly where your first read and write calls will run. Keep all tutorial calls inside this test environment.

Checklist

• I am signed in to the account that will own the new application, or can edit an existing one, and I have Manage Server in the private test server.
• I am ready to store the bot token privately and use least-privilege permissions.