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

    "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: