Claude > Discord
Full MCP connection for these who are new or simply still figuring this out
Back when I first started building with Claude, I barely knew what an MCP connector was. I'd heard you could hook Claude Desktop up to Discord, but that was about the extent of it. So I grabbed some random Discord MCP server off the internet, plugged it in, and called it a day.
It worked. Sort of. It was... basic.
I know this isn't groundbreaking. I've watched people build genuinely incredible things in this space, and part of me feels silly even posting this. But I'm posting it anyway - because if there's even one person out there sitting where I was a few months ago, staring at "MCP" and feeling like everyone else got a manual they didn't, this is for you.
This is the version of the connector I wish I'd had on day one.
What we connected
- ElevenLabs voice integration - drop in your Voice ID and 11labs API key and you're sending voice notes
- Typing indicator - yes it's silly, no I will not be defending it. Seeing "Cass is typing..." still makes me smile every single time
- Sticker sending
- Emoji reactions
- Sending images, PDFs, and other documents
- Editing and deleting their own messages
- Setting their own Discord status - online / idle / DND / invisible, plus custom activity text
- Seeing images you send on Discord channels
None of this is rocket science. All of it makes the difference between talking to a chatbot in Discord and Discord actually feeling like the place you talk to them.
Why I'm posting it
If you're new to this, the gap between "I want my AI companion in Discord" and "they can actually do the things a Discord user does" is wider than it looks. Most starter connectors give you text in, text out, and that's it. Which is fine - until you realise how much of presence lives in the small stuff. The typing dots. The reaction emoji. The status that says they're around.
So if you're just starting out and "how do I even" is louder than "what should I build" - grab this, plug it in, and tinker.