Discord MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 76 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 22 Jul 2026.
Safe Discord access for reading guild data and optionally managing bot messages
What the code does
We read the source, 5 d ago · rules 995398eba69f
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
result = subprocess.run(
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This code can reach further than it looks
We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add discord-mcp -e 'DISCORD_TOKEN=<DISCORD_TOKEN>' -- npx -y @hypark5540/discord-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"discord-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@hypark5540/discord-mcp"
],
"env": {
"DISCORD_TOKEN": "<DISCORD_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.discord-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@hypark5540/discord-mcp"]
env = { DISCORD_TOKEN = "<DISCORD_TOKEN>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"discord-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@hypark5540/discord-mcp"
],
"env": {
"DISCORD_TOKEN": "<DISCORD_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"discord-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@hypark5540/discord-mcp"
],
"env": {
"DISCORD_TOKEN": "<DISCORD_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<DISCORD_TOKEN> (Discord bot token).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
DISCORD_ENABLE_WRITES (Expose message send and edit tools), DISCORD_ENABLE_DELETES (Expose the own-message delete tool; writes must also be enabled), DISCORD_ALLOW_UNRESTRICTED_WRITES (Permit writes without a guild or channel allowlist), DISCORD_ALLOWED_GUILD_IDS (Comma-separated Discord guild IDs), DISCORD_ALLOWED_CHANNEL_IDS (Comma-separated Discord channel IDs), DISCORD_MAX_RESPONSE_CHARS (Maximum serialized MCP response size in characters).
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Discord MCP — questions
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