Discord setup

Connect your agent to Discord with your own bot. It takes a few minutes: create a bot in Discord’s Developer Portal, find your Discord user id, paste both into Cohort, then invite the bot to a server you own. Your agent then answers your messages in Discord.

You’ll need two things: a bot token (from the Developer Portal) and your numeric Discord user id (so your agent knows it’s you). Both are covered below, and the in-app wizard links here at each step.

Step 1 — Create your bot in the Developer Portal

The Discord Developer Portal is where every Discord bot is created.

Sign in to the Developer Portal and click New Application.
Give it a name — this becomes your bot’s name — and accept the Developer Terms.
In the application sidebar, click Bot. Discord creates a bot user for the application.
Under Token, click Reset Token and copy the value Discord shows you.


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Copy the whole token. Keep it secret — anyone with it can control your bot. Discord only shows it once; if you lose it (or it leaks), click Reset Token again to roll it.

Heads up: if this bot is already running somewhere else, resetting the token disconnects it from that host. Make sure no production deployment depends on the current token before you generate a new one.

Step 2 — Enable Message Content Intent (required)

Your agent reads the text of the messages you send it, which Discord gates behind a privileged intent. Without it, the bot can’t even connect — Discord rejects the connection with a PrivilegedIntentsRequired error and your agent never comes online.

On the Bot tab, scroll to Privileged Gateway Intents.
Turn on Message Content Intent.
Click Save Changes.

Leave Presence Intent and Server Members Intent off — Cohort doesn’t need them for a single-user connection.

Step 3 — Find your Discord user id

Your agent answers only you, so Cohort needs your numeric Discord user id — a number like 123456789012345678, not your username. Discord hides this behind Developer Mode.

Open Discord and go to Settings → Advanced.
Turn on Developer Mode.
Right-click your own name (in any chat or the member list) and choose Copy User ID.
Paste that number into Cohort.

Step 4 — Connect in Cohort

In Cohort, go to Settings → Channels and click Connect on Discord.
Follow the Developer Portal walkthrough (or skip it if you already have your token).
Paste your bot token and your Discord user id, then click Connect.

Step 5 — Invite the bot to a server

You can’t DM a bot you share no server with — Discord requires the bot and you to be in at least one server together before it can talk to you.

After you connect, the wizard shows an invite link for your bot.
Open the link, pick a Discord server you own, and approve the permissions.
@mention your bot in any channel it can see (or DM it). Once your agent replies, the connection is confirmed.

That’s it — your agent is live in Discord.

Troubleshooting

The bot doesn’t reply.

Make sure you invited the bot to a server you share with it — Discord won’t deliver your messages otherwise.
Make sure the Discord user id you entered is yours (the account you’re messaging from). Your agent ignores messages from anyone else. Re-check it with Developer Mode → right-click your name → Copy User ID.
If the bot is online but silent on server messages, it may need Message Content Intent enabled (see Step 2).
Give it a few seconds — the first message can take a moment to deliver.

“Bot token is invalid.”

Copy the entire token from the Developer Portal (three dot-separated segments). If in doubt, click Reset Token on the Bot tab to generate a fresh one, then reconnect with it.

It says the bot is already connected.

Each bot connects to one workspace at a time. Disconnect it from Settings → Channels first, then re-connect.

I want to start over.

Disconnect the channel in Settings → Channels, then run through the wizard again. To fully retire a bot, Reset Token in the Developer Portal so the old token stops working.