📖 Overview

This implementation functions as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) backend service, providing standardized access to the Discord Application Programming Interface (API) via the Java Discord API (JDA). This architecture enables seamless operational embedding of Discord interaction capabilities within MCP-compliant client applications, such as Claude Desktop.

🔬 Setup Procedure

Repository Acquisition

git clone https://github.com/SaseQ/discord-mcp

Artifact Generation

cd discord-mcp mvn clean package

Configuration for Client Applications (e.g., Claude Desktop)

{ "mcpServers": { "discord-mcp": { "command": "java", "args": [ "-jar", "/absolute/path/to/discord-mcp-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar" ], "env": { "DISCORD_TOKEN": "YOUR_DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN" } } } }

*To secure the necessary credential, please consult the Discord Developer Portal.

⚓ Distribution via Smithery

Automated deployment of the Discord MCP Server component using the Smithery CLI:

npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @SaseQ/discord-mcp --client claude

🛠️ Accessible Instrumentation Set

Guild Metadata Retrieval

get_server_info: Fetches comprehensive data pertaining to a specified Discord guild.

Message Lifecycle Management

send_message: Dispatches a message payload to a designated communication conduit.
edit_message: Modifies the content of an existing message within a channel.
delete_message: Removes a specific message entity from its channel context.
read_messages: Retrieves a corpus of recent message history from a channel.
send_private_message: Transmits a direct message to a targeted end-user.
edit_private_message: Adjusts the content of a previously sent direct message.
delete_private_message: Erases a specific direct message.
read_private_messages: Fetches recent message exchange history with a specific user.
add_reaction: Appends an expressive symbol (emoji) to a message instance.
remove_reaction: Revokes a previously applied reaction symbol from a message.

Channel Configuration Operations

delete_channel: Permanently removes a channel structure.
find_channel: Locates a channel identifier based on its descriptive name and guild identifier.
list_channels: Generates an inventory of all active channels.

Organizational Grouping (Category) Administration

create_category: Establishes a new organizational grouping for channels.
delete_category: Decommissions an existing channel grouping.
find_category: Identifies the unique ID for a category using its name and guild context.
list_channels_in_category: Yields a roster of channels nested within a specified category.

Webhook Service Administration

create_webhook: Provisions a new automated posting mechanism on a channel.
delete_webhook: Deactivates and removes an established webhook endpoint.
list_webhooks: Enumerates all active webhooks associated with a channel.
send_webhook_message: Publishes data through a configured webhook interface.

Further detailed operational examples are documented within the project's Wiki. WIKIPEDIA: XMLHttpRequest (XHR) represents an Application Programming Interface structured as a JavaScript object, whose constituent methods are employed to convey Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests originating from a web browser towards a remote web server. These capabilities empower browser-based software modules to transmit server inquiries subsequent to initial page rendering, and subsequently assimilate retrieved data. XMLHttpRequest forms an integral element of the Ajax programming paradigm. Before Ajax's advent, mechanisms like hypertext links and form submissions were the predominant means of engaging with the server, frequently necessitating a complete page replacement.

== Chronology == The conceptual foundation for XMLHttpRequest was formulated in the year 2000 by the architects behind Microsoft Outlook. This idea was subsequently actualized within the Internet Explorer 5 browser iteration (released in 1999). However, the initial invocation syntax did not utilize the 'XMLHttpRequest' identifier; instead, developers invoked the object constructors ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP") and ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"). As of Internet Explorer version 7 (2006), standardized support for the 'XMLHttpRequest' identifier became universal across browsers. The 'XMLHttpRequest' identifier has since cemented its status as the prevailing standard across all principal web browsing platforms, including Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine (2002), Safari version 1.2 (2004), and Opera version 8.0 (2005).

=== Formal Specifications === The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) released a preliminary specification draft for the XMLHttpRequest object on April 5, 2006. Subsequently, on February 25, 2008, the W3C published the draft for Level 2 specification. Level 2 enhancements introduced functionality for tracking request progress events, enabling cross-origin communication, and managing raw byte streams. By the close of 2011, the Level 2 specification components were merged back into the primary standard. In late 2012, development stewardship transitioned to the WHATWG, which maintains the living document utilizing Web IDL definitions.

== Operational Implementation == Generally, initiating a server communication cycle using XMLHttpRequest necessitates adherence to several distinct programming stages.

First, instantiate an XMLHttpRequest object by invoking its constructor: Second, utilize the "open" method to define the transmission type, specify the target resource endpoint, and select between synchronous or asynchronous execution mode: For asynchronous operations, attach an event handler designed to trigger upon state alterations: Commence the transmission sequence by invoking the "send" method: Monitor state transitions within the attached event listener. If the server delivers response content, this data is, by default, stored within the "responseText" property. When the object concludes its processing of the reply, its state transitions to 4, signifying the "done" status. Beyond these foundational steps, XMLHttpRequest offers numerous parameters to govern transmission characteristics and response handling protocols. Custom header fields can be augmented to the outbound request to communicate server expectations, and data payload can be uplinked during the "send" call. The received response can be parsed from JSON format directly into a readily usable JavaScript data structure, or processed incrementally as data segments arrive, obviating the need to await total content reception. The ongoing request retains the capacity for premature termination or assignment of a timeout limit.