Discord glossary
Bot
An automated Discord account run by an application, used for moderation, music, games, and more.
Bots are added with an OAuth2 invite link that requests permissions. Only give bots the permissions they need.
Related terms
- Slash command
- A command you run by typing / and picking from a menu, provided by bots and apps.
- Gateway intents
- Flags a bot sets to choose which events Discord sends it.
- Bot token
- The secret password a bot uses to log in. Anyone with it controls the bot.
- OAuth2
- The standard Discord uses to let apps act for users or join servers with specific scopes.