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Step By Step Setup

We will walk you through a detailed setup process so you can be sure to get your bot up and running quickly.

First Create Your App

First, you'll need to create an App in the Discord Developer Portal if you don't have one already:

Create Your Discord Bot App

Enter a name for your app, then press Create.

Click Create When Ready To Continue

After you create your app, you'll land on the General Overview page

This is where you can update basic information about your app, like its description and icon. You'll also see an Application ID.

This is the developers Name and Icon Settings not what is reflected in your Discord Server. See Bot Section

Copy the Application ID to a notepad or Take note of its location. You will need it to paste in your Customs Musico Dashboard later on.


The Bot Section

As you can see this is where you can set the "Username" and Choose your Custom Bots "Icon" (Avatar)

The Username and Avatar (Icon) chosen here will reflect what it will look like in your Discord Server

A) Get your Bot Token

You will see the "Reset Token" button, click it and copy the token down in your notepad, we will need that in the Customs Musico Dashboard later on.

B) Setting up Privileged Gateway Intents

You have to enable settings like its in order for your bot to work correctly. See below for an example:

Please make sure ALL 3 are selected to Enabled

PRESENCE INTENT

Required for your bot to receive Presence Update events.

NOTE: Once your bot reaches 100 or more servers, this will require verification and approval. Read more here

SERVER MEMBERS INTENT

Required for your bot to receive events listed under GUILD_MEMBERS.

NOTE: Once your bot reaches 100 or more servers, this will require verification and approval. Read more here

MESSAGE CONTENT INTENT

Required for your bot to receive message content in most messages.

NOTE: Once your bot reaches 100 or more servers, this will require verification and approval. Read more here

OAuth2 Section (Adding the bot to your server)

Click on OAuth2 in the left sidebar, then select Bot Under the URL generator.

First Select Bot

After you select Bot, you may also select different permissions for your bot. For now let us just check Administrator. This will generate the link at the bottom used to Invite your bot to your Discord Server!

COPY THIS LINK AND PASTE INTO YOUR BROWSER TO INVITE YOUR BOT

Copy and paste into your browser to invite your Music Bot to your Discord Server, Please Continue to the Custom Musico Dashboard to finish Setup.

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