Discord Cli

Interact with Discord from your terminal. Built for developers and AI agents.

discocli sync --follow          # real-time message capture
discocli search "deployment"    # offline full-text search
discocli send --to "#general" --text "Build passed ✅"
discocli serve                  # start MCP server for AI agents

Install

Homebrew (macOS & Linux)

brew install virat-mankali/tap/discocli

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/virat-mankali/discord-cli
cd discord-cli
go build -o discocli ./cmd/discocli/

Quick Start

# 1. Authenticate (bot token or user token)
discocli auth

# 2. Sync messages
discocli sync

# 3. Search offline
discocli search "standup notes"

# 4. Send a message
discocli send --to "#general" --text "Hello from the terminal!"

Commands

Command	Description
discocli auth	Authenticate with Discord (bot or user token)
discocli whoami	Show the currently authenticated user
discocli sync	Sync message history to local SQLite database
discocli sync --follow	Real-time sync via Discord Gateway
discocli search <query>	Full-text search across synced messages
discocli send --to <target> --text <msg>	Send message to channel, DM, or thread
discocli guilds	List all servers you're in
discocli channels --guild <name>	List channels in a server
discocli serve	Start MCP server for AI agents

MCP Server (AI Agents)

Add to your mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "discocli": {
      "command": "discocli",
      "args": ["serve"],
      "env": {},
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": [
        "search_messages",
        "list_guilds",
        "list_channels",
        "get_sync_status"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Available MCP Tools

Tool	Description	Auto-approve?
search_messages	Full-text search across synced messages	✅
list_guilds	List all Discord servers	✅
list_channels	List channels in a server	✅
get_sync_status	Show sync status and message counts	✅
send_message	Send a message to a channel	❌
sync_channel	Sync a channel's history	❌

• You can optionally add send_message and sync_channel to the autoApprove array in your mcp.json if you want your AI agent to use them without confirmation. They're excluded by default since they perform write operations.

How It Works

• Messages are synced from Discord into a local SQLite database with FTS5 full-text search
• All searches are offline — fast and private
• Incremental sync only fetches new messages on subsequent runs
• The MCP server exposes the same functionality over stdio for AI agents
• Pure Go binary, no CGO — works on all platforms

Token Setup

Bot Token (Recommended)

1. Go to Discord Developer Portal
2. Create application → Bot → Reset Token
3. Enable Message Content Intent under Privileged Gateway Intents
4. Invite bot to your server with Read Messages, Send Messages, Read Message History, Attach Files permissions

User Token (Personal Use)

1. Open Discord in browser
2. DevTools → Network → any API request → Authorization header

⚠️ Important: Bot tokens are always the safer choice. User tokens violate Discord's Terms of Service if used for automation at scale. They're fine for personal/local use and AI agents acting on your behalf, but bot tokens are more stable, officially supported, and won't risk your account. When in doubt, use a bot token.

Inspired By

• steipete/wacli — WhatsApp CLI by Peter Steinberger
• virat-mankali/telegram-cli — Telegram CLI

License

MIT