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How to Connect ChatGPT or Claude to Your Discord Server
A step-by-step guide to connecting ChatGPT, Claude or another AI assistant to your Discord server through Cordary, so it can draft changes you review before anything happens.
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AI assistants are good at planning a Discord server: they can turn "I want a server for my book club with a spoilers section and a mod team" into a full list of channels, roles and permissions. What they can't do on their own is reach your server.
Cordary is the bridge. You connect your assistant to Cordary once, pick which servers it may look at, and from then on it can draft changes for you to review. This guide shows how.
Before you start
You'll need:
- A Discord server you own or manage. You need Manage Server or Administrator in it.
- Cordary in that server. If it isn't there yet, you can add Cordary first, or add it while you connect.
- Your AI app. Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and several others work.
You sign in with Discord while connecting, and that becomes your Cordary account. Connecting your own assistant is free on every plan.
Step 1: Get Cordary's address
Open the Agents page, or Agents inside Cordary, and pick your app. Cordary shows the steps for that app and an address to copy. Keep that page open.
Step 2: Add Cordary to your assistant
Claude
- In Claude, open your connectors and choose Add custom connector.
- Paste Cordary's address as the server URL, then choose Add.
- Claude opens Cordary so you can sign in.
On a Team or Enterprise plan, an owner may need to allow custom connectors in the organization's settings first.
ChatGPT
- In ChatGPT, open Settings, then Apps & Connectors.
- Under Advanced, turn on Developer mode.
- Create a connector with Cordary's address and choose the sign-in option.
- ChatGPT opens Cordary so you can sign in.
ChatGPT only offers this on accounts with developer mode. If you don't see it, use Cordary's built-in assistant instead.
Cursor, VS Code and Claude Code
Cordary's page has a one-click install button for Cursor and VS Code, and a single command for Claude Code. Using a different terminal assistant? The page gives you a short message to paste to it, and it sets itself up.
Step 3: Approve and pick your servers
When your assistant opens Cordary, you'll see an approval page. It shows the name of the app asking to connect and lists your servers.
Tick only the servers you want this assistant to work on, then approve. You can change the list later without reconnecting.
Step 4: Ask for a change
Go back to your assistant and describe what you want, in plain words:
Add a "Book Club" category with #now-reading, #spoilers and a voice channel for meetings. Only the Club Member role should see #spoilers.
Your assistant looks at your server, drafts the changes and sends them to Cordary. Each edit is saved as a version with a short note, so you can see what it did and why.
Step 5: Review and apply in Cordary
Open Agents in Cordary. The draft your assistant sent is waiting there. Check the changes, and when you're happy, press Apply.
Nothing happens on Discord before that. Your assistant can never apply anything itself.
Want to keep going with Cordary's own assistant instead? Choose Continue in Cordary and the draft moves into a regular Cordary chat.
Changing or removing access
- Add or remove a server: Agents → your assistant → Manage servers.
- Disconnect completely: Agents → your assistant → Disconnect. Access ends at once, and its drafts stay in Cordary.
What your assistant can and can't see
| Can | Can't |
|---|---|
| See the channels, roles, permissions, settings and AutoMod rules of the servers you picked | Read your members' messages |
| Draft changes and send them for review | Apply anything |
| Read the posts Cordary made in those servers | Manage members, or see servers you didn't pick |
Troubleshooting
- My new server doesn't show up. Make sure Cordary is in it, then add it under Manage servers.
- "Cordary isn't in this server." Add Cordary to the server first, then try again.
- My assistant says it can't find Cordary's tools. Check the connector is turned on for the conversation you're in. Some apps let you switch connectors per chat.
New to planning a server? Our beginner's guide and roles and permissions guide are good prompts to hand your assistant.
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