How to add bot in discord?

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Asked on September 14, 2021 in Internet.
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    You can add a number of popular, premade bots to your server. One of the most popular is MEE6.

    1. Visit this page to download MEE6.

    2. Click the button that says “Add to Discord.”

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    Select “Add to Discord” on the MEE6 homepage. 
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    3. Provide your Discord login to authenticate your account. If a pop-up asks for permission to use your account, click “Authorize.”

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    Make sure you’re logged into the correct account, and click “Authorize.” 
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    4. Click “Set up MEE6” next to your server name.

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    Click “Set up MEE6” next to the correct server. 
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    5. Select your server in the pop-up window and click “Continue.”

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    Choose your server and hit “Continue.” 
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    6. Select or deselect the permissions you’ll give this bot.

    7. Scroll down and click “Authorize.”

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    Click “Authorize.” 
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    How to set up MEE6 as a welcoming bot on Discord

    Once you authorize MEE6, you are given options of what kind of bot you can create. First, we’ll create a bot that welcomes new members to your server.

    1. Click the “Welcome” option.

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    To create a welcome bot, click the “Welcome” option. 
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    2. Select what you want the bot to do. Your options are: “Send a message when a user joins the server,” “Send a private message to new users,” “Give a role to new users” and “Send a message when a user leaves the server.”

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    Select a welcome task for the bot, such as “Send a message when a user joins the server.” 
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    3. You can set what your bot says down to the text color and font, as well as which channel your bot will post in.

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    Choose a channel for the bot to post in. 
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    4. Hit “Save” when finished. Visit this plug-ins page again if you want to make changes.

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    Click “Save” when you’re done. 
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    How to set up MEE6 as a moderating bot on Discord

    Circle back to the plug-ins page on the MEE6 website to set up your moderator bot. A moderator can do things like censor language and kick bad actors off of your server.

    1. Click on the “Moderator” icon.

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    Select “Moderator.” 
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    2. Then click “Yes” in the pop-up to enable it.

    3. Scroll down to “Auto-moderator” and select what rules you want your bot to enforce. Options include censoring bad words, spoilers, and excessive emojis.

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    In the “Auto-Moderator” section, you can choose what kind of actions you want moderated, such as “Bad words.” 
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    4. When selecting what your bot will moderate, you can decide how the bot reprimands users. The message can be automatically deleted, the user who triggered the auto-moderation can be sent a warning message, or both.

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    Choose how you want the action moderated. 
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    5. Click “Settings” to customize the threshold for what triggers the bot. For example, the bot can spring into action once a post has been marked with a certain number of spoiler tags. You can also select channels for the bot to ignore.

    6. Save any changes.

    How to set up MEE6 to alert users when you’re streaming on Twitch

    Discord began as a messaging platform for gamers, so streaming culture goes hand in hand with it. If you are a streamer, you can set up MEE6 to alert your server whenever you go live on the streaming site Twitch. First, revisit the MEE6 plug-ins page again.

    1. Scroll and click the Twitch icon.

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    Click on the “Twitch” option. 
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    2. Click “Yes” in the pop-up to enable it.

    3. Enter the name of your Twitch channel.

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    Type in the name of your channel. 
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    4. Customize a message to your server.

    5. Select a channel for the bot to post in.

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    Choose a channel. 
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    6. Choose whether or not you want to receive a Discord notification when someone follows the Twitch channel.

    7. Click “Save.”

    8. Now, when you go live on Twitch, everyone on your server will be notified.

    Answered on September 14, 2021.
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