--- title: "Connect Discord and OpenAI - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Forum Message\" fires in Discord, your agent runs \"Create message\" in OpenAI, or \"New batch\" in OpenAI to \"Send Channel Message\" in Discord." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-openai" --- # Connect Discord and OpenAI When **New Forum Message** fires in [Discord](https://apiant.ai/connections/discord), your agent runs **Create message** in [OpenAI](https://apiant.ai/connections/openai), or **New batch** in OpenAI to **Send Channel Message** in Discord. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Discord **7** triggers Discord **22** actions OpenAI **5** triggers OpenAI **69** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Discord and OpenAI to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Discord and OpenAI can do together ### From Discord to OpenAI - When **New Forum Message** in Discord then **Create message** in OpenAI - When **New Forum Post** in Discord then **Create assistant** in OpenAI ### From OpenAI to Discord - When **New batch** in OpenAI then **Send Channel Message** in Discord - When **New file** in OpenAI then **Send Direct Message** in Discord Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Discord and OpenAI ## Triggers and actions 12 triggers · 91 actions - Trigger **New Forum Message** Triggers when a new Message is created on a Forum Post. - Trigger **New Forum Post** Triggers when a new Post is created on a Forum. - Trigger **New Mention** Triggers when a User or Role is mentioned. - Trigger **New Message Posted to Channel** Triggers when a new message is posted to a specific text channel. - Trigger **New Reaction on Message** Triggers when a new Reaction is added to a Message. - Trigger **New User Added** Triggers when a new user joins the Discord Server. - Trigger **Role Assigned to User** Triggers when a role is assigned to a user. - Action **Add Reaction to Message** React to a message in a channel with an emoji. Writer sibling for the New Reaction on Message trigger. - Action **Add Role** assign a role to a user - Action **Create Channel** Create a new channel in a server. - Action **Create new Forum Post** Create a new Post on a Forum Channel. - Action **Create Role** Create a new role in a server. - Action **Delete Channel** Delete or close a channel. - Action **Delete Message** Delete a message from a channel. - Action **Find Channel** Find an existing channel by name. - Action **Find User** Find an existing user by name. - Action **Get Message** Retrieve a specific message from a channel by id. - Action **Get Server Member** Get one member of a Discord server, including the roles they currently hold. - Action **List Active Threads** List the threads and forum posts currently active in a Discord server. - Action **List Messages** List the most recent messages in a Discord channel, newest first. - Action **List Reactions** List the people who reacted to a message with a given emoji. - Action **List Roles** List every role defined in a Discord server, so you can pick the Role ID an operation needs. - Action **List Servers** List the Discord servers (guilds) the APIANT bot has been added to. Use it to get the Server ID every other Discord operation asks for. - Action **Remove User Role** Remove a chosen role from the specified user. - Action **Rename Channel** Rename a channel to a specific name you choose. - Action **Send Channel Message** Post a new message to a specific #channel you choose. - Action **Send Direct Message** Send a direct message to a specific user. - Action **Send message in Forum Post** Send a new message in a specific Forum Post. - Action **Update Message** Edit the content of a previously sent message. - Trigger **New batch** List your organization's batches. - Trigger **New file** Returns a list of files. - Trigger **New model** Lists the currently available models. - Trigger **New vector store** Returns a list of vector stores. - Trigger **New video** List recently generated videos for the current project. - Action **Cancel batch** Cancels an in-progress batch. - Action **Cancel run** Cancels a run that is in_progress. - Action **Cancel vector store file batch** Cancel a vector store file batch. - Action **Content moderation** Classifies text for hate, harassment, self-harm, sexual, and violence categories using the Moderations API. - Action **Count input tokens** Returns input token counts of the request. - Action **Create assistant** Create an assistant with a model and instructions. - Action **Create chat completion** Sends a list of chat messages to a model via the Chat Completions API and returns the assistant's reply. - Action **Create completion** Creates a completion for the provided prompt and parameters. - Action **Create embedding** Generates a vector embedding for input text using an embeddings model (e.g. text-embedding-3-small). - Action **Create message** Create a message. - Action **Create run** Create a run. - Action **Creates and executes a batch from an uploaded file of requests** Creates and executes a batch from an uploaded file of requests - Action **Create thread** Create a thread. - Action **Create thread and run** Create a thread and run it in one request. - Action **Create vector store** Create a vector store. - Action **Create vector store file** Create a vector store file by attaching a File to a vector store. - Action **Create vector store file batch** Create a vector store file batch. - Action **Create video edit job** Create a new video generation job by editing a source or existing generated video. - Action **Create video extension** Create an extension of a completed video. - Action **Create video generation job** Create a new video generation job from a prompt and optional reference assets. - Action **Create video remix** Create a remix of a completed video using a refreshed prompt. - Action **Delete assistant** Delete an assistant. - Action **Delete eval run** Delete an eval run. - Action **Delete file** Delete a file and remove it from all vector stores. - Action **Delete message** Deletes a message. - Action **Delete thread** Delete a thread. - Action **Delete vector store** Delete a vector store. - Action **Delete vector store file** Delete a vector store file (removes from store, file itself not deleted). - Action **Delete video** Permanently delete a completed or failed video and its stored assets. - Action **Download video content** Download the generated video bytes or a derived preview asset. - Action **Edit image** Creates an edited or extended image given one or more source images and a prompt. - Action **Generate image** Generates an image from a text prompt using gpt-image-1 / DALL-E and returns the image URL or base64 data. - Action **Generate speech** Converts text into spoken audio using a TTS model and the selected voice. Returns audio bytes. - Action **Get assistant** Retrieves an assistant. - Action **Get batch** Retrieves a batch. - Action **Get file** Returns information about a specific file. - Action **Get file content** Returns the contents of the specified file. - Action **Get message** Retrieve a message. - Action **Get model** Retrieves a model instance. - Action **Get run** Retrieves a run. - Action **Get run step** Retrieves a run step. - Action **Get thread** Retrieves a thread. - Action **Get vector store** Retrieves a vector store. - Action **Get vector store file** Retrieves a vector store file. - Action **Get vector store file batch** Retrieves a vector store file batch. - Action **Get vector store file content** Retrieve the parsed contents of a vector store file. - Action **Get video** Fetch the latest metadata for a generated video. - Action **List conversation items** List all items for a conversation with the given ID. - Action **List files** Lists files that have been uploaded to your OpenAI account. - Action **List messages** Returns a list of messages for a given thread. - Action **List models** Lists the models currently available to your account. - Action **List runs** Returns a list of runs belonging to a thread. - Action **List run steps** Returns a list of run steps belonging to a run. - Action **List vector store file batch files** Returns a list of vector store files in a batch. - Action **List vector store files** Returns a list of vector store files. - Action **OpenAI agent message** Runs one AI agent turn on OpenAI and returns the model's reply. The turn is billed to the OpenAI account connected on this step, and the agent can call the account's AI tool automations. - Action **Retrieve response** Retrieves a previously created model response by its Response ID. - Action **Search vector store** Search a vector store for relevant chunks based on a query and filter. - Action **Send model a message** Sends a message to an OpenAI model via the Responses API and emits its response. Returns a Response ID usable as previous_response_id for multi-turn conversations. - Action **Submit tool outputs to run** Submit tool outputs when a run requires action. - Action **Transcribe audio** Transcribes audio into the input language. - Action **Translate audio** Translates audio into English. - Action **Update assistant** Modifies an assistant. - Action **Update message** Modifies a message. - Action **Update run** Modifies a run. - Action **Update thread** Modifies a thread. - Action **Update vector store** Modifies a vector store. - Action **Update vector store file attributes** Update attributes on a vector store file. - Action **Upload file** Upload a file that can be used across various endpoints. ## Each app on its own - [ **Discord** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connections/discord) - [ **OpenAI** OpenAI's platform for text generation (Responses + Chat Completions), image generation (gpt-image-1 /...](https://apiant.ai/connections/openai) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Discord - [ **Discord to Vercel** Vercel is a platform for building, deploying, and scaling fast, modern web applications effortlessly.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-vercel) - [ **Discord to 4chan** 4chan is an image-based bulletin board organised into topic boards, and it publishes a read-only JSON...](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-4chan) - [ **Discord to BlazePhoenix** BlazePhoenix is an on-chain decentralized-exchange aggregator.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-blazephoenix) - [ **Discord to Firecrawl** FireCrawl API scrapes websites, extracts structured data using AI, and converts it to LLM-friendly format.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-firecrawl) - [ **Discord to Formcrafts** Create powerful and intuitive online forms.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-formcrafts) - [ **Discord to Getgrist** Spreadsheet-database platform for building data apps with relational tables, forms, and a REST API for...](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-getgrist) ## More into OpenAI - [ **Mailchimp to OpenAI** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-openai) - [ **ActiveCampaign to OpenAI** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-openai) - [ **Asana to OpenAI** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-openai) - [ **JIRA to OpenAI** Atlassian JIRA Cloud — issue tracking and project management.](https://apiant.ai/connect/jira-to-openai) - [ **Twilio to OpenAI** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/twilio-to-openai) - [ **Intercom to OpenAI** Intercom is a customer communications platform for support, engagement, and marketing.](https://apiant.ai/connect/intercom-to-openai) Questions ## Discord and OpenAI, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Discord? Any of Discord's 7 triggers in the catalog, including New Forum Message, New Forum Post, New Mention and New Message Posted to Channel. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in OpenAI when something happens in Discord? Any of OpenAI's 69 actions, including Create assistant, Create chat completion, Create completion and Create embedding. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from OpenAI to Discord? Yes. When something happens in OpenAI, your agent can act in Discord too. This page covers both directions: OpenAI's triggers and Discord's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Discord or OpenAI? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Discord and OpenAI without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.