After Discord: wire Tangerine into your server

Six checkpoints

1. 01

   Join the community Discord

   Open the live invite link below so you are inside the server where installs and troubleshooting threads stay.

   You need an account and membership before generating OAuth redirects tied to your guild.

2. 02

   Create or open a Discord application

   In the Discord Developer Portal, create an Application (or reuse one). Under Bot, add a bot user to this application.

   Keep application ownership scoped—bots inherit token scopes from this application.

3. 03

   Choose intents deliberately

   Enable privileged intents only when you truly need them. Message Content Intent unlocks reading plain messages your bot consumes.

   Presence Intent or Server Members Intent are heavier privileges—flip them only when your fork listens for presence/members.

4. 04

   Secure your bot token

   Generate once from the Bot tab, copy into deployment secrets (never commit `.env`), rotate immediately if leaked.

   Treat the token like a password—scope `.gitignore` and CI masked vars accordingly.

5. 05

   Build the OAuth invite URL

   Under OAuth2 > URL Generator, pick scopes (`bot`, plus `applications.commands` if you expose slash commands) and permission integers matching features.

   Paste the resulting authorize URL into a pinned moderator channel so admins bless installs uniformly.

6. 06

   Channel posture inside your guild

   Install using Server Settings → Roles → Bot Role hierarchy so moderation bots remain authoritative.

   Wire slash/audio/text handlers toward canonical channels after onboarding completes.