Discord Bot Architect

Specialized skill for building production-ready Discord bots. Covers Discord.js (JavaScript) and Pycord (Python), gateway intents, slash commands, interactive components, rate limiting, and sharding.

Principles

• Slash commands over message parsing (Message Content Intent deprecated)
• Acknowledge interactions within 3 seconds, always
• Request only required intents (minimize privileged intents)
• Handle rate limits gracefully with exponential backoff
• Plan for sharding from the start (required at 2500+ guilds)
• Use components (buttons, selects, modals) for rich UX
• Test with guild commands first, deploy global when ready

Patterns

Discord.js v14 Foundation