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Discord Bot Setup

EdgeProof has two ways to read Discord channels:

Mode Pros Cons
puppeteer (default) Works with any channel you can see in a browser. No bot approval needed. Requires Chrome running with DevTools. Slower (polls every 30s).
bot Faster (real-time Gateway events). No browser required. You must create a bot and get it added to the server. Requires server admin cooperation or your own server.

Puppeteer mode (default)

  1. Launch Chrome with the remote debugging port open:

    macOS:

    /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome \
  --remote-debugging-port=9222 \
  --user-data-dir=./chrome-puppeteer-profile

    Windows:

    "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" ^
  --remote-debugging-port=9222 ^
  --user-data-dir=chrome-puppeteer-profile

  2. Log into Discord in that Chrome window and navigate to the signal channel.

  3. Set in .env:

    DISCORD_SOURCE_MODE=puppeteer
DISCORD_CHANNEL_URL=https://discord.com/channels/SERVER_ID/CHANNEL_ID
CHROME_DEBUGGING_URL=http://localhost:9222

  4. For multiple channels:

    DISCORD_CHANNEL_URLS=https://discord.com/channels/.../111,https://discord.com/channels/.../222

Bot mode

1. Create a Discord application & bot

  1. Go to discord.com/developers/applications
  2. Click New Application → name it (e.g., "EdgeProof")
  3. Go to Bot → click Add Bot
  4. Under Token, click Reset Token and copy the token. This is your DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN
  5. Under Privileged Gateway Intents, enable:
    • Message Content Intent (required to read message text)

2. Add the bot to a server

Generate an invite URL:

https://discord.com/api/oauth2/authorize?client_id=YOUR_APP_ID&permissions=1024&scope=bot

Replace YOUR_APP_ID with your application's Client ID (found on the General Information page). Permission 1024 = Read Messages only.

Open the URL, select your server, authorize. The bot must have Read Messages permission on the target channel.

3. Get channel IDs

In Discord: right-click a channel → Copy Channel ID (requires Developer Mode, enable in User Settings → Advanced).

4. Configure

DISCORD_SOURCE_MODE=bot
DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=your-bot-token-here
DISCORD_CHANNEL_IDS=111122223333,444455556666

Optional: only process messages containing certain keywords (useful for channels that mix signal and discussion):

DISCORD_CHANNEL_FILTERS=BUY,SELL,ENTRY

Channel name labels

Optionally label channels for the scoreboard display:

DISCORD_CHANNEL_NAMES=111122223333:Signals Alpha,444455556666:Options Flow
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