OpenClaw on Discord: A Self-Hosted AI Assistant Bot
Add a private, model-agnostic AI to your community by running OpenClaw as a Discord bot. It is self-hosted, so you own the model, the data, and the behavior — no third-party bot platform required.
Why run an AI assistant on Discord?
- Serve your whole server. Members can ask questions and trigger tasks in any channel.
- Private and self-hosted. Messages are handled by your own OpenClaw instance.
- Model-agnostic. Power the bot with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or a local LLM.
- Automation. Combine chat with browser and workflow automation for a real assistant, not just a chatbot.
How to add OpenClaw to Discord
- Create a bot. In the Discord Developer Portal, create an application, add a bot, and copy its token.
- Invite the bot. Generate an invite URL with the permissions you want and add the bot to your server.
- Deploy OpenClaw. Launch your instance on Flux in under 30 seconds.
- Paste the token. Add the Discord integration in your OpenClaw dashboard and paste the bot token — done.
Privacy notes
Because OpenClaw is self-hosted, your community's conversations run on infrastructure you control rather than a shared bot service. Use a hosted model for maximum capability or a local LLM via Ollama to keep everything on your own instance.
Get started
Discord is one of 20+ OpenClaw integrations. Explore Telegram and WhatsApp too, or read the full self-host OpenClaw guide. Ready now? Deploy from the homepage.