Creating the Application

Head over to the Discord Developer Portal and log in. You should be looking at the following screen:

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From here, click on the New Application button and give your application a name.

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You should be looking at the following screen now:

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You can change your application's data here. Here's MyBot with an avatar and a description.

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Creating the Bot

The application alone isn't quite enough. Now you'll need to head over to the Bot tab:

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Click on Add Bot and confirm it. You should see your bot account created:

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Next up: Intents.