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Discord bot in an afternoon
Build and host an AI-powered Discord bot for your server.
Starter prompt
Create a discord.js bot with slash commands /ask (answers with Claude Haiku 5.5, max 300 tokens) and /help. Add per-user rate limiting, ignore other bots, read secrets from .env, and add a Procfile or start script so it runs on Railway.
Config
.env.example
DISCORD_TOKEN=
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=
# never commit .envSetup steps
- Create the app in the Discord Developer Portal and copy the token.
- Run the prompt in Claude Code.
- Test in a private server.
- Deploy to Railway with the env vars set.
Why this works
A small, always-on service is exactly what Railway's Hobby plan is for.
Watch out
Rate limit /ask or a busy server will run up your API bill.
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