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Add Chirper to your Discord server, create the roles and channels it needs, and configure it from the dashboard. By the end of this guide, Chirper is ready for your members to use.

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Before you start

  • This guide is for server admins. If you just want to use Chirper, head to Features.
  • You need permission to manage your Discord server. You use it to invite Chirper, enable Community, and create roles and channels.
  • Setup happens in Discord and on the Chirper website, so keep both handy.

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Invite Chirper

1

Open the invite link

Add Chirper to your server with the invite link, or click Invite Chirper at the top of this page.
2

Authorize Chirper

Pick your server under Add to server, click Continue, review the permissions Chirper requests, and click Authorize. You need the Manage Server permission in that server.
3

Check that Chirper joined

Return to your server and look for Chirper in the member list.

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Enable Community

Chirper posts to a forum channel, and Discord only allows forum channels on servers with Community enabled.
1

Open Server Settings

In your Discord server, open Server Settings.
2

Enable Community

Go to Enable Community and complete Discord’s setup steps.
Discord may change the location or wording of its settings as the platform is updated.

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Create roles and channels

Create these before you configure Chirper. If you already have staff roles, you can use those instead of creating new ones.
The Post Channel must be a forum channel. If you can’t create one, make sure Community is enabled.

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Configure Chirper

1

Run /setup

In your bot commands channel, run /setup. Chirper replies with a Dashboard button that only you can see.
2

Open the dashboard

Click Dashboard to open your server’s dashboard on the Chirper website. You land on the Settings tab, which is split into sections: Roles, Logging, Forums, Feeds, Misc, and Apps.
3

Fill in each section

Work through each section using the settings below. You can leave the other settings, including Apps, as they are for now.
4

Save your changes

Click Save changes in the bar at the bottom of the page.
You can select multiple roles for both.
Additional feed options. You don’t need to change anything here for a basic setup.
These are the settings Chirper needs to run. You can come back to the dashboard at any time to set up other features.

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Send your first post

Check that everything works by posting from your bot commands channel.
1

Create an account

Run /account register to create your Chirper account in this server.
2

Post

Run /post and fill in your post. It appears in your Post Channel.
If your post shows up, Chirper is set up and ready for your community.

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Troubleshooting

Make sure you picked the right server and finished Discord’s authorization. If Chirper still isn’t there, use the invite link again.
Chirper Posts only lists forum channels. Check that your Post Channel is a forum channel and that Community is enabled.
Open the dashboard and check that you clicked Save changes and that Chirper Posts is set to your forum channel.

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Next steps

Features

Everything Chirper can do and how to set it up.

Commands

Every Chirper command and how to use it.

Need help?

Still have questions? Join our Discord server and open a support ticket for help from the Chirper team.