A glossary of Discord bot terminology
Discord bot terminology defined precisely — platform vocabulary, permission mechanics, moderation jargon, and the words vendors use differently.
Sections
Fundamentals
The vocabulary and mechanics underneath everything else on this site — permissions, intents, roles, webhooks and the limits Discord enforces on each.
5 entries
The Discord embed object, field by field
Every field on a Discord embed, which ones are mutually exclusive in layout, and the limits that decide whether an embed renders at all.
Discord bot security, explained
Discord bot security as four checkable practices — token handling, requested permissions, privileged intent review and two-factor enforcement.
Discord channel types, by enum value
Every Discord channel type and its numeric enum value, from GUILD_TEXT (0) to GUILD_MEDIA (16), with what each one is actually for.
Discord thread archiving and the four durations
How Discord thread auto-archiving works, the four permitted durations, and what archiving does and does not do to a thread's contents.