Discord Invite Builder

An invite has a max age, a max use count, a temporary-membership flag and a target channel. Max age ranges from 30 minutes to 7 days or never; max uses from 1 to 100 or unlimited. Both default to 7 days and unlimited in the client.

Temporary membership is the least understood. A member who joins through a temporary invite is removed when they disconnect, unless they were given a role while present. It is intended for one-off voice sessions and surprises people who use it for a general invite.

The target channel determines where a new member lands. Pointing invites at a rules or welcome channel rather than general is a small change that measurably improves whether newcomers read anything.

Creating an invite requires Create Invite. Viewing and revoking the server's invites requires Manage Server, which is why an ordinary member can generate links but cannot see anyone else's.

Invites cannot be edited after creation - changing the age or use limit means deleting the old one and making a new one, which invalidates any copy already shared. For a link going somewhere public, an unlimited invite you can revoke is more practical than a limited one you must keep replacing.

The bot scope gives the application a server-side presence with access to guilds, channels, and messages. The applications.commands scope allows slash commands. Other scopes like identify and guilds.members.read are for OAuth2 user authentication rather than bot use.

The URL contains your client_id, the permission integer, and a space-separated scope list. When someone opens the link, Discord shows an authorization screen listing exactly what the bot can do. Keeping scopes minimal makes that screen less intimidating and safer to approve.