# Discord

### Overview

In this documentation, we list out the steps needed to create your own discord bot and connect that with a Convai Character and host a server for the bot to make it accessible to the users in discord.

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Feel free to join our [Discord Server](https://discord.gg/TG98s8FWKN) and be a part of innovative and passionate developers, while you build your own Convai Character.
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### Let's Create a Character

Before we move on with hosting a discord bot server, let us first create our own character, to connect the bot to. Please follow the steps in the given page to easily get started with creating a simple character.

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[Broken mention](broken://pages/Q5SplR81qembnni7lWul)
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Now, that we have a character, let us move on to the next step

{% content-ref url="/pages/NWZSbTROld5nxDdcr3N1" %}
[Create a Discord Bot](/api-docs/plugins-and-integrations/other-integrations/discord/create-a-discord-bot.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

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Convai is looking into solutions for hosting the server bot for you so that you do not have to go through self-hosting in the above steps. We will update the docs as soon as we have a solution.
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