How to Add an AI Chatbot to Discord

Members ask the same handful of questions repeatedly, staff can't be online around the clock, and a bot with only fixed commands can't handle an open-ended question phrased slightly differently than expected. A conversational assistant that generates a real answer — instead of matching a fixed keyword — covers the gap between "there's a doc for that" and "someone actually has to answer this."

Discord doesn't ship a built-in AI conversation feature for servers. Any AI chat experience a server has comes from a bot the server owner chose to add and configure.

It responds when a message starts with an Airwavy mention in any server text channel, or to any message posted in the channel you configure for it — whichever fits your server better.

• Holds short-term conversation memory — about ten exchanges per member per server — that expires after 30 minutes of inactivity, or can be cleared any time with /resetmemory.
• Reads attached images: describe one, ask what's in it, or have it read text from a screenshot.
• Preset personalities include Airwavy, chill, comedian, storyteller, zen, tech, and fitness; eligible Premium servers can provide bounded custom style text instead — it can't override Airwavy's identity or core safety rules.
• Server Premium and Personal Premium add live web search for current information (news, scores, prices), on by default and capped independently of regular chat limits; replies built from search results are labeled and cite their sources.

1. Add Airwavy to your server if you haven't already.
2. Open AI Chatbot in the dashboard and enable it.
3. Choose the dedicated chatbot channel, and post a short rule there about AI use before turning it on for everyone.
4. Pick a preset personality, or — on eligible Premium servers — provide custom style text.
5. Save, then test it with a non-sensitive message: start a message with an Airwavy mention, or post directly in the configured channel.
6. If you have Premium, confirm whether live web search should stay on (it's on by default) in AI Chatbot's settings.

• Enabling it in a busy general channel with no warning — members get confused by an AI suddenly replying; use a dedicated channel or post clear rules first.
• Expecting it to remember things long-term — memory is capped at roughly ten exchanges and expires after 30 minutes of inactivity, scoped per member and per server.
• Sharing secrets or private information with it — prompts and images may be processed by external AI service providers; it isn't private storage.
• Assuming custom personality text can override its safety rules — it can't; core safety instructions apply regardless of the configured style.