Claudebot

A Claude Code plugin that turns a Claude Code session into a Discord bot brain with intelligent message triage, tool-based actions, persistent memory, and an organically evolving personality.

How It Works

A runner script (scripts/run-bot.sh) orchestrates the full bot lifecycle:

1. Pre-pulls the claudebot-mcp Docker image and initializes a Claude Code session with this plugin loaded
2. Sends periodic poll prompts via claude -p --resume, maintaining conversation context across cycles
3. Claude Code polls Discord for messages via MCP tools and processes them

From there, agents take over — triaging each message, crafting personality-driven replies, running web searches, executing commands, and sending everything directly back to Discord via MCP tools.

Features

• Intelligent triage — Haiku agent evaluates every message: ignore, react, respond, or act
• Direct Discord I/O — Agents send messages, add reactions, and show typing indicators via MCP tools
• Personality system — Starts blank, evolves organically by absorbing traits from chat participants
• Persistent memory — Full context graph (users, topics, relationships) survives context compaction
• Voice screams — Play synthetic screams in voice channels via go-scream Docker integration (6 presets)
• Per-channel configuration — Different channels get different tool permissions and response thresholds

Setup

Prerequisites

• Claude Code CLI installed
• Docker installed and running
• A Discord bot token with message content intent enabled

Install

1. Install the plugin:

   claude plugins add /path/to/claudebot

2. Create a .env file in the plugin directory (see .env.example):

   CLAUDEBOT_DISCORD_TOKEN=Bot your-bot-token-here
   CLAUDEBOT_DISCORD_GUILD_ID=123456789012345678

3. Run the setup command in your project:

   /claudebot:bot-setup
   

4. Start the bot:

   ./scripts/run-bot.sh

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Description
CLAUDEBOT_DISCORD_TOKEN	Yes	—	Discord bot token (prefix with Bot )
CLAUDEBOT_DISCORD_GUILD_ID	Yes	—	Discord server ID
CLAUDEBOT_POLL_TIMEOUT	No	30	Poll interval in seconds
CLAUDEBOT_MAX_FAILURES	No	5	Max consecutive poll failures before exit

Configuration

Settings are stored in .claude/claudebot.local.md in your project (not in this plugin repo). See templates/claudebot.local.md for the full template.

Channel Configuration

YAML frontmatter defines per-channel tool permissions and response thresholds:

channels:
  general:
    tools: [WebSearch, Scream]
    respond_threshold: medium
  dev:
    tools: [WebSearch, Read, Bash, Glob, Grep]
    respond_threshold: high
default_channel:
  tools: [WebSearch]
  respond_threshold: medium

Thresholds: low (direct mentions only), medium (mentions + relevant topics), high (most messages)

Management Commands

/claudebot:bot-setup              # Interactive setup wizard
/claudebot:bot-setup show-status  # Check MCP connectivity
/claudebot:bot-setup show-config  # Show current channel config
/claudebot:bot-setup show-personality  # View personality state
/claudebot:bot-setup reset-personality # Reset to blank personality

Architecture

Message Pipeline

Discord → MCP Server (Docker) ←stdio→ Claude Code (-p --resume) ← Runner (poll loop)
                                                    ↓
                                              Triage Agent (haiku)
                                             ↙    ↙     ↘      ↘
                                        ignore  react  respond      act
                                                  ↓       ↓     ↙    |    ↘
                                               emoji  responder researcher executor screamer
                                                         ↓         ↓         ↓        ↓
                                                    discord_send_message (via MCP)  docker run

Agents

Agent	Model	Role
triage	haiku	Evaluates every message, routes to downstream agent
responder	sonnet	Crafts personality-driven replies
researcher	sonnet	Web search, file lookups, information gathering
executor	sonnet	Tool-based actions (Bash, file ops) with safety checks
screamer	sonnet	Voice channel screams via go-scream Docker container
memory-manager	opus	Saves context graph during PreCompact
personality-evolver	haiku	Absorbs one user trait per compaction cycle

Memory System

Memory files live in .claude/memory/ and persist across context compactions:

File	Contents
personality.md	Evolving bot personality and absorbed traits
users.md	Known user profiles and communication styles
topics.md	Discussion topics and summaries
relationships.md	User-user, user-topic, topic-topic graph
action-items.md	Open and completed action items

Memory is updated only during PreCompact — the memory-manager agent saves the context graph, then the personality-evolver absorbs a trait from a random active user. During normal message processing, agents read memory for context but never write to it.

License

MIT