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To build a Discord bot, you first need a bot account from Discord. Discord gives you one for free. It takes about 5 minutes.
In these steps you will get a token. A token is the secret password of your bot. Never share it with anyone, never post it in a chat and never show it in a video.

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Part 1: Make the bot on Discord

1

Open the Discord Developer Portal

Go to discord.com/developers/applications and sign in with your Discord account.
2

Make a new application

Press New Application at the top right. Type a name for your bot (you can change it later), tick the box and press Create.
3

Open the Bot page

On the left, press Bot. Here you can change your bot’s picture and name.
4

Turn on the intents

Scroll down to Privileged Gateway Intents and turn on all three switches:
  • Presence Intent
  • Server Members Intent (needed for join and leave events)
  • Message Content Intent (needed to read messages)
Press Save Changes.
5

Copy the token

Still on the Bot page, press Reset Token, then Yes, do it!. Press Copy. Keep it safe for a minute, you need it in Part 2.

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Part 2: Connect it to DogeBot

1

Add the bot in DogeBot

In your DogeBot dashboard, open the bot picker at the top of the sidebar and press Add new bot.
2

Paste the token

Paste the token you copied and press the button to connect. DogeBot checks the token and shows your bot’s name and picture.
3

Start your bot

On the Dashboard page you see your bot with Online or Offline next to its name. If it says Offline, press the start button.

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Part 3: Invite the bot to your server

A bot can only work in servers it has joined.
1

Make an invite link

Back in the Discord Developer Portal, open your application and press OAuth2 on the left. Under OAuth2 URL Generator, tick bot and applications.commands.
2

Pick the permissions

A new box with permissions appears. The easiest choice is Administrator. If you want to be careful, only tick what your bot needs, like Send Messages, Manage Roles and Read Message History.
3

Use the link

Copy the link at the bottom, open it in your browser, pick your server and press Authorize.
4

Done!

Your bot is now in your server. Time to build your first command!
If you want your bot to give roles, drag the bot’s role above the roles it should give. You do this in Discord under Server Settings, then Roles. A bot can never give a role that is higher than its own.