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How to make a Discord birthday bot

A birthday bot remembers members' birthdays and posts a message on the day. The birthdays template has a command for members to save theirs, a collection to keep them in and a schedule that runs once a day to wish anyone whose birthday it is. Schedules run on a bot that stays connected, so it needs Buildcord Boost, the $8-a-month plan.

5 stepsNo codeUses the Birthdays templateUpdated

Steps

  1. Make a birthdays channel

    Create a channel such as birthdays where the bot can send messages.

  2. Start from the birthdays template

    Open the birthdays template in Buildcord. It makes a bot with the birthday command, the collection and the daily schedule already drawn.

  3. Pick the time of day

    Open the Schedule flow and set when it runs, such as 0 9 * * * for 9 in the morning. Choose a time that suits most of your members.

  4. Write the message

    Change the birthday message or its embed on the Embeds page. Use {user.mention} to ping the member.

  5. Deploy and add a birthday

    Paste your token, deploy and save a birthday from a test account. Set it to today and run the schedule once from the logs to see the message.

Good to know

  • Birthdays are rows in a collection, one per member, which you can read and edit on the bot's Data page.
  • Give a Birthday role for the day with an Add role step, and take it away the next morning.
  • The same daily schedule can post anything on a date: an anniversary, a weekly event or a reminder.

Questions

What time zone does it use?

The schedule runs at one time each day for the whole server. Pick the hour that lands on the right day for most of your members.

Can members remove their birthday?

Yes, a moderator can delete the row on the Data page, and you can add a command that does it with a Delete rows step.

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Draw the first flow.

A command, a reply and a deploy is a working bot. It takes a few minutes.

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