Tools & Plugins Saturday, October 3, 2026

Discord setup checks, after the three-day story

Teknium posted a “Discord Setup, Checked For You” card: a wrong token is re-asked and never saved; Message Content Intent off gets a direct link to the toggle, then a re-check; the invite link prints with the right permissions; the owner is allowlisted without Developer Mode; a Discord section landed in the .env template. Same evening, Nous posted Linus Sebastian talking through a Hermes setup on the latest podcast (not sponsored, ~2 min clip). A reply in that thread said the Discord piece took three people a day. Nous answered that the Discord team has not taken their setup-stability suggestions, and that they had reached out so it should not take three days.

Credit@Teknium, @NousResearch

Cover art for Tools & Plugins: Discord setup checks, after the three-day story

Why it matters

Discord is still the painful gateway. The card is the product response; the podcast clip is the public proof of the pain.

From the source

Hermes Agent #hermes #discord #onboarding #linus #nous

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