Discord slash commands for RSS: a quick guide

Discord is a natural home for feeds: a community, a research group, or a team can subscribe to a topic without leaving the server. RSSFlux's Discord bot adds slash commands for reading and managing feeds, and automations handle scheduled posting.

Link your account

1. In the RSSFlux dashboard, open Settings.
2. Find Connect Discord.
3. Click Generate Code — you get a six-digit code.
4. In a Discord channel where the RSSFlux bot is present, run:

/link 123456

The bot confirms the link. The code expires after five minutes; generate a new one if needed.

The commands

/flux-help

Shows the command reference.

/feednames

Lists your feeds with IDs. These IDs feed into /feedlatest.

/feedlist

Shows the latest three items from every feed. Great for a quick "what is new?" check at the start of the day.

/feedlatest <id> [count]

Shows the latest items from one feed, with an optional count:

/feedlatest 134 5

/addfeed <url> [name]

Creates a feed from any public page:

/addfeed https://example.com/news Example News

/linkdrop <url> [list]

Saves a URL to a Link Drop list:

/linkdrop https://example.com/article reading

/link <code>

Links your Discord account using the code from Settings.

Scheduled updates for a server

The interactive commands are for people who ask. Automations are for everyone else.

Create an automation in the RSSFlux dashboard that targets a Discord channel, and choose:

• Interval — post new items every N minutes.
• Daily — post a digest at a fixed time.
• One-shot — a single scheduled message.

Use a template to control the format. A useful default is the item title and link, with the feed name. Keep the message short; Discord is a chat surface, not a reader.

A practical community setup:

1. One feed per topic, not per source.
2. A dedicated #news or #intel channel.
3. A daily digest automation rather than a firehose.
4. /feedlatest for anyone who wants more detail on demand.

Why a bot beats a webhook here

A plain webhook can post to Discord, but it cannot answer questions. The bot adds:

• On-demand listing by feed.
• Feed creation from chat.
• Link Drop saves.
• A consistent identity your members recognize.

You can still use webhooks for other destinations; the bot is the interactive layer.

Keep the server readable

• Avoid one automation per item. Batch into a digest.
• Use count limits. /feedlatest <id> [count] exists so a feed cannot flood a channel.
• Pin the important feeds. New members should not need to run /feednames to discover them.
• Separate topics into channels. A single busy channel becomes noise fast.

Getting started

1. Link Discord in Settings.
2. Run /feednames, then /feedlist.
3. Add a source with /addfeed.
4. Create one daily digest automation for the channel.

The free plan includes three feeds and two scheduled actions; Hobby raises the action limit and adds Discord and Slack bot access. See also Manage RSS feeds from Telegram and Slack + RSSFlux.