# Setup Custom Bot Before we start: * Make sure you have the [gold premium](https://flavibot.xyz/premium). * Make sure you have the premium enabled on your server with `/premium activate` ## 1/ Go to Discord's developer portal and create an application Go to , log in with your Discord account if this is not the case, and press the **"New Application"** button.

Give a name to your application, agree with Discord policies and press **Create**. Don't worry about it now, **you can always change the name of your bot at any time!**\\

## 2/ Add a bot to your application Go to the Bot tab of your application, and press **Add Bot**. You will get a confirmation modal, press **Yes, do it!**.

## 3/ IMPORTANT: Enable Intents Scroll down to the **Privileged Gateway Intents** section and enable the **"Presence Intent"**, **"Server Members Intent”** and the **“Message Content Intent”**.

## 4/ Get your token Press the **"Click to Reveal Token"** or **“Reset Token”** button to see your token. You will get a confirmation modal, press **Yes, do it!**.

Now you should see your token, just like in the screenshot above, copy it! {% hint style="danger" %} This token is super secret and you should never give it to anyone else without knowing why or you risk someone else taking over your bot. {% endhint %} ## 5/ Enable the bot on the dashboard Enable by clicking the switch at the top right like this:

Set the token by clicking `Edit bot token`

Now input the bot token into the `Bot token` field

Now all you have to do is press the `Start` button and your custom bot is up and running! \ Click `add your bot` to add it to your server.

You can add some more configuration like bot activity and change the bot's prefix.