Add HoneyGate to your server

How to add the HoneyGate bot to your Discord server — about two minutes, no coding.

Adding HoneyGate works exactly like adding any other Discord bot. You'll click a button, pick your server, and approve it. The whole thing takes about two minutes, and you don't need to install or download anything.

Before you start

You need to be the owner of the Discord server, or have the Manage Server permission on it. That's Discord's way of making sure only the right people can add bots. If you can create invite links and change server settings, you're good.

The steps

1. Go to honeygate.app and click Add to Discord (you'll also find this button at the top of these docs).
2. Discord will ask you to log in (if you aren't already) and then show you a list of your servers. Pick the server you want HoneyGate in.
3. Discord shows the permissions HoneyGate is asking for. These let it do its job — hand out roles, post welcome messages, manage giveaways, and so on. Review them and click Authorize.
4. That's it. HoneyGate is now in your server. You'll see it appear in your member list, and it'll be ready to set up.

A note on permissions

HoneyGate asks for the permissions it needs to actually do things — mainly Manage Roles (to give and remove roles) and the ability to read and send messages. Without those, it can't assign a "Verified" role or post a welcome.

There's one Discord rule worth knowing now because it trips people up later:

**HoneyGate can only manage roles that sit below its own role. In your server settings, drag the HoneyGate** role up near the top of your role list, above any roles you want it to hand out. If a role is above HoneyGate, Discord won't let the bot touch it.

We explain this again wherever it matters, and there's a full bot permissions & role hierarchy page in the FAQ.

What's next

Once the bot is in, head to First-time setup to log in to your admin panel and turn on your first feature.