This guide builds a simple automation: DM every new member who joins your Discord server. It takes about five minutes.
Start from a template or scratch
The quickest path is the Discord Welcome Message template — click Use this template and it opens in the editor pre-wired. To learn the mechanics, follow along from scratch instead.
Add a trigger
- Open the editor and click Add node.
- Choose the Discord — Member trigger and set the event to On member join.
- Pick the server (guild) it should watch.
The trigger is the entry point — everything flows out of it.
Add an action
- Add a Discord — Send DM action node.
- Connect the trigger's output port to the action's input.
- In the message field, write your greeting. Use variables to personalise it:
Welcome to the server, {{trigger_1.username}}! 👋
Variables like {{trigger_1.username}} pull live data from earlier nodes — autocomplete suggests what's available.
Activate it
Toggle the workflow live. From now on it runs automatically whenever the trigger fires. Watch executions stream in under Analytics.
Next: learn the full set of triggers and actions.