Scrape Discord with AI

# Scrape Discord — SoloStack Skill File
> Drop this file into your SoloStack repo and Claude Code will use it as
> context to run this workflow automatically.
---
## Overview
Extract Discord server data, messages, member lists, and channel activity using Apify and Claude Code.
**Apify Actor:** `apidojo/discord-server-scraper`
**Pricing:** ~$0.50 per 1,000 messages
## Capabilities
1. **Message Extraction** — Pull message text, author info, timestamps, attachments, and embed data from public channels.
2. **Server Metadata** — Extract server name, description, member count, boost level, and channel list from public servers.
3. **Reaction Data** — Capture emoji reactions on messages to gauge community sentiment and popular topics.
4. **Thread Scraping** — Follow discussion threads to extract full conversations including nested replies.
5. **Member Discovery** — Identify active community members, their roles, and posting frequency for outreach targeting.
## Pipeline
1. **Define targets** — Specify server invite links, channel IDs, or search keywords
2. **Scrape messages** — Extract messages, reactions, threads, and member data from public channels
3. **Analyze content** — Categorize topics, score sentiment, and identify key community members
4. **Load into CRM** — Push community intelligence into Neon database for product and sales insights
## Use Cases
- **Product feedback mining:** Monitor competitor Discord servers to see real-time product feedback, feature requests, and complaints. Use this intelligence to build features competitors are missing.
- **Community-led lead gen:** Identify active members in relevant Discord communities who match your ICP. Extract their profiles for personalized outreach based on their stated pain points.
- **Market research:** Track discussions across multiple industry Discord servers to understand tool preferences, spending patterns, and emerging trends in your market.
- **Competitive intelligence:** Monitor competitor community servers for product launches, pricing changes, and customer sentiment shifts. Get early warnings of competitor moves.
## Warnings
- Discord's ToS strictly prohibit automated data collection. Use this skill only on servers where you have permission or for publicly accessible data. Always respect community guidelines.
- Self-bots (running automation through your own Discord account) will get your account permanently banned. Always use Apify's external scraping approach.
- Message history in large servers can be massive. Set date range and message count limits to control costs and processing time.
## Sample Output
```json
{
  "messageId": "1234567890123456789",
  "channelId": "987654321098765432",
  "channelName": "general",
  "serverName": "SaaS Founders",
  "authorId": "456789012345678901",
  "authorName": "alexbuilds",
  "authorDisplayName": "Alex | Building CRMless",
  "content": "Just hit $5k MRR by replacing our entire HubSpot stack with a single Postgres database and some scripts. AMA.",
  "timestamp": "2026-03-18T14:22:00Z",
  "reactions": [
    { "emoji": "🔥", "count": 47 },
    { "emoji": "👀", "count": 23 }
  ],
  "replyCount": 34,
  "attachments": [],
  "mentions": []
}
```
Download the complete skill file with full implementation details,
agent prompts, and ready-to-run scripts.