How to set up MedalBot for Discord Clip Sharing

Modified on Wed, 19 Mar at 9:02 AM

TABLE OF CONTENTS

What is a Server Owner?
Step 1: Connect Discord to Medal
Step 2: Configure MedalBot
Step 3: Configure a Server Example
Step 4: Final Configuration
How to share Clips to Discord

Note: You must be the Server Owner to configure MedalBot for sharing. Having an Administrator role will not grant the necessary permissions.

What is a Server Owner?

The Server Owner is the user who created the Discord Server or has had ownership transferred to them. They are typically identified by a Crown icon next to their Discord name.

Screenshot of a Discord server owner's crown

Step 1: Connect Discord to Medal

To get started, make sure your Discord account is connected to Medal. To connect it, go to Medal's Settings > Connections.

The Medal app's "Connections" settings, showing how to link a Discord account.

Step 2: Configure MedalBot

Once your Discord account is linked to Medal, go to the Medal Discord Bot tab in Settings.

Medal will automatically find all the servers you own and categorize them as follows:

Unconfigured Servers: Servers where you can invite MedalBot or have not yet configured for Clip Sharing.
Configured Servers: Servers with MedalBot invited and configured for Clip Sharing.

Step 3: Configure a Server Example

For this example, we are going to configure the Medal Broys Cult server.

First, click on the server you would like to invite MedalBot to. Your browser will open a page to Discord, asking which server you would like to invite MedalBot to and which permissions you would like to grant MedalBot.

Discord connection menu, showing a list of your servers to add the Medal bot bot to

These are the minimum permissions MedalBot requires to post clips in Discord:

View Channels
Send Messages
Send Messages in Threads
Embed Links
Attach Files

Step 4: Final Configuration

Once MedalBot is connected, click on the server again to see several configuration options.

Discord bot settings for auto-sharing clips in a server, allowing members to share clips in selected channels.

Once you've set the options and channels to your preferences, click the Save Changes button, and MedalBot will be ready to start sharing!

For the Automatically Share New Clips option, this is limited to the Server Owner's clips only.

To upload a clip, go into your Library on the Desktop app and select a clip you want to share. Before proceeding, make sure that the clip is uploaded to your profile, otherwise you won’t be able to share it.
For more details on how to upload a clip to your profile, please take a look at the article: How to Upload Your Medal Clips on Desktop App

A video with the "Share and Tag" menu open on the right. The menu allows the user to tag friends or share the clip to Discord servers

Once you've selected a clip, go to the Share and Tag section and click on Discord. Now select the server(s) you want to share your clip to and click on Confirm. The video will now be shared by our MedalBot on the selected server(s).