> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.makerealms.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.makerealms.com/more/understand-discord/about-discord-bots.md).

# About Discord Bots

## Discord Bots

There are tons of bots in Discord, which do all kinds of things for automation common tasks in your community. Bots can do special things users cant, like show special interfaces, listen for events and respond to specific commands. 

Discord bots may require special permissions in order to work properly, which you authorize before you add them. 

## Realms Bot

In order to interact with realms, you need to add our bot to your server.  The only permissions required are to allow the bot to send messages on channels and listen for user commands. Our bot does not collect any personal information on users or guilds, other than the publicly available information through the Discord API. 

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[Install Realms](/overview/install-realms.md)
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