Getting Started

This guide walks you through adding Chronote to your Discord server and running your first recorded meeting.

Prerequisites

• A Discord server where you have Manage Server permission.
• At least one voice channel and one text channel.
• A Chronote subscription (free tier available).

Step 1: Add Chronote to your server

Use the invite link from chronote.gg to add the bot. Discord will prompt you to select a server and confirm permissions. Chronote needs:

• View Channels, Send Messages, and Read Message History in text channels where it will post notes.
• Connect and Speak in voice channels it will record.

After the bot joins, it sends a DM to the installer (or server owner) with a link to the onboarding wizard.

Step 2: Run the onboarding wizard

Type /onboard in any text channel. The wizard walks you through:

• Selecting a default notes channel (where meeting summaries are posted).
• Setting initial server context (a short description of your team or project).

The onboarding wizard requires Manage Server permission. You can skip it and configure these settings individually later.

Step 3: Start your first meeting

1. Join a voice channel.
2. Run /startmeeting in a text channel, or right-click yourself, Chronote, or someone in your voice channel and select Apps -> Start meeting.
3. If you use /startmeeting, optionally add a context parameter (e.g., "Weekly standup for backend team") and tags (e.g., "standup, backend").

Chronote joins the voice channel and begins recording. You will see a "Meeting Started" embed with an End Meeting button.

Step 4: End the meeting

End the meeting in any of these ways:

• Click the End Meeting button on the embed.
• Right-click Chronote in the voice channel and select Disconnect.
• Leave the voice channel (the meeting ends when no participants remain).

Chronote processes the recording:

1. Audio is transcribed per speaker.
2. Notes are generated from the transcript, context, and dictionary.
3. A summary embed and full notes are posted to the text channel.
4. Everything is saved to your meeting history.

What to set up next

Task	Command	Details
Teach names and domain terms	Server Settings or /dictionary add	Features
Set server/channel context	/context set-server	Admin Guide
Enable auto-recording	/autorecord enable	Admin Guide
Explore the web portal	Link in meeting summary	Browse past meetings and share notes

Permissions summary

Permission	Where	Why
View Channel	Text channels	Access notes channels
Send Messages	Text channels	Post meeting embeds and notes
Read Message History	Text channels	Update meeting status and summary messages
Connect	Voice channels	Join and record audio
Speak	Voice channels	Required by Discord for voice bots
Manage Channels	Server-wide	Required for /autorecord, /context, /dictionary