Help center

Getting started

From invite to your first published embed in under a minute.

1. 1. Add the bot to your server

   Click “Add to Discord”, pick your server, and confirm. You need the “Manage Server” permission in Discord to authorize a bot. Your server starts on the Free plan — no credit card.

2. 2. Run /embed new

   The dashboard is where you create, manage, and publish embeds. `/embed new` opens the visual editor there; you can still publish saved drafts and templates from Discord if you want a quicker path.

3. 3. Publish or schedule

   Pick a channel and publish right away, or set a date and time in your server's timezone. Scheduled embeds go out within 60 seconds of the chosen time, even if the bot restarts.

Commands

Every command replies ephemerally — only you see the response. /help, /invite, and /vote also work in the bot's DMs.

Permissions the bot asks for

Shofar Bot asks for the bare minimum needed to publish embeds — never administrator, and never access to channels you don't authorize. It also doesn't read your server's message content: it works through commands and interactions only.

• View Channels — to list the channels you can publish to.
• Send Messages — to publish the embed in the channel you pick.
• Embed Links — so the embed renders instead of falling back to plain text.

Embed limits

These limits come from Discord itself and apply to every bot, on every plan. Your Shofar Bot plan only decides how many of the 25 fields you can use — from 2 on Free up to all 25 on Max. The editor shows the counter before you hit the limit.

• 25 fields per embed
• 256 characters in the title and in each field name
• 4,096 characters in the description
• 1,024 characters in each field value
• 2,048 characters in the footer
• 10 embeds and 6,000 characters total per message

Weekly quota and plans

Each server has a quota of published messages per week, from 5 on Free up to 150 on Max. It resets every 7 days on a cycle anchored to the date your server subscribed — billing is monthly, but the quota reset runs on its own independent cycle. Run /usage for the exact number and next reset date. Voting on top.gg through /vote credits 5 bonus messages to the current window.

Features by plan

Drafts and templates unlock at Starter; scheduling at Plus; pagination and removing the branding footer at Pro. On Free, using a locked feature shows a clear upgrade notice instead of a confusing error.

• Drafts and reusable templates — Starter and up
• Scheduling in your server's timezone — Plus and up
• Pagination with ◀/▶ buttons — Pro and up
• Remove the “Scheduled with Shofar” footer — Pro and up

Troubleshooting

Most publishing problems are a missing permission on the specific channel rather than on the whole server — Discord lets permissions be overridden per channel.

• “No permission to send in this channel” — re-grant View Channels, Send Messages, and Embed Links on that channel and try again.
• The command doesn't appear when you type “/” — close and reopen Discord; global commands can take up to 1 hour to show up after install.
• The embed came out as plain text — the Embed Links permission is missing on that channel.
• A scheduled send didn't go out on time — if your weekly quota ran out, it isn't lost: it publishes automatically once the quota resets.
• You removed and re-added the bot — your plan, drafts, and templates are still saved and come back with the server.

Billing and cancellation

Plans are billed monthly in US dollars (USD) through Discord's own subscription system. Upgrade or downgrade whenever you want — the change applies from the next checkout. To cancel, use the subscription page in your dashboard: your server keeps its current plan until the end of the paid period, then drops back to Free on its own, no ticket needed.