Discord Developer News - March 2026

Hey devs! Welcome to the March edition of Discord Developer News. We’ve had our heads down improving the developer experience, with updates across the Developer Portal and Developer Docs. Below, we’re also recapping some of the recent API features we’ve released.

🎮 We're back from GDC!

Catch our event recap on March 31st. We'll be sharing some of our favorite GDC moments and chat about what we're building for game developers on Discord.
- RSVP for our GDC Recap Event
- March 31st at 11am PDT

🕹️ Game Devs: Claim Your Game and Official Game Community

Game developers can now claim and customize their game profile on Discord, unlocking the ability to verify their community server as an Official Game Community for their game.

✨ Discord Dev Portal & Dev Docs got a refresh!

The Developer Portal and Developer Docs have both been updated with improved navigation, usability, and a redesigned theme, with more developer experience improvements on the way.

Developer Portal

• New dev portal home page with quick access to apps, docs, and new developer videos.
• New theme with updated navigation and updated light/dark support.
• New Localization support! This will use the same language you have set in the Discord client.
• Check out the updated developer portal

Developer Docs

• Reorganized structure with new tabs for each feature area and new sidebars for easier navigation.
• New guides and overviews for platform-wide features and use cases, with more on the way!
• AI & MCP support: Docs now work with AI development tools via Copy-as-Markdown, an LLMs.txt file, and an MCP server, available at https://docs.discord.com/mcp
• Existing docs URLs are stable and were preserved during the reorganization. Some titles and content were updated or moved for clarity.
• Check out the updated docs

⚙️ Recent API Features & Changes

Server-side message moderation for the Social SDK
New endpoints + docs for application-scoped moderation metadata workflows.
- Read the moderation change log

Context menu commands UI + higher limits
Commands are easier to browse, and per-type limits have increased from 5 → 15.
- Check out the change log

New modal components: Radio Groups, Checkbox Groups & Checkboxes
More UI building blocks for your modal workflows.
- Check out the changes to modal components

New Guide for Using Community Invite Endpoints
New invite endpoints and an end-to-end guide for community servers.
- Check out the new guide

🛰 Follow Along with Developer Updates

• Join the Discord Developers server)
• ✉️ Subscribe to the email newsletter
• Follow @DiscordDevelopers on YouTube

Happy building!
Your Discord Developer team