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Plan what new members
see, choose and do.

Design focused default channels, onboarding questions with real consequences, and a Server Guide that gives every newcomer a useful first action.

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ConfigurePrimary choices update the URL.
Starting plan

Native Onboarding and Server Guide require Community features.

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Your onboarding plan

7 default channels · 2 questions · 4 first steps

Default channels

#rules

Set expectations before members participate.

Native default orientation channel; keep its reviewed read-only access. · Reviewed The Gaming Hub baseline
#announcements

Provide essential orientation or a first useful destination.

Native default orientation channel; keep its reviewed read-only access. · Reviewed The Gaming Hub baseline
#general

Provide essential orientation or a first useful destination.

Native default where @everyone can View Channel and Send Messages. · Reviewed The Gaming Hub baseline
#off-topic

Provide essential orientation or a first useful destination.

Native default where @everyone can View Channel and Send Messages. · Reviewed The Gaming Hub baseline
#clips-and-highlights

Provide essential orientation or a first useful destination.

Native default where @everyone can View Channel and Send Messages. · Reviewed The Gaming Hub baseline
#lfg

Provide essential orientation or a first useful destination.

Native default where @everyone can View Channel and Send Messages. · Reviewed The Gaming Hub baseline
#suggest-a-game

Provide essential orientation or a first useful destination.

Native default where @everyone can View Channel and Send Messages. · Reviewed The Gaming Hub baseline

Onboarding questions

Assigns a relevant interest role and reveals a useful destination.

Makes notifications opt-in instead of relying on broad mentions.

Server Guide

Resources

  • Server guide and LFG etiquette
  • Rules and reporting route
  • Role and channel directory

Onboarding map

JOIN↓DEFAULT CHANNELS
↓QUESTION 1├─ Game One → Game One → #game-one-chat├─ Game Two → Game Two → #game-two-chat├─ Just here to hang out → Member → #general
↓QUESTION 2├─ Game nights → Game Night Ping → No extra channel├─ No notifications → No role → No extra channel
↓FIRST STEPS → FULL SERVER

Quality checks

Focused planEvery generated question has a role or channel consequence.

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Continue buildingUse the same reviewed configuration in the next tool.
Lay out the serverCustomise rolesWrite welcome messageCreate rulesFollow full setupView The Gaming Hub
DISCORD'S MODEL

What Community Onboarding does

Discord Community Onboarding combines default channels with questions whose answers assign roles and channels. Server Guide is part of the onboarding experience and can add a Welcome Sign, new-member to-dos and resources.

CordNexa recommends a focused journey; those recommendations are not Discord limits. Servers without Community can use the same plan manually through welcome channels, role menus and staff-assigned access.

Default channels and useful questions

Keep defaults focused

Show rules, orientation, the primary conversation and the first useful help or activity destination.

Make answers consequential

Assign a relevant role, reveal channels, or do both. Remove questions that only collect trivia.

Required versus optional

Require only decisions needed for access or safety. Keep interests and notifications optional where possible.

Common onboarding mistakes

  • Too many defaults

    The first channel list becomes as confusing as the full server.

  • Answers that change nothing

    Questions should affect roles, channels or a clear first step.

  • Mandatory preferences

    Do not force notification choices members may not want.

  • Ignoring Server Guide

    Use its Welcome Sign, to-dos and resources to turn access into action.

How templates relate to this planner

CordNexa templates provide reviewed onboarding baselines for concrete scenarios. The planner normalizes those patterns, then adjusts them for membership, goal and complexity.

GOOD TO KNOW

Onboarding planner questions

Does this configure Discord automatically?

No. It creates a deterministic plan you recreate in Discord. CordNexa does not connect to your server.

Does Discord Onboarding require Community features?

Yes. Native Community Onboarding and Server Guide require Community features. When Community is off, the planner provides a manual welcome, role-menu and channel-access alternative.

What should an onboarding question do?

A useful answer changes access or identity by assigning a role, a channel, or both. Avoid collecting information that has no effect on the member experience.