Search Messages

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READdiscord.search_messages

Contract tier: agent_ready
Risk: read
Catalog version: discord-2026.07.12.3
Descriptor hash: 66e7ff3831cc41079c28f1834472ab3292b56e3d4169cfe44f4b3925e3aa829f

Find messages by query, author, and date ranges.

Request Body

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "discord-search-messages-example",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "discord.search_messages",
    "arguments": {
      "channel_id": "123456789",
      "query": "billing",
      "date_from": "2026-03-01",
      "date_to": "2026-03-29"
    }
  }
}

Arguments Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "title": "search_messages input",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Limit",
      "default": "",
      "description": "Maximum records or matches, expressed as a positive decimal string unless typed as integer."
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Query",
      "default": "",
      "description": "Punctuation-normalized multi-token search text; all terms must match."
    },
    "date_to": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Date To",
      "default": "",
      "description": "Optional inclusive upper date/time bound for message search."
    },
    "has_file": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        {
          "type": "string"
        }
      ],
      "title": "Has File",
      "default": false,
      "description": "When true, restrict search to messages with an attachment."
    },
    "has_link": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        {
          "type": "string"
        }
      ],
      "title": "Has Link",
      "default": false,
      "description": "When true, restrict search to messages containing an HTTP(S) link."
    },
    "author_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Author Id",
      "default": "",
      "description": "Optional Discord user snowflake used to filter message authors."
    },
    "date_from": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Date From",
      "default": "",
      "description": "Optional inclusive lower date/time bound for message search."
    },
    "channel_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Channel Id",
      "default": "",
      "description": "Discord channel snowflake; empty uses the primary channel only where documented."
    },
    "include_threads": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        {
          "type": "string"
        }
      ],
      "title": "Include Threads",
      "default": false,
      "description": "When true, include eligible thread messages."
    },
    "after_message_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "After Message Id",
      "default": "",
      "description": "Optional Discord message snowflake; return records created after it."
    },
    "before_message_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Before Message Id",
      "default": "",
      "description": "Optional Discord message snowflake; return records created before it."
    }
  },
  "description": "Validated input for the Discord MCP search_messages tool."
}

Output Schema

{
  "oneOf": [
    {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "ok",
        "data",
        "meta"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "ok": {
          "const": true
        },
        "data": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "count": {
              "type": [
                "integer",
                "null"
              ],
              "description": "Provider data field count returned by search_messages."
            },
            "limit": {
              "type": [
                "integer",
                "null"
              ],
              "description": "Provider data field limit returned by search_messages."
            },
            "filters": {
              "type": [
                "object",
                "null"
              ],
              "description": "Provider data field filters returned by search_messages.",
              "additionalProperties": true
            },
            "messages": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {},
              "description": "Provider data field messages returned by search_messages."
            },
            "channel_id": {
              "type": [
                "string",
                "null"
              ],
              "description": "Provider data field channel_id returned by search_messages."
            }
          },
          "description": "matching messages, applied filters, counts, and pagination context",
          "additionalProperties": true
        },
        "meta": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
            "duration_ms",
            "rate_limit",
            "warnings"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "guild_id": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "warnings": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "thread_id": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "channel_id": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "rate_limit": {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": true
            },
            "request_id": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "duration_ms": {
              "type": "integer",
              "minimum": 0
            }
          },
          "description": "Safe execution metadata containing no credentials or raw headers.",
          "additionalProperties": true
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "ok",
        "error",
        "meta"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "ok": {
          "const": false
        },
        "meta": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
            "duration_ms",
            "rate_limit",
            "warnings"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "guild_id": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "warnings": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "thread_id": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "channel_id": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "rate_limit": {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": true
            },
            "request_id": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "duration_ms": {
              "type": "integer",
              "minimum": 0
            }
          },
          "description": "Safe execution metadata containing no credentials or raw headers.",
          "additionalProperties": true
        },
        "error": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
            "type",
            "message"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "type": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "message": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "diagnostics": {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": true
            },
            "required_perms": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "discord_error_code": {
              "type": "integer"
            }
          },
          "additionalProperties": false
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  ],
  "title": "Discord MCP provider result",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "description": "Normalized success or semantic-error response; ok=false is a failed call."
}

Code Examples

cURL
Node.js
Python

curl -X POST 'https://portal.madpanda3d.com/api/mcp' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer mad_live_***' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "discord-search-messages-example",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "discord.search_messages",
    "arguments": {
      "channel_id": "123456789",
      "query": "billing",
      "date_from": "2026-03-01",
      "date_to": "2026-03-29"
    }
  }
}'

const response = await fetch('https://portal.madpanda3d.com/api/mcp', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer mad_live_***',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "discord-search-messages-example",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "discord.search_messages",
    "arguments": {
      "channel_id": "123456789",
      "query": "billing",
      "date_from": "2026-03-01",
      "date_to": "2026-03-29"
    }
  }
}),
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

url = 'https://portal.madpanda3d.com/api/mcp'
headers = {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer mad_live_***',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
}
payload = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "discord-search-messages-example",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "discord.search_messages",
    "arguments": {
      "channel_id": "123456789",
      "query": "billing",
      "date_from": "2026-03-01",
      "date_to": "2026-03-29"
    }
  }
}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload, timeout=60)
print(response.json())

Example Responses

200 Success
400 Invalid Date Range

{
  "ok": true,
  "results": [
    {
      "message_id": "ms_91",
      "content": "Need billing help",
      "author": "user_17"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "error": "validation_error",
  "message": "date_from must be before date_to"
}

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