Documentation
and setup guides.
Setup takes about ninety seconds, not an afternoon. These guides cover the features that need one: captcha, automations, message bridging, and more. Find what you need and get back to your dashboard.
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- last updated
- 2026-05-16
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- the eng team
Connect a server
- 014 min
Add a server
Connect a Discord or Telegram community, pick the Flake bot or run your own, and finish activation.
discordtelegram - 025 min
Get a discord bot token
Create the Discord application, generate the token, and paste it into Flake. For paid tier custom bots.
discordtoken - 034 min
Get a telegram bot token
Open BotFather, pick a name, and copy the token. The same steps as Discord, just on Telegram.
telegrambotfather
Run your community
- 016 min
Welcome messages
Greet new members with formatted copy, dynamic variables, optional images, and follow-up buttons.
onboarding - 027 min
Announcements
Compose once, schedule, ship to both platforms. Recurring posts, edit propagation, target channels.
scheduledcross-platform - 038 min
Message bridging
Real-time channel sync between Discord and Telegram. Authors, attachments, edits, replies preserved.
bridgelive - 046 min
Captcha verification
Verify new members with Cloudflare Turnstile. Role gates, permission gates, and timeouts keep bots out.
turnstilegating - 059 min
Automations
Event triggers, condition filters, action chains. The same builder runs on both platforms.
triggersactions
Get help
- 013 min
Frequently asked questions
Answers to questions the configuration screens don’t cover. Updated whenever a question comes up twice.
faq