> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.biolovers.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Discord presence card (visitor view)

> What the live Discord tile looks like to visitors and how it updates.

The Discord presence card is the **live tile** that shows what you're up to right now in Discord. It's powered by your real-time Discord status (the green dot, the game you're playing, the song on Spotify, etc.).

## What visitors see

| State                                                       | What the card shows                                                          |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Online**                                                  | Green dot + "Online".                                                        |
| **Idle**                                                    | Yellow moon + "Idle".                                                        |
| **Do Not Disturb**                                          | Red dot + "DND".                                                             |
| **Offline / Invisible / not sharing a server with the bot** | Grey dot + "Offline".                                                        |
| **Playing a game**                                          | Game name + game icon (when Discord has one) + how long you've been playing. |
| **Listening on Spotify**                                    | Song + artist + album art + a little progress bar.                           |
| **Coding (VS Code, JetBrains, etc.)**                       | File name + workspace + how long.                                            |
| **Custom status**                                           | Your custom text + emoji.                                                    |

Multiple activities stack — e.g. "Playing Minecraft" + "Listening to Spotify" both show.

## How it updates

The card is **live**. It is powered by the **Biolovers Discord bot** connected to Discord's gateway — when your status changes, the bot pushes the new presence to your profile within a couple of seconds. There is no Lanyard relay involved — the bot itself emits the data.

You **must share at least one server with the bot** for the live data to flow. The Biolovers community Discord is the easiest way; any server the bot is in works. Without that, the card stays Offline (with a "Join our Discord" call-to-action).

Setting your Discord status to **Invisible** also reads as Offline by design — Discord doesn't broadcast presence for invisible users, so neither do we.

## Where to set it up

[Discord & Telegram panel](/connections/discord-telegram).