Discord Server Rules Template: Copy and Paste Rules You Can Enforce

Most rules channels fail in one of two ways: twenty rules nobody reads, or three so vague that every ban turns into an argument. The set here is ten rules a moderator can point to, plus add-ons for gaming, roleplay and shop servers, and a separate set for tickets. Replace anything in [square brackets].

What are good rules for a Discord server?

Short answer: few, numbered and specific. A rule earns its place when a moderator can quote it and act, and a member can tell in advance whether they are breaking it. Ten covers most servers, and Discord's Rules Screening takes at most 16.

Usually one detail separates a rule that works from one that starts arguments:

Write only rules you will enforce, since one nobody acts on makes the rest look optional. Discord's Terms of Service and Community Guidelines already apply in every server, so one rule pointing to them beats copying them out.

Discord server rules template (copy and paste)

Paste this as one message in your rules channel. It fits inside Discord's 2,000 character limit. Retype each #channel after pasting so it becomes a link.

# Server Rules
-# Breaking a rule gets a warning, then a timeout, then a ban. Serious cases go straight to a ban.

1. **Be respectful.** No insults, harassment, hate speech or slurs, here or in DMs to members.
2. **No spam.** No message floods, emoji walls, chain messages or repeated pings.
3. **No NSFW or shock content.** Not in chat, names, avatars or links. [This server is SFW everywhere.]
4. **No advertising.** No server invites or social links outside #self-promo, and no promotion in DMs.
5. **Use the right channel.** Read a channel's topic before you post in it.
6. **No scams.** No phishing links, fake giveaways, "free Nitro" or selling accounts.
7. **Respect privacy.** Never share someone's personal details, DMs or photos without their permission.
8. **[English only in public channels.]** [Change this one or delete it.]
9. **Do not argue with moderators in public.** Questions about a decision go in a ticket in #support.
10. **Follow Discord's rules.** The Terms of Service and Community Guidelines apply here. You must be at least 13, or older where your country requires it.

-# Moderators can act on behaviour these rules do not list. Last updated [date].

Stating the consequences up front makes a ban feel fair rather than personal, and the last line ends the "it's not in the rules" argument.

Rules for gaming, roleplay and shop servers

Add the block for your kind of server under rule 10, keeping the total at 16 or fewer if you use Rules Screening.

Gaming and community servers

11. **No cheats or exploits.** Hacks, macros and bug abuse get a ban in game and here. Report bugs in a ticket.
12. **Keep voice chat usable.** No earrape, soundboard spam or shouting. Use push to talk in busy channels.
13. **Spoiler tag new content.** ||Like this|| for [7 days] after a release.

Roleplay servers

11. **Stay in character in RP channels.** Out of character talk goes in #ooc or ((double brackets)).
12. **No metagaming or powergaming.** Your character knows only what they saw, and others get a chance to react.
13. **[FiveM: no RDM or VDM.]** [No killing or ramming without roleplay first. Value your character's life.]
14. **Clip it, do not argue it.** A rule break in a scene goes in a report ticket with a clip, not in chat.

Shop, commission or creator servers

11. **Buy only through official channels.** [Our store] or a ticket in #order. Staff never DM you first to sell anything.
12. **No chargebacks.** Raise a problem in a ticket first. A chargeback gets a ban.
13. **No leaking or reselling** paid files, commissions or members-only content.
14. **Credit creators.** Never repost art or content as your own.

Keep rule 11 even if you cut others: scammers copy staff names and message buyers.

Discord ticket rules template

Tickets get their own short set. Post it right above your ticket panel, so members read it just before opening one.

# How to use tickets
-# Open one in #support. Only you and the team can see your ticket.

1. **One issue per ticket.** Pick the category that fits it best.
2. **One open ticket at a time.** [The bot will not open a second one.] Wait for the first to close.
3. **Put everything in your first message.** What happened, when, your [in-game name or order ID] and screenshots.
4. **Do not ping staff.** Your ticket already reaches the team, and pings do not make it faster.
5. **Do not DM staff about your ticket.** Keep it in the ticket so anyone on the team can pick it up.
6. **Be patient.** Replies can take [up to 24 hours]. Bumping does not move you up the queue.
7. **No ticket abuse.** Opening tickets to troll, spam or test gets you blocked from tickets.

Rule 3 saves the most time: a ticket that starts with the order ID and a screenshot is solved in one reply.

A ticket bot can enforce some of these itself. On AI Ticket Bot:

A blocked member still chats as normal; they just cannot open tickets or talk to the AI. The ticket limit and the blacklist have their own guides.

How do you enforce Discord server rules?

Short answer: decide the consequences in advance, write every warning down, and let bots take the clear-cut cases.

Log every warning in a staff-only channel with the member, the rule number and a message link. Then the next moderator knows it is a second offence, and appeals are judged on a record.

Discord's AutoMod, in your Server Settings, enforces some rules on its own: it can block a flagged message, alert a staff channel, or time the member out on your own keyword rules.

AutoMod never applies to members with Administrator or Manage Server, so test it from a normal account. Anything that depends on context stays a person's call, which is why who holds which moderator role matters as much as the rules.

Where should you put your server rules?

In a read-only #rules channel, and in Rules Screening if your server has Community on.

Rules Screening shows new members your rules and stops them talking, reacting or messaging other members until they agree. It takes up to 16 rules, so enter each numbered rule there and keep the full text in #rules. Some servers also see the switch under Server Settings > Access.

Two catches, from Discord's own help centre: manually verifying a member skips the screen, and the extra step makes some people give up on joining.

Can a bot answer "is this allowed?" questions?

Yes, if you teach it the rules. Most rule questions are not rule breaks: "can I post my stream?", "is trading allowed?" On a busy server they land on moderators all day. An AI that knows your rules answers them and quotes the rule.

With AI Ticket Bot that takes two messages in /ai train, or Teach on the dashboard:

1. The rules. Paste the text, or attach it as a file. Do not count on the AI reading #rules by itself.
2. How to handle them. For example: "When someone asks whether something is allowed, quote the rule number and its wording. Never decide a punishment or promise an unban: bring in staff." That joins its Instructions, the short lists it follows in every conversation, readable under /ai memory.

In a ticket, that looks like this:

It answers the same way in AI FAQ channels, public channels where it answers outside tickets: one on Free, three on Premium, five on Pro, set up with /ai channel. There it cannot bring in staff, so it points anything that needs a person to a ticket. Rules taught in English are answered in the member's language, and new wording you teach replaces the old. See the AI FAQ channel guide and how to train an AI ticket bot.

Rules also create two conversations that belong in a private ticket: reports and appeals. Report tickets covers the first. A banned member cannot open a ticket in your server, so appeals need their own way in.

What AI Ticket Bot does not do with your rules

Enforcement in chat is your moderators plus AutoMod, or a moderation bot. The AI handles the conversations around the rules: questions, reports and appeals. Any Discord ticket bot gives you the private ticket; the AI answers the question before a moderator has to.