The right protocol for each Discord community

Public Community

Reduce automated joins without making every legitimate member complete an application. Keep the entrance simple, then protect the first minutes after access.

Join → CAPTCHA → New Member Shield → Access

Use rate controls, link rules and proportionate reverification while clean activity graduates the member from probation.

Private Community

Collect a focused application, make the community rules explicit and route the decision to an accountable moderator.

Join → Rules → Questions → Manual Review → Access

Required reasons and decision history give the member a clearer support route. Approval always notifies the applicant; a denial can notify or be proactively silent according to the community's policy.

Gaming Community

Connect a gaming account, assign region or platform roles and protect new members from fake game-testing and support scams.

Join → CAPTCHA → Steam / Game Account → Region → Probation

Smart Shield can add contextual indicators for impersonation, malware delivery and off-platform contact requests.

Creator Community

Give fans an easy entrance while routing contributor, collaborator or staff-role requests through stronger evidence and review.

Join → CAPTCHA → Access
Creator role request → Linked account → Manual Review

Branding keeps the verification route consistent with the creator's community identity.

Marketplace

Separate buyer access from seller assurance. Buyers can enter with a low-friction route; sellers can complete provider-hosted Identity Verification and community review.

Buyer: CAPTCHA → Access
Seller: Identity Verification → Manual Review → Seller role

GuildWard stores the minimum provider result and reference, not identity-document images.

For higher-risk access, Pro Rejoin Guard can preserve an explicit unresolved or adverse seller decision across leave and rejoin events without sharing that decision with other servers.

18+ Communities

Use an external specialist to evaluate the configured age threshold and route inconclusive results to support or review.

Rules → Age Assurance → Review if inconclusive → Adult role

Age Declaration is a member's statement. It is not the same as Age Assurance, and neither substitutes for a community's legal review.

Events and Esports

Collect roster information, connect a game account and require tournament-administrator approval before granting competitor access.

CAPTCHA → Game Account → Roster Form → Admin Approval

Versioned flows preserve which rules governed each registration period.

Clear use boundaries

GuildWard is designed for community access and moderation security. It must not be used for prohibited high-impact eligibility decisions involving employment, housing, credit, health or insurance.