Make the bot profile show what privileged intents the bot is approved for

[erkinalp]

Currently, there is no way for end users to know whether a bot can fetch memberships, presence data, and message content. With this implemented, the profile of the bot would display something like:

• cannot read messages in the servers it is in
• can fetch your presence status if you share servers with this bot
• can fetch memberships of the servers it is in

While developer portal has this info, it is currently only accessible to bot owner itself, making it only useful for configuration purposes.

[TheKing-OfTime]

End users don't worry about this. End users who are far from the concepts of Discord API do not know at all that some bots can receive some data, while others cannot.

[AlmostSuspense]

Just like lambda people might not know what the "identify" scope is, but Discord shows a more friendly description when people are asked to grant access to their account. People not knowing what intents do is not an issue as it can simply be explained directly with sentences like "this bot can access your status" and the likes, maybe hyperlinking longer support articles on the topic

[RedDaedalus]

It's actually accessible to any user through the undocumented /applications/:app_id/rpc endpoint. Approved intents are exposed in flags.

[erkinalp]

The official client does not show them though.

[promise]

Should anyway be in a privacy policy of bots, it'll be more misleading saying "the bot can fetch your presence at any time" etc. and will only spark fear for end users.

Everyone should of course know what the bot has access to, but this will, in a lot of cases, be more misleading than helpful as to what the bot's main purpose is.

[Smidul]

This was implemented some time ago and bots' approved privileged intents now show on their profiles and app directory page