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How Clutchat works

The short version: Clutchat has two halves that share one record. The Discord bot runs competition inside a server — tournaments, clans, duels and scrims — using slash commands and buttons. The website lets players enter tournaments, report results, make brackets and keep a public profile with a rating for each game. Signing in to the website with Discord connects you to the record the bot already keeps.

Who this is for: New players and server admins who want to know how the bot and the website fit together before they start.

Last updated October 17, 2026

The two halves

The Discord bot is for communities. A server admin adds it, chooses which features to switch on, and from then on members run competition with slash commands: /tournament, /clan, /duel and /scrim. Announcements, round pairings, reminders and result buttons arrive in channels and DMs, so members never have to leave Discord to play.

The website is for players, whether or not they belong to a server that uses the bot. On clutchat.com you can browse the tournament directory and players’ public profiles without an account, and sign in to register for a tournament, check in, report a result or save brackets in the bracket maker. Clan rosters, teams for team tournaments and the leaderboards live with the bot in Discord.

The two halves share one identity. Your Discord account is how the bot knows you, and signing in to the website with Discord attaches your web account to that same record. You can also sign in to the website with Google or with a six-digit code sent to your email address. Those accounts work fully on the website; only a Discord sign-in carries your bot history across, because Discord is the identity the bot knows.

For a server admin

  1. Add the bot. Invite Clutchat to your server from the server dashboard. It asks for the Discord permissions it needs to post announcements, send result buttons and open match threads.
  2. Run /setup. Choose the channels the bot posts in — an announcements channel, a results channel, a log channel for disputes — the roles that count as organizers and moderators, the games your community plays, and your time zone.
  3. Choose features. Switch on tournaments, clans and scrims as you need them and leave the rest off. A server that only wants weekly scrims does not need clan commands cluttering the menu. Duels are global across Clutchat, so they are always there.
  4. Run something. Create a first tournament or a scrim schedule so new members have something to join the day they arrive. The organizer tools live in /tournament-admin and /scrim-admin, which Discord hides from members without Manage Server; allow your organizer role in Server Settings → Integrations → Clutchat. /config guide posts a how-to-play guide for members to pin; /help lists every command.

Tip: use the dashboard for long setups

The server dashboard mirrors these settings in a browser, which is easier for longer configuration such as roles and channels.

For a player in a server

  1. Run /help and pick what you want to do for a short checklist.
  2. Join something: /tournament register for an open event, /clan join for an open clan, /duel challenge for a quick 1v1, or /scrim register for this week’s practice.
  3. Play the match in your game exactly as you normally would.
  4. Report the result with the buttons the bot sends you, or with the matching report command. The other side confirms.
  5. Check your record with /player profile, your history with /player logs, and generate a Clutch Card with /player card.

For a player on the website

  1. Sign in with Discord, Google or an email code. There is no password to create.
  2. Set up your profile: a handle, the games you play, your in-game name and rank, the roles you play, your region and languages.
  3. Find a squad: teams and clans are put together in Discord, so join a server that uses the bot and accept a clan or team invite there, or add the bot to your own server and start one.
  4. Enter a tournament from the directory, check in when the window opens, and play.

How a result travels

Every competitive format in Clutchat follows the same path from a match to a leaderboard, and knowing it explains most of how the product behaves:

  1. The match is played in the game, outside Clutchat. The bot does not read game data; it records what players tell it.
  2. Both sides report. In a duel both players report; in a tournament match, a clan fight or a scrim, a player or captain from each side does.
  3. Agreement settles it. When the reports match, the result is final immediately — the bracket advances, the series moves on, the ladder updates.
  4. Disagreement escalates it. Conflicting reports mark the match as disputed. Players are asked for evidence, usually a screenshot, and an organizer or moderator decides. Only that one match waits; the rest of the event continues.
  5. Silence has a rule too. A tournament match nobody reports advances the higher seed when its time runs out; a duel nobody reports expires without a result. Nothing waits forever for a player who left.
  6. The record updates. Ratings, XP, standings and histories change, and the result appears on profiles, leaderboards and Clutch Cards.

What stays with your server

Decisions taken inside a Discord server belong to its admins: who counts as an organizer, how a dispute was settled, which clans exist, what the local rules are. Clutchat provides the tools and keeps the record, but it does not overrule a server’s moderators on their own events. Questions about your account, your data, the website or the bot itself come to the Clutchat team through the support server or the contact page.

What it costs

Nothing. The bot and the website are free to use, and there is nothing to buy with money inside either — every rating, standing and clan coin is earned by playing, and clan coins can’t be bought, sold or transferred. The website is supported by advertising, as described in the privacy policy.

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