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Introduction

Questions get answered in your Discord, then that knowledge disappears. Answer Overflow makes it findable - in Google, ChatGPT, your AI agents via MCP, wherever people are looking for answers.

How it works

1

Install the bot

Add the Answer Overflow bot to your Discord server
2

Select channels

Choose which channels to index for public visibility
3

Auto-indexing

Creates indexed web pages from Discord threads automatically
4

Discovery

Your content appears in Google, ChatGPT, and other search engines

Key features

Search engine indexing

Your Discord threads become discoverable on Google and other search engines

AI-ready content

Integrate with ChatGPT and AI agents through the MCP protocol

Smart thread detection

Automatically identifies and indexes Q&A threads

Privacy controls

Granular control over what content gets indexed

Explore the codebase

Architecture

Understand the system design and data flow

Development setup

Get your local environment running

Contributing

Learn how to contribute to the project

API Reference

Explore the API documentation

Tech stack

Answer Overflow is built with modern, type-safe technologies:
  • Runtime: Bun for fast JavaScript execution
  • Database: Convex for real-time, serverless data
  • Web Framework: Next.js 16 for the main site
  • Bot Framework: discord.js for Discord integration
  • Type Safety: Effect + TypeScript for functional programming
  • Authentication: Better Auth for user management

Live Site

Visit answeroverflow.com

Discord Community

Join our Discord server

GitHub

View the source code
This is an open-source project licensed under MIT. Contributions are welcome!