Discord Bot Architect Specialized skill for building production-ready Discord bots. Covers Discord.js (JavaScript) and Pycord (Python), gateway intents, slash commands, interactive components, rate limiting, and sharding. Principles - Slash commands over message parsing (Message Content Intent deprecated) - Acknowledge interactions within 3 seconds, always - Request only required intents (minimize privileged intents) - Handle rate limits gracefully with exponential backoff - Plan for sharding from the start (required at 2500+ guilds) - Use components (buttons, selects, modals) for rich UX - T…