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Drop check-ins into your family Discord.

Younger and gaming-adjacent families already keep a Discord server going for everyday chat. Mirror Getwello into a dedicated care channel and Mum's check-ins, missed alerts and visits land where the family already talks.

Setup guide Get an API key

Coordinator-only. Included in the £4.99 plan. Same day to set up.

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# family-getwello

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GetwelloAPPToday at 08:14

Mum has just checked in

Mood: fine · 08:14 BST

SarahToday at 08:16

lovely, thanks

Why Discord fits some families

Already used, rich embeds, free.

Where the family already is

If the family already has a Discord server, this is the lowest-friction way to surface check-ins for everyone.

Rich embeds, not raw JSON

Coloured bar, title, fields, footer. Discord renders care updates clearly, not as a blob of text.

Free at the Discord end

Incoming webhooks cost nothing. No boost required, no premium tier needed.

Pings on every device

Desktop, web, Android, iPhone notifications. Mentions wake the right person without spamming everyone.

POST https://discord.com/api/webhooks/...
{
  "username": "Getwello",
  "embeds": [{
    "title": "Mum has just checked in",
    "color": 2280535,
    "fields": [
      { "name": "Time", "value": "08:14 BST", "inline": true },
      { "name": "Mood", "value": "Fine", "inline": true }
    ],
    "footer": { "text": "via Getwello integration" }
  }]
}

The morning, on the family server

08:14 lands as a proper card, not a blob.

Run the webhook through a tiny middleman that reshapes our event JSON into a Discord embed. Now the check-in arrives with a coloured bar on the left, a clean title, and the mood as a field. The siblings see it like any other Discord card.

Green bar for check-in, amber for missed, blue for visits.
Mood, time and Circle ID as embed fields.
Footer carries the 'via integration' tag.
Mentions for missed-day alerts: @here or @role.

How to set it up

The high level. Full walkthrough in the help guide.

01
Step 1 of 4
Create a Discord webhook on the family channel.
Channel settings → Integrations → Webhooks → New Webhook. Name it 'Getwello', pick the channel. Copy the URL.
02
Step 2 of 4
Pick how you'll format the embed.
Direct route: Getwello webhook posts raw JSON, Discord displays it as plain text. Better route: middleman (Cloudflare Worker, n8n or Make) reshapes into an embed.
03
Step 3 of 4
Create the Getwello webhook subscription.
Settings → Developer API → Webhooks. URL is either the Discord webhook (raw) or the middleman URL (formatted). Tick the events you want.
04
Step 4 of 4
Click Test, watch Discord.
A synthetic event arrives within a couple of seconds. Confirm it lands in the right channel and the formatting is what you wanted. Tweak the middleman if not.

Read the Discord setup guide →Mint your API key

Frequently asked questions

Why use Discord rather than Slack?

Wherever the family already is. Many UK families with kids or younger siblings already run a Discord server for school chat, gaming or D&D. Putting the Getwello updates next to those conversations means more people see them.

Will the message look nice?

Yes. Discord webhooks accept rich embeds: colour-coded bar on the left, title, fields, footer. Our setup guide includes a Cloudflare Worker or n8n recipe that turns our event JSON into a proper embed.

Can the family reply via Discord and have it post back to the Family Room?

Not with incoming webhooks alone. For two-way, build a small Discord bot using their API plus our POST /api/v1/family-room endpoint. Doable but more work; recommend one-way for the first iteration.

Does Discord charge for this?

No. Webhooks are free, embeds are free, even server boosts are unrelated. The whole pipeline is free at the Discord end.

Is Discord suitable for older relatives?

Less than Slack or WhatsApp typically, more than a custom dashboard. If the older relatives in the family are already on Discord (for gaming with grandchildren, for example), it's natural. If not, Slack or Telegram are gentler picks.

Other integrations

Pair this with another.

Some families wire two or three at the same time. The webhook fans out, the API keys stay the same.

See every integration or jump to the Developer API overview.

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Drop check-ins into your family Discord.

Already used, rich embeds, free.

Where the family already is

Rich embeds, not raw JSON

Free at the Discord end

Pings on every device

08:14 lands as a proper card, not a blob.

The high level. Full walkthrough in the help guide.

Create a Discord webhook on the family channel.

Pick how you'll format the embed.

Create the Getwello webhook subscription.

Click Test, watch Discord.

Frequently asked questions

Pair this with another.

Connect Getwello to Discord.Today.

Connect Getwello to Discord.
Today.