# Discord Social SDK Development Guides Glossary

These guides include suggested development practices, and user flows for you to consider while integrating the Discord Social SDK into your game. These will help provide your users with a consistent and clear experience while interacting with your game.

If you are new to the Discord Social SDK, we recommend you start with the [Getting Started](/guides/getting-started-getting-started) guide.

## Authentication & Account Linking

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:::card{title="Account Linking with Discord" href="/guides/discord-account-linking-development-guides-account-linking-with-discord"}
Learn how to authenticate users with their Discord accounts using OAuth2.
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:::card{title="Account Linking on Consoles" href="/guides/discord-account-linking-development-guides-account-linking-on-consoles"}
Implement Discord authentication flows for console platforms.
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:::card{title="Account Linking on Mobile" href="/guides/discord-account-linking-development-guides-account-linking-on-mobile"}
Implement OAuth2 authentication for iOS and Android with deep linking and PKCE.
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:::card{title="Account Linking from Discord" href="/guides/discord-account-linking-development-guides-account-linking-from-discord"}
Allow players to link their game accounts from the Discord client.
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:::card{title="Using Provisional Accounts" href="/guides/provisional-accounts-development-guides-overview"}
Give your users a seamless account experience with provisional accounts.
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:::card{title="Publisher Level Account Linking" href="/guides/discord-account-linking-development-guides-publisher-level-account-linking"}
Allow users to authenticate once across multiple games from the same publisher.
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## Game Relationships, Presence & Game Invites

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:::card{title="Creating a Unified Friends List" href="/guides/friends-relationships-development-guides-creating-a-unified-friends-list"}
Combine Discord and game-specific friends in one view.
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:::card{title="Setting Rich Presence" href="/guides/rich-presence-user-status-development-guides-setting-rich-presence"}
Display detailed game status in Discord profiles.
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:::card{title="Managing Game Invites" href="/guides/game-invites-managing-game-invites"}
Allow players to invite friends to join their game session or party.
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## Text & Voice Chat

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:::card{title="Sending Direct Messages" href="/guides/direct-messages-development-guides-sending-direct-messages"}
Enable private messaging between players.
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:::card{title="Managing Lobbies" href="/guides/lobbies-voice-development-guides-managing-lobbies"}
Bring players together in a shared lobby with invites, text chat, and voice comms.
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:::card{title="Linked Channels" href="/guides/lobbies-voice-development-guides-linked-channels"}
Connect game lobbies to Discord text channels.
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:::card{title="Managing Voice Chat" href="/guides/lobbies-voice-development-guides-managing-voice-chat"}
Add in-game voice communication.
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## Related pages

- [API Reference](./api-reference-index.md)
- [App Fundamentals](./app-fundamentals-index.md)
- [Best Practices](./best-practices-index.md)
- [Bots & Companion Apps](./bots-companion-apps-index.md)
- [Building Games](./building-games-index.md)
- [Building on Discord](./building-on-discord-index.md)
- [Change Log](./change-log-index.md)
- [Communities & Servers](./communities-servers-index.md)
- [Components](./components-index.md)
- [Core Concepts](./core-concepts-index.md)

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