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Channels connect your team of agents to the messaging apps you already use. You ask for a feature, approve a plan and follow progress from your phone, without opening the app. The agents get your message in the channel, do the work and reply right there.

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Supported channels

WhatsApp

Telegram

Discord

MS Teams

Signal

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Connect a channel

Open Resources → Channels in Orkestral and pick the channel. Each one has its own way to pair:
1

WhatsApp

Scan the QR code with the WhatsApp on your phone (same flow as WhatsApp Web). The session is stored locally.
2

Telegram, Discord, MS Teams

Paste the bot token (created in each platform’s portal). The token is encrypted in the local secret store, never exposed in the interface.
3

Signal

Pair the device by following the on-screen instructions.
Credentials live in an encrypted vault on your machine. The key never reaches the renderer and tokens never appear in plain text.

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What you can do from a channel

  • Ask for work. Send a message describing what you want; it becomes an executable plan, just like in chat.
  • Approve a plan. Reply approve (or approve all) when there is a pending plan, and execution starts. See approvals.
  • Follow along. The team replies back in the channel as the work advances.

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Helpful details

  • Voice transcribed locally. Send a voice note; it is transcribed on your machine before becoming a message.
  • Attachments. Images the agent can “see”; other files stay attached to the conversation.
  • Streamed replies. The reply is edited as the agent thinks, mimicking chat streaming.
  • Compact messages. What goes out to the channel is summarized so it does not become a giant text on your phone; the full detail stays in the issue and the knowledge base.

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See also

Inbox

The real-time conversations panel inside the app.

Approvals

How to approve plans, from the app or from a channel.