channel

Overview

snippbot channel start              # Start the channel adapter server
snippbot channel stop               # Stop the adapter server
snippbot channel status             # Check adapter server status
snippbot channel list               # List configured channels

The channel adapter server receives webhooks from messaging platforms (Slack, Discord, Telegram, etc.) and routes messages to the appropriate agents based on your channel bindings.

snippbot channel start

Start the channel adapter server.

snippbot channel start
# Adapter server started.
# Listening on port 18790

The adapter server runs independently from the main daemon on port 18790.

snippbot channel stop

Stop the channel adapter server.

snippbot channel stop
# Adapter server stopped.

snippbot channel status

Check if the adapter server is running.

snippbot channel status             # Human-readable
snippbot channel status --json      # JSON output

Example output:

● Running  Port 18790

snippbot channel list

List all configured messaging channels.

snippbot channel list
snippbot channel list --json

Example output:

┌──────────────┬─────────────┬──────────┬─────────┐
│ Platform     │ Credentials │ Bindings │ Enabled │
├──────────────┼─────────────┼──────────┼─────────┤
│ Discord      │ ✓           │        1 │ yes     │
│ Telegram     │ ✓           │        2 │ yes     │
│ Slack        │ —           │        0 │ no      │
└──────────────┴─────────────┴──────────┴─────────┘

Configuring channels

Channel credentials (bot tokens, webhook URLs, OAuth secrets) are configured via the Settings → Channels page in the web UI, or via the /api/channels REST API.

See the channel-specific setup guides: