Channels
Connect the assistant to the places where you already communicate.
Why channels are core to CoPaw
CoPaw is designed around a simple belief: a personal assistant becomes more useful when it can meet you where you already work.
That is why channels are not a minor integration bullet. They are a primary product surface.
Supported direction
The official product has supported or documented channel paths across surfaces such as:
- DingTalk
- Feishu
- Discord
- iMessage
- Telegram
- Matrix
- Mattermost
- MQTT or other specialized routes
What the channel layer enables
Real delivery
A summary or reminder is only useful if it arrives where you notice it.
Lower behavior change
Users should not have to adopt a new communication habit just to keep an assistant alive.
Better workstation fit
Once the assistant can show up in your actual communication fabric, heartbeat and recurring workflows become much more valuable.
Channel design principles
CoPaw treats channels as:
- adapters with a shared conceptual contract;
- part of the operating model, not just plugin demos;
- something users should be able to configure through product surfaces such as the Console and docs.
Practical setup mindset
When bringing up a channel:
- connect only one channel first;
- verify a full send-and-reply loop;
- confirm formatting and delivery behavior;
- only then expand to other surfaces.
Deployment note
If the deployment path is more important than the channel tutorial, send people to the EasyClaw handoff. This site should help them understand the product, while deployment-specific help belongs in the operational path.