Claude Channels

Status: research preview. Requires Claude Code 2.1.80+, Bun runtime.

Channels turns Claude Code into a background agent that external systems push events into — Telegram messages, Discord messages, CI webhooks, monitoring alerts. Claude maintains session context across those events. You don't need to be at the terminal.

Prerequisites

1. Claude Code 2.1.80 or later
2. Bun runtime — install this first, it's the step most people miss:

   curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash
   

Quick start (Telegram)