Use channels to push messages, alerts, and webhooks into your Claude Code session from an MCP server. Forward CI results, chat messages, and monitoring events so Claude can react while you're away.

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Claude Code now supports 'channels', a research preview feature that lets you push external events (messages, alerts, webhooks) into a running Claude Code session via MCP server plugins. Supported channels include Telegram and Discord, plus a localhost demo called fakechat. Setup involves installing a Bun-based plugin, launching Claude Code with the --channels flag, and pairing your account via a sender allowlist for security. Team and Enterprise organizations must explicitly enable channels through admin settings. The feature is in research preview, meaning the API may change and only Anthropic-approved plugins are accepted by default.

Push events into a running session with channels