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Claude Code Channels enables remote control via Discord and Telegram
Anthropic has launched Channels in Claude Code: a research preview feature that allows users to connect a persistent local Claude Code session to a Discord or Telegram bot, enabling remote task delegation from a phone or secondary device. Messages sent to the bot arrive as events in the running Claude session; Claude reads the request, executes work on the local machine, and replies back through the same channel.
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What changed
Charly Wargnier demonstrated the setup: create a bot through BotFather (Telegram) or the Discord Developer Portal, install the plugin with /plugin install telegram@claude-plugins-official, configure the token, and restart with the --channels flag. A six-character pairing code secures access, and an allowlist policy ensures only approved senders can push messages. The feature requires Claude Code v2.1.80 or later and is only available with a claude.ai login; Teams and Enterprise organisations must explicitly enable it in admin settings.
The practical implication is that a developer can start a long-running task in Claude Code, step away from their machine, and send follow-up instructions from their phone while the work continues locally. For marketing technologists managing data pipelines, automation scripts, or report-generation workflows, this represents a meaningful shift in how AI coding assistance integrates into daily work rhythms.
Why it matters for advertisers
For you, this means experimenting with Channels for long-running tasks where you need to check in and redirect without returning to the terminal: though the research preview status means both the API and plugin ecosystem may evolve.
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Claude Code Channels enables remote control via Discord and Telegram
Anthropic has launched Channels in Claude Code: a research preview feature that allows users to connect a persistent local Claude Code session to a Discord or Telegram bot, enabling remote task delegation from a phone or secondary device. Messages sent to the bot arrive as events in the running Claude session; Claude reads the request, executes work on the local machine, and replies back through the same channel.
Charly Wargnier demonstrated the setup: create a bot through BotFather (Telegram) or the Discord Developer Portal, install the plugin with /plugin install telegram@claude-plugins-official, configure the token, and restart with the --channels flag. A six-character pairing code secures access, and an allowlist policy ensures only approved senders can push messages. The feature requires Claude Code v2.1.80 or later and is only available with a claude.ai login; Teams and Enterprise organisations must explicitly enable it in admin settings.
The practical implication is that a developer can start a long-running task in Claude Code, step away from their machine, and send follow-up instructions from their phone while the work continues locally. For marketing technologists managing data pipelines, automation scripts, or report-generation workflows, this represents a meaningful shift in how AI coding assistance integrates into daily work rhythms.
For you, this means experimenting with Channels for long-running tasks where you need to check in and redirect without returning to the terminal: though the research preview status means both the API and plugin ecosystem may evolve.
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