Channels

Channels

Phoenix meets you where you already chat. Configure any of these in ~/.openphoenix/config.toml, then phoenix serve (or the background Service-and-Updates).

Every channel is closed by default: an empty allowlist means nobody gets in. Add yourself explicitly.

Telegram (most popular)

1. Message @BotFather → /newbot → copy the token
2. Message @userinfobot → copy your numeric id

[telegram]
token = "123456:ABC..."
allowed_chat_ids = ["111111111"]

Photos, PDFs, voice notes (auto-transcribed) and voice replies all work. Group chats only answer when mentioned.

Also built in

Channel	Section	You need
WhatsApp	[whatsapp]	Meta Cloud API token
Discord	[discord]	bot token + channel ids
Slack	[slack]	app + bot tokens (Socket Mode)
Signal	[signal]	signal-cli + your number
iMessage	[imessage]	a Mac
IRC	[irc]	server, nick, allowed_nicks
Matrix	[matrix]	homeserver, access token, allowed_users
Mattermost	[mattermost]	server URL, token, allowed_users

Exact keys for each: Configuration. Web browser instead? Web-UI.