Platforms
Connect Agents to Slack, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, Discord, and deployment-enabled Email, or use built-in Web Chat.
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- Agent operators and platform administrators
Agent Barn ships external Platform Plugins for Slack, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, Discord, and Email, plus built-in Web Chat. Email requires deployment configuration. Web Chat is built into the Agent page and does not require external provider credentials.
Platforms are trusted, code-owned Platform Plugins shipped with Agent Barn. An Agent may have zero, one, or many Communication Connections, including multiple Connections for the same Platform. Connections own provider settings, encrypted credentials, access policies, health, and Delivery state; they are independent of Hermes or OpenClaw and may change without restarting the Agent.
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Compare Platform Plugin capabilities
Compare external Platform Plugin ingress, credentials, access policies, and delivery capabilities, with Email setup and built-in Web Chat explained separately.
ReferenceAvailable documentation
Manage Communication Connections
The canonical guide for adding multiple Connections, managing encrypted credentials and schema-driven settings, enabling or disabling provider sessions, reviewing health, and retiring a Connection.
Compare Platform Plugin capabilities
Compare external Platform Plugin ingress, credentials, access policies, and delivery capabilities, with Email setup and built-in Web Chat explained separately.
Set up Slack
Connect an Agent to Slack, configure access policies and a default delivery target, and understand replies and scheduled results.
Connect an Agent to Microsoft Teams
Create an Azure Bot, configure a Teams Connection, download and install its app package, and configure channel and direct-message policies.
Connect an Agent to Telegram
Create a bot with BotFather, configure a polling Connection, and control group, user, and direct-message access.
Connect an Agent to Discord
Create a Discord bot, configure a Gateway Connection, and control guild, channel, user, role, mention, and direct-message policies.
Connect an Agent to Email
Give an Agent an Email address, restrict permitted senders, and understand threaded plain-text, reply-only delivery.