Channels
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What is Channels?
Claude Code channels are MCP server plugins that push messages, alerts, and webhooks into your running Claude Code session, allowing Claude to react to events while you're away from the terminal. Channels enable two-way communication through platforms like Telegram, Discord, and iMessage. You install them as plugins, configure credentials, and pair your account so Claude can receive and respond to messages in real-time. Unlike web sessions that spawn fresh instances, events arrive in your already-open session, making channels ideal for always-on setups where you run Claude in a background process.
Free resources to learn Channels
- Official docsPush events into a running session with channels
- Official docsChannels reference
- VideoClaude Code Channels in 8 Minutes
More in stage 13: Connecting Tools with MCP
Channels: common questions
Can I learn Channels in Hindi?
This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain Channels in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.
Is this Channels tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 96 of 109 in the free Claude Code roadmap, in stage 13, Connecting Tools with MCP. If you are new to Claude Code, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.