# Add bots to channels (read only)

**URL:** <https://support.delta.chat/t/add-bots-to-channels-read-only/4680>\
**Category:** Bots\
**Created:** [February 4, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/add-bots-to-channels-read-only/4680 "2026-02-04T16:49:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nesterow](https://support.delta.chat/user_avatar/support.delta.chat/nesterow/32/3130_2.png) [@nesterow](https://support.delta.chat/u/nesterow)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/add-bots-to-channels-read-only/4680/1 "2026-02-04T16:49:27Z")

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While testing bots capabilities I couldn’t find a way to make a bot joining a channel. It would be useful to use channels for broadcasting messages outside chatmail server. Think of use cases like blogging, listening to multiple channels, broadcasting to multiple bots, etc. This is not essential, but I don’t think it’s hard to implement.

Managing multiple bots may be covered by the groups.

## Expected behavior

A bot can join a channel.

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**Author:** ![ian](https://support.delta.chat/user_avatar/support.delta.chat/ian/32/3164_2.png) [@ian](https://support.delta.chat/u/ian)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/add-bots-to-channels-read-only/4680/2 "2026-02-04T17:07:21Z")

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Good idea. The reverse direction would then be:

> [@Requesting a new bot for coauthoring, pinned messages and to resend recent chat log in a broadcast channel](https://support.delta.chat/t/enable-bots-to-create-broadcast-channels/4682):
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> (Let me redraft this topic with more actionable wording) A publisher sends a private message to the bot and receives some help text in return. Then typing /new there would create a new channel and a corresponding private control group and invite the publisher user there. The initial publisher may invite further co-authors and bots (e.g., RSS & Atom feed reader) to this control group. Slash commands are allowed, but only for the original publisher initially (tokens are made up): /help /admin …

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**Author:** ![adbenitez](https://support.delta.chat/user_avatar/support.delta.chat/adbenitez/32/2323_2.png) [@adbenitez](https://support.delta.chat/u/adbenitez)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/add-bots-to-channels-read-only/4680/3 "2026-02-04T17:24:46Z")

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this is up to the bot owner, if they really have a reason to support you adding the bot to a group or to a channel they can allow it, if they don’t want it, they can even auto-leave groups if you try to add the bot, for the channel, the bot could support that if you send it the invite link of your channel in private it joins it

but for the use case you mentioned of “broadcasting to several bots” you can do that just with a normal group, the main reason to have a channel is so other don’t spam, this is not a problem with bots