Add bots to channels (read only)

[ian]

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

(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 …