Chat apps

Message your bots from Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, iMessage or SMS, and add them to group chats there.

Link a bot to a chat app

1. Open Settings → Messaging.
2. Pick the bot, then choose the app under Connect a chat app.
3. Send the code shown from that app within 10 minutes.

From then on, messages you send there go to that bot’s chat, and its replies come back to you there. The conversation is the same one you see in the Ork app.

In direct messages, a voice note the chat app delivers as an audio file (Telegram, for example) is transcribed when a voice provider that supports transcription is connected in Voice settings; without one, the bot receives the audio file.

To stop, choose Unlink.

Slack

Choose Connect next to Slack to add Ork to your Slack workspace, then Link DMs so direct messages reach your bot.

The bot uses its memory and notes only for your own messages: the Slack account that connected the workspace or linked its DMs. It answers anyone else in the workspace, including guests and other apps, the way it answers a group chat.

A routine can also start from a Slack message.

Group chats

Add your bot to a group or channel in the chat app. The invite appears under Requests in Settings → Messaging; choose Approve or Decline. Approved groups are listed under Conversations, where you can Leave one at any time.

You can also answer an invite or a connection request by replying YES or NO to its message, within a day and before anything else arrives from the line.

On Telegram, groups link personally, like on iMessage: each member who has linked the app gets their own invite under Requests, and messages from approved linked members reach each approved member’s own bot. Members who have not linked Telegram only trigger a one-time intro note in the group. Turn privacy mode off so the bot hears the whole group: in BotFather run /setprivacy and choose Disable, or make the bot a group admin. With privacy mode on it only sees messages that mention it. Telegram broadcast channels are not group chats; posts there never reach your bot.

Slack rooms added through a workspace are team conversations, the only ones with per-room settings. Open a conversation’s Settings to decide how the bot behaves there:

• Listening: Listen to everything, or Mentions only. Either way, the bot answers when mentioned directly.
• Room guidance: plain-language rules for the room, such as “Engage when someone asks about invoices. Ignore small talk.”
• Automated senders: for each bot or integration that posts in the room, choose Ignore, Group updates into a periodic digest, Always act, or Treat like a person.