Claude Code Channels Ships Telegram and Discord Bridge
Claude Code Channels is Anthropic's new MCP-based system that connects Claude Code sessions to external messaging platforms, starting with Telegram and Discord. Shipped in v2.1.80 on March 19, 2026, with permission relay following in v2.1.81 the next day, Channels turns Claude Code from a terminal-only tool into a remotely accessible AI agent -- one you can message from your phone and get filesystem-level responses. TL;DR Anthropic shipped Claude Code Channels (v2.1.80) with official Telegram and Discord bridges It's MCP-based, runs locally as a subprocess — no inbound ports, no daemon...
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