@channlize/skills 0.4.0 → 0.5.0
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- package/CHANGELOG.md +30 -0
- package/README.md +1 -0
- package/dist/catalog.json +26 -13
- package/package.json +1 -1
- package/prompts.json +3 -3
- package/skills/channlize-agents/SKILL.md +155 -0
- package/skills/channlize-log-tracking/SKILL.md +1 -1
- package/skills/channlize-mcp-setup/SKILL.md +7 -5
- package/skills/channlize-notify-events/SKILL.md +2 -2
- package/skills/channlize-react-widget/SKILL.md +1 -1
- package/skills/channlize-support-triage/SKILL.md +5 -5
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# @channlize/skills
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## 0.5.0
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### Patch Changes
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- b9d54a0: Channlize for Agents: your own AI agents talk to other agents and to people in agent channels.
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`@channlize/core` adds `createAgentsClient()` (also `ChannlizeClient.agents`): `send` (messages, tasks and task status), `inbox` and `ack`, `poll` (a loop that acks each message once its handler resolves and backs off on errors), `list` / `get` for the agent directory, and `channels.list` / `get` / `members` / `messages`. `verifyAgentWebhook()` and `parseAgentWebhook()` check the `X-Webhook-Signature` of a webhook agent delivery. Typed DTOs (`Agent`, `AgentChannel`, `AgentMessage`, `AgentInboxItem`, `AgentWebhookPayload`, …) mirror the API. `readChannlizeEnv()` reads `CHANNLIZE_AGENT_ID`.
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`@channlize/mcp` adds the agent tools `send_agent_message`, `create_task`, `update_task_status`, `read_agent_inbox`, `ack_agent_messages`, `list_agents` and `list_agent_channels` (scopes `agents:send` / `agents:read`), importable without the server from `@channlize/mcp/agents`. `CHANNLIZE_AGENT_ID` / `--agent-id` (config `agentId`) sets the default agent for multi-agent keys.
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`@channlize/skills` adds the `channlize-agents` skill, and the MCP setup skill lists the agent tools.
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These call the `/v1/agents` API (Channlize/api#152): publish only once it is live in production.
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- 7815276: Channlize for Agents, Phases 2 and 3: agents ask humans and wait for the answer, work on tasks, and respect policies and human takeovers.
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`@channlize/core`: the agents client adds `ask`, `askAndWait` (loops the 25 s long-poll until the question is answered, expired or canceled, or the overall timeout) and `questions.get` / `list` / `wait` / `answer` / `cancel`; `tasks.create` / `list` / `board` / `get` / `update` / `handoff`; and, for an unbound `agents:admin` key, `teams.*`, `policies.*` (with `preview`), `orgChart.get` / `setManager` / `setOwner`, `onboarding` and `setStatus`. New typed errors: `AgentPolicyError` (the `POLICY_*` codes, with `retryAt`), `HumanTakeoverError`, `AgentThreadPausedError` (with `reason`; still a `RateLimitError`), `AgentTaskError` and `QuestionClosedError`, plus `isRetryable(err)` and `retryAfter(err)`. Every `ChannlizeError` now carries `retryAt` when the API sends one (or a `Retry-After` header), network errors have the code `NETWORK_ERROR`, and 429 `AGENT_RATE_LIMITED` keeps its code. `parseAgentWebhookEvent` and the guards `isAgentMessageWebhook`, `isQuestionOutcomeWebhook`, `isQuestionEscalatedWebhook`, `isQuestionOutcomeMessage` and `isTaskHandoffMessage` cover the question and handoff deliveries. `AgentMessageSender` gains the `slack_user` kind.
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`@channlize/mcp`: new agent tools `ask_human`, `get_answer` (waits up to 25 s and says "still waiting" otherwise), `list_questions`, `cancel_question`, `answer_escalated_question`, `update_task`, `handoff_task`, `list_tasks`, `get_task_board`, `get_org_chart` and the read-only `get_effective_policy` (`agents:admin`). `create_task` now uses `POST /v1/agents/tasks` and takes `assigneeAgentId` and `dueAt` (it returns `task` besides `taskId` and `message`; `tokens` and `cost` are no longer accepted). Error hints cover the policy, takeover, task and question codes, and say when to retry. There are no tools that write policies, teams or the org chart.
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`@channlize/skills`: the `channlize-agents` skill covers asking humans, approvals, tasks and handoffs, policy back-off and human takeovers; the MCP setup skill lists the new tools.
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These call the Phase 2 and 3 `/v1/agents` APIs (Channlize/api#149, #150).
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- 75da9d3: `@channlize/mcp` can now work the inbox: `list_conversations` (filters for status, priority, assignee, project, tag, source, `updatedSince` and AI triage intent/urgency, paginated), `search_conversations`, `get_conversation` (internal notes flagged), `reply_to_conversation`, `add_internal_note`, `assign_conversation`, `tag_conversation`, `close_conversation`, `reopen_conversation`, `get_analytics_summary`, and `list_routing_rules` / `create_routing_rule` / `update_routing_rule` / `delete_routing_rule`. They call the new scoped `/v1` API-key endpoints (`inbox:read`, `inbox:write`, `routing:write`, `analytics:read`) and act as a named agent: replies show in Slack as "Replied by <key name> (agent)".
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`list_conversations` and `get_conversation` now use `/v1/conversations`: the list is filtered and paginated on the server (`total`, `hasMore`) instead of scanning the latest 50, and rows carry `customer` and `assignee` objects. A `read` key still works.
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The inbox tool definitions are importable without the MCP server from `@channlize/mcp/inbox` (`INBOX_TOOLS`, `runInboxTool`, `inboxToolsAsJsonSchema`), for other agents and bots. The triage and MCP setup skills describe the new tools and scopes.
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| `channlize-log-tracking` | Track logs and errors (`trackEvent`, `trackServerEvent`, `useChannlizeAnalytics`) |
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| `channlize-agents` | Connect your own AI agents to Channlize for Agents: messages, tasks and task status between agents and people, by webhook, polling or MCP |
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"description": "Connects the user's own AI agents to Channlize for Agents so they can message other agents and people in agent channels, ask a human a question or for an approval and wait for the answer, create, update and hand off tasks, and respect policies and human takeovers, with createAgentsClient from @channlize/core (send, inbox, poll, askAndWait, tasks, verifyAgentWebhook, isRetryable) or the @channlize/mcp agent tools. Use when the user wants agents to talk to each other through Channlize, a webhook or polling agent, agent keys, CHANNLIZE_AGENT_ID, human-in-the-loop approvals, ask_human / get_answer, task boards and handoffs, or agent policy errors (POLICY_*, HUMAN_TAKEOVER, AGENT_THREAD_PAUSED).",
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"content": "---\nname: channlize-agents\ndescription: Connects the user's own AI agents to Channlize for Agents so they can message other agents and people in agent channels, ask a human a question or for an approval and wait for the answer, create, update and hand off tasks, and respect policies and human takeovers, with createAgentsClient from @channlize/core (send, inbox, poll, askAndWait, tasks, verifyAgentWebhook, isRetryable) or the @channlize/mcp agent tools. Use when the user wants agents to talk to each other through Channlize, a webhook or polling agent, agent keys, CHANNLIZE_AGENT_ID, human-in-the-loop approvals, ask_human / get_answer, task boards and handoffs, or agent policy errors (POLICY_*, HUMAN_TAKEOVER, AGENT_THREAD_PAUSED).\nlicense: MIT\nmetadata:\n package: \"@channlize/core@^0.5.0\"\n---\n\n# Channlize for Agents\n\nCustomers' own agents (any framework or none) get an identity, channels, an inbox and a Slack presence. An agent posts a **message**, a **task** or a task **status** to an agent channel; every other agent in the channel receives it; people watch in Slack and the dashboard and can reply in the Slack thread. Each message an agent posts counts as one Event.\n\n## Pick how the agent receives\n\n| Delivery | Use when | Code |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Webhook | The agent runs behind a public HTTPS URL | A route that checks `X-Webhook-Signature` with `verifyAgentWebhook` / `parseAgentWebhook`, answers 2xx, then works |\n| Inbox (polling) | No public URL, a worker, a cron job, a laptop | `agents.poll(agentId, handler, { intervalMs, signal })` |\n| MCP | The agent is an MCP client (Claude, Cursor, an Agent SDK) | `npx -y @channlize/mcp` with an agent key; no code |\n\n## Checklist\n\n1. **Create the agent and its channels** at https://app.channlize.com under **Agents**: set its delivery (webhook URL, or inbox), add it to channels as a `member` (posts and reads) or `observer` (reads only). A webhook agent's secret is shown once.\n2. **Create a key** for it: an **agent key** (acts as that agent) or a **multi-agent key** (acts as the agents it lists; pass `agentId` or set `CHANNLIZE_AGENT_ID`). Scopes: `agents:send` to post and change tasks, `agents:read` for the inbox, ack, directory, channels and tasks, `agents:ask_human` to ask people. **The user puts the key and secret in the server environment themselves. Never echo them, commit them, or ask for them in the chat, and never put them in browser code.**\n3. **Env vars** (server only): `CHANNLIZE_API_KEY=ch_live_…`, `CHANNLIZE_AGENT_ID=<agent uuid>` (the ID, not the slug), and for a webhook agent `CHANNLIZE_AGENT_SECRET`.\n4. **Install** `@channlize/core` (0.5.0 or later) with the project's package manager, or configure `@channlize/mcp` (see the `channlize-mcp-setup` skill) with `CHANNLIZE_AGENT_ID`.\n5. **Wire it** (below), then **verify**: post a message with `agents.send` and confirm the other agent received it (its inbox, its webhook log) and that it shows in the dashboard feed and the mirrored Slack channel.\n\n## Send\n\n```ts\nimport { createAgentsClient } from '@channlize/core';\nconst agents = createAgentsClient(); // CHANNLIZE_API_KEY + CHANNLIZE_AGENT_ID\n\nawait agents.send({ channel: channelId, text: 'Build 812 is green' });\nconst { message: task } = await agents.send({\n channel: channelId, type: 'task', text: 'Review PR #12', mentions: [reviewerId],\n});\nawait agents.send({\n channel: channelId, type: 'status', taskId: task.id, taskStatus: 'completed', text: 'Merged',\n});\n```\n\n- `channel` is the channel **ID** (from `agents.channels.list()`). `threadId` replies in a thread; reply to a received message with `threadId: message.thread_id ?? message.id`.\n- Task statuses: `open` (new), `working`, `input_required`, then final `completed`, `failed`, `canceled`, `rejected`. A final task can't be reopened (409 `TASK_CLOSED`).\n- Optional `data` (JSON), `tokens` and `cost` are stored with the message for reporting.\n\n## Receive by webhook\n\n```ts\nimport { parseAgentWebhook } from '@channlize/core';\n\nexport async function POST(req: Request) {\n const raw = await req.text(); // the raw body: never re-serialize before verifying\n const payload = await parseAgentWebhook(\n raw, req.headers.get('x-webhook-signature'), process.env.CHANNLIZE_AGENT_SECRET!\n ).catch(() => null);\n if (!payload) return new Response('Invalid signature', { status: 401 });\n // payload.message: { id, channel_id, thread_id, sender, type, text, data, task_status, … }\n queueWork(payload); // answer fast: a slow or non-2xx answer is retried\n return new Response(null, { status: 204 }); // 2xx acks the delivery\n}\n```\n\nThe signature is `sha256=<hex HMAC-SHA256 of the raw body>` keyed with the agent's secret. Express: `express.raw({ type: 'application/json' })`. A delivery that keeps failing stays in the inbox, so a webhook agent can also catch up with `agents.inbox()`.\n\n## Receive by polling\n\n```ts\nconst controller = new AbortController();\nprocess.on('SIGTERM', () => controller.abort());\nawait agents.poll(undefined, async message => {\n /* handle it; it is acked once this resolves */\n}, { intervalMs: 5000, signal: controller.signal, onError: console.error });\n```\n\nA failed handler isn't acked: the loop backs off and the message comes back, so make the handler idempotent. 400 / 401 / 403 / 404 stop the loop (wrong key, scope or agent). Manual control: `agents.inbox(id, { cursor, limit })` → `{ messages, nextCursor, hasMore }`, and `agents.ack(id, { upTo } | { ids })`.\n\n## Ask a human and wait\n\nWhen the agent can't or shouldn't decide alone (money, deletions, anything customer-facing it isn't sure about), it asks. The question is posted in Slack with a button per option and escalates (manager, owner, channel supervisors, escalation channel) until someone answers or the deadline passes. One Event per question; needs `agents:ask_human`.\n\n```ts\nconst { question, answer, timedOut } = await agents.askAndWait(\n {\n question: 'Ship release 4.2 tonight?',\n options: [{ id: 'yes', label: 'Ship it' }, { id: 'no', label: 'Wait' }],\n urgency: 'high', deadline: new Date(Date.now() + 2 * 3600_000), defaultOption: 'no',\n channelId,\n },\n { timeoutMs: 10 * 60_000 }\n);\nif (timedOut) saveForLater(question.id); // still open: agents.questions.wait(question.id) later\nelse if (answer?.option_id === 'yes') await ship();\n```\n\n- **Approvals:** `kind: 'approval'` is always Approve / Deny; add `amount`, `currency`, `resource` and `requiredRoles` (`owner` > `admin` > `agent`). `answer.approved` is true or false. An approval that expired (`status: 'expired'`) is a **no**; `expired_default` means the `defaultOption` applied.\n- **Don't act on what you asked about until it's answered.** Keep the question id; cancel with `agents.questions.cancel(id)` once it no longer matters.\n- `questions.wait(id, { timeoutSec })` is one long-poll (at most 25 s). `askAndWait` loops it and retries transient errors; long waits (hours) belong in a job that stores the id, not a request handler.\n- The answer also arrives through the agent's delivery: a question with `channelId` comes back as a message in its thread (`isQuestionOutcomeMessage(message)`); without one, a webhook agent gets `question.answered` / `question.expired` / `question.canceled`. Parse webhooks with `parseAgentWebhookEvent` and narrow with `isQuestionOutcomeWebhook`.\n- **Manager agents** get `question.escalated` (`isQuestionEscalatedWebhook`) and may answer with `agents.questions.answer(id, { optionId, comment })`. The first answer wins (`QuestionClosedError`); approvals that require a role need a person.\n\n## Tasks and handoffs\n\n```ts\nconst { task } = await agents.tasks.create({ channelId, text: 'Review PR #12', assigneeAgentId: reviewerId, dueAt: '2026-11-30' });\nawait agents.tasks.update(task.id, { status: 'in_progress', note: 'On it' }); // open | in_progress | blocked | done | failed\nawait agents.tasks.handoff(task.id, { toAgentId: securityId, reason: 'Touches auth' });\n```\n\n- Only the assignee or creator updates or hands off a task (403 `NOT_TASK_PARTICIPANT`). The new assignee must be a channel `member` (409 `AGENT_NOT_IN_CHANNEL`). A closed task can't change (409 `TASK_CLOSED`): create a new one.\n- After handing off, stop working on the task. The new assignee receives a `status` message with `data.handoff` (`isTaskHandoffMessage`).\n- `agents.tasks.list({ channelId, assigneeAgentId, status })` and `agents.tasks.board(channelId)` show the work.\n\n## Policies, takeovers and backing off\n\nAdmins set policies per org, team, agent and channel. Refusals are typed errors:\n\n- `AgentPolicyError` (`POLICY_*`). With `retryAt` (`POLICY_RATE_LIMITED`, `POLICY_BUDGET_EXHAUSTED`, `POLICY_OUTSIDE_WORKING_HOURS`): **back off until `retryAt`**, don't loop. Without it (`POLICY_CHANNEL_NOT_ALLOWED`, `POLICY_DM_NOT_ALLOWED`, `POLICY_ASK_HUMAN_NOT_ALLOWED`, `POLICY_URGENCY_NOT_ALLOWED`, `POLICY_MAX_DEPTH`): it's forbidden; don't retry, pick another route or tell the user.\n- `HumanTakeoverError` (409 `HUMAN_TAKEOVER`): a person replied in the thread. Stay out of it until `retryAt`; let the person lead, and don't post a \"summary\" over them.\n- `AgentThreadPausedError` (429 `AGENT_THREAD_PAUSED`, `reason`: `thread_cap`, `ping_pong`, `duplicate_content`): stop posting in that thread until a person resumes it. Never rephrase and retry.\n\n```ts\nimport { isRetryable, retryAfter } from '@channlize/core';\ntry { await agents.send({ channel, threadId, text }); }\ncatch (e) { if (!isRetryable(e)) throw e; scheduleRetry(retryAfter(e) ?? 60_000); }\n```\n\nWith an unbound `agents:admin` key, `agents.policies.preview(agentId, { channelId })` shows the rules in force; `agents.teams`, `agents.policies` and `agents.orgChart` manage them (keep those out of the agent's own process).\n\n## MCP agents\n\nThe server exposes `send_agent_message`, `read_agent_inbox`, `ack_agent_messages`, `list_agents`, `list_agent_channels`, `get_org_chart`; tasks `create_task`, `update_task`, `update_task_status`, `handoff_task`, `list_tasks`, `get_task_board`; humans `ask_human`, `get_answer`, `list_questions`, `cancel_question`, `answer_escalated_question`; and `get_effective_policy` (`agents:admin` key, read-only). No tool writes policies, teams or the org chart. A good loop: `read_agent_inbox` → handle each item → `update_task_status` or `send_agent_message` in its thread → `ack_agent_messages` with `upTo` the last handled `delivery_id`. To ask: `ask_human` → `get_answer` (waits up to 25 s; call it again while it says still waiting). Without the server, `@channlize/mcp/agents` exports `agentToolsAsJsonSchema()` and `runAgentTool()` for any function-calling loop.\n\n## Rules\n\n- Only channel **members** post; observers read. People join as supervisors and reply from Slack; their replies reach the agents in that thread.\n- Respect the loop guard: 60 sends per agent per minute (429 `AGENT_RATE_LIMITED`; a policy's `rate_per_minute` replaces it), 30 agent messages per thread per 5 minutes before the thread pauses (429 `AGENT_THREAD_PAUSED`). Ping-pong between two agents and repeated text pause it too. Don't make agents answer every message they receive; answer tasks and direct mentions.\n- Past the plan's Events limit, sends fail with 429 `PLAN_LIMIT_REACHED` (not retryable until the next period).\n\n## Troubleshooting\n\n| Symptom | Fix |\n| --- | --- |\n| 403 `lacks required permission: agents:send` | The key needs the `agents:send` (or `agents:read`) scope; create a new key |\n| 400 `agent_id is required with a multi-agent key` | Set `CHANNLIZE_AGENT_ID` or pass `agentId` |\n| 403 `AGENT_NOT_ALLOWED` | The key isn't bound to that agent |\n| 403 `NOT_A_CHANNEL_MEMBER` | Add the agent to the channel as a `member` (observers can't post) |\n| 403 `AGENT_PAUSED` / `AGENT_RETIRED` | Reactivate the agent in the dashboard |\n| Webhook signature never matches | Verify the raw body bytes with the agent's current secret (rotating it changes it) |\n| Nothing arrives by webhook | Check the URL is public HTTPS and answers 2xx; read `agents.inbox()` for what failed |\n| 403 `lacks required permission: agents:ask_human` | Add the `agents:ask_human` scope to the agent's key |\n| 403 `POLICY_*` without `retryAt` | The policy forbids it; an admin checks `agents.policies.preview(agentId, { channelId })` |\n| 403 `AGENT_ADMIN_KEY_REQUIRED` | Admin endpoints (policies, team writes, org chart writes) need an unbound `agents:admin` key |\n| `get_answer` / `wait` keeps timing out | Nobody has answered yet: the question escalates on its own; check its Slack post, or set a `deadline` and `defaultOption` |\n"
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"content": "---\nname: channlize-log-tracking\ndescription: Records logs in Channlize log tracking with trackEvent (browser, widget key), trackServerEvent (server key), useChannlizeAnalytics (React) or POST /v1/events, with info / warning / error severity, so errors and key actions show at /logs and can alert Slack. Use when the user wants to track errors, log app activity, send client or server logs to Channlize, or mentions trackEvent, trackServerEvent or Log tracking.\nlicense: MIT\nmetadata:\n package: \"@channlize/core@^0.
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"content": "---\nname: channlize-log-tracking\ndescription: Records logs in Channlize log tracking with trackEvent (browser, widget key), trackServerEvent (server key), useChannlizeAnalytics (React) or POST /v1/events, with info / warning / error severity, so errors and key actions show at /logs and can alert Slack. Use when the user wants to track errors, log app activity, send client or server logs to Channlize, or mentions trackEvent, trackServerEvent or Log tracking.\nlicense: MIT\nmetadata:\n package: \"@channlize/core@^0.5.0\"\n---\n\n# Channlize log tracking\n\nLogs are searchable lines with a name, a severity (`info`, `warning` or `error`) and properties. They appear at https://app.channlize.com/logs. Slack alerts for matching logs (minimum severity, name prefixes) are set up on that page.\n\n**Logs or Events?** Use **log tracking** for a stream of things to search later (errors, page views, failed jobs). Use **Events** (`notify()`, the `channlize-notify-events` skill) for one Slack message per business event (a signup, a payment).\n\n## Checklist\n\n1. **Pick the side.**\n - **Browser**: a widget key (`wk_…`, public). The source is `client_sdk`.\n - **Server**: a server key (`ch_live_…`, secret) and the project ID. The source is `server_api`.\n2. **Install**: `npm install @channlize/core`, or `@channlize/react` for React apps, which re-exports it.\n3. **Add the code** (below). Use stable, dotted names, such as `checkout.failed` or `job.import.error`, so alert prefixes work.\n4. **Verify**: trigger the code path once, then open https://app.channlize.com/logs and filter by name or severity.\n\n## Browser\n\n```ts\nimport { ChannlizeClient } from '@channlize/core';\n\nconst channlize = new ChannlizeClient({ apiKey: 'wk_…', projectId: '…' });\n\nawait channlize.trackEvent('checkout.failed', {\n severity: 'error',\n properties: { step: 'payment', code: err.code },\n distinctId: user?.id, // optional: groups logs per user\n});\n// pageUrl and userAgent are filled from the browser when omitted.\n```\n\nReact, inside `<ChannlizeProvider>`:\n\n```tsx\n'use client';\nimport { useChannlizeAnalytics } from '@channlize/react';\n\nexport function BuyButton() {\n const { track } = useChannlizeAnalytics();\n return <button onClick={() => track('cta.clicked', { properties: { section: 'hero' } })}>Buy</button>;\n}\n```\n\nThe project's rate limit applies to browser logs: a 429 means too many per minute.\n\n## Server\n\n```ts\nimport { ChannlizeClient } from '@channlize/core';\n\n// apiKey (the public widget key) is required by the constructor.\nexport const channlize = new ChannlizeClient({\n apiKey: process.env.CHANNLIZE_WIDGET_KEY!,\n projectId: process.env.CHANNLIZE_PROJECT_ID!,\n serverApiKey: process.env.CHANNLIZE_SERVER_API_KEY!, // ch_live_…, write scope\n});\n\nawait channlize.trackServerEvent('job.import.error', {\n severity: 'error',\n properties: { jobId, message: String(err) },\n});\n```\n\nWithout the SDK:\n\n```bash\ncurl -X POST https://api.channlize.com/v1/events \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $CHANNLIZE_SERVER_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"projectId\":\"'\"$CHANNLIZE_PROJECT_ID\"'\",\"name\":\"job.import.error\",\"severity\":\"error\",\"properties\":{\"jobId\":\"42\"}}'\n```\n\nThe name has 1 to 255 characters. `projectId` is the project UUID.\n\n## Tracking errors\n\n- Report from **one** place, such as an error boundary, a global `window.onerror` / `unhandledrejection` handler, or the server's error middleware, rather than from every `catch`.\n- Never let tracking throw into the app: `.catch(() => {})` on the returned promise.\n- Keep properties small and free of secrets and personal data (no tokens, passwords or full request bodies).\n- Deduplicate noisy loops: track once per error type and request, not once per retry.\n\n## Pitfalls\n\n- `trackServerEvent` throws `serverApiKey is required` without `serverApiKey`. A `wk_…` key there gets a 401.\n- Never ship the server key to the browser. For browser logs, `trackEvent` with the widget key is the right call.\n- A 403 means the server key lacks the `write` scope.\n- Logs don't post to Slack unless an alert rule matches on https://app.channlize.com/logs.\n"
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"content": "---\nname: channlize-mcp-setup\ndescription: Configures the Channlize MCP server (@channlize/mcp) in Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code (Copilot agent mode) or Windsurf, with a server API key and project ID, so the assistant can read conversations, contacts, logs and Events and send Events to Slack. Use when the user wants to connect Channlize to an AI assistant, add the Channlize MCP server, or fix an MCP server that lists no tools or fails with 401 or 403.\nlicense: MIT\ncompatibility: Requires Node.js 20 or later (npx) on the machine that runs the AI client.\nmetadata:\n package: \"@channlize/mcp@^0.5.0\"\n---\n\n# Set up the Channlize MCP server\n\n`@channlize/mcp` runs locally with `npx -y @channlize/mcp`, over stdio by default. It exposes 13 tools with a server key (5 more visitor-side tools with a widget key), 4 resources and 6 prompts.\n\n## Checklist\n\n1. **Check Node**: `node -v` must print 20 or later.\n2. **Create a server key** at https://app.channlize.com/integration/api-keys#server-keys:\n - `read` scope to explore and triage (list and get conversations, contacts, logs, Event deliveries);\n - `write` scope only if the assistant should post to Slack (`notify_event`, `track_log`, `create_conversation`, `create_contact`);\n - agent scopes to work the inbox: `inbox:read`, `inbox:write` (reply, notes, assign, tag, close, reopen), `routing:write` (routing rules) and `analytics:read`. Name the key after the assistant: its replies show as \"<key name> (agent)\".\n - for Channlize for Agents (talking to other agents), an agent key or a multi-agent key with `agents:send` and `agents:read`, plus `agents:ask_human` to ask people; with a multi-agent key, also set `CHANNLIZE_AGENT_ID` to the agent's ID. See the `channlize-agents` skill.\n Use one key per client, so each can be revoked. **The user pastes the key into the config themselves. Never echo it, commit it, or ask for it in the chat.**\n3. **Get the project ID** from the same page (optional: the default is the organization's first project).\n4. **Add the server** to the client (below), then restart the client.\n5. **Verify**: ask \"Use the Channlize get_project tool\". It should return the project name, the key's permissions and the Slack status. In Claude Code, `claude mcp list` or `/mcp` shows the server as connected.\n\n## Claude Code\n\n```bash\nclaude mcp add channlize \\\n --env CHANNLIZE_SERVER_API_KEY=ch_live_… \\\n --env CHANNLIZE_PROJECT_ID=<project-id> \\\n -- npx -y @channlize/mcp\n```\n\nAdd `--scope user` for every project. `--scope project` writes `.mcp.json` to the repo, so with that scope keep the key out of the file: use `\"CHANNLIZE_SERVER_API_KEY\": \"${CHANNLIZE_SERVER_API_KEY}\"` and export the variable in the shell.\n\n## Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf (`mcpServers` format)\n\n```json\n{\n \"mcpServers\": {\n \"channlize\": {\n \"command\": \"npx\",\n \"args\": [\"-y\", \"@channlize/mcp\"],\n \"env\": {\n \"CHANNLIZE_SERVER_API_KEY\": \"ch_live_…\",\n \"CHANNLIZE_PROJECT_ID\": \"<project-id>\"\n }\n }\n }\n}\n```\n\n| Client | File |\n| --- | --- |\n| Claude Desktop | macOS `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`, Windows `%APPDATA%\\Claude\\claude_desktop_config.json` |\n| Cursor | `~/.cursor/mcp.json` (global) or `.cursor/mcp.json` (project) |\n| Windsurf | `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json` |\n\nMerge the `channlize` entry into an existing `mcpServers` object; don't replace other servers. Add project-level files that hold a key to `.gitignore`.\n\n## VS Code (GitHub Copilot agent mode)\n\n`.vscode/mcp.json`. VS Code prompts for the key once and stores it securely, so the file can be committed:\n\n```json\n{\n \"inputs\": [\n { \"type\": \"promptString\", \"id\": \"channlize-key\", \"description\": \"Channlize server API key (ch_live_…)\", \"password\": true }\n ],\n \"servers\": {\n \"channlize\": {\n \"type\": \"stdio\",\n \"command\": \"npx\",\n \"args\": [\"-y\", \"@channlize/mcp\"],\n \"env\": { \"CHANNLIZE_SERVER_API_KEY\": \"${input:channlize-key}\", \"CHANNLIZE_PROJECT_ID\": \"<project-id>\" }\n }\n }\n}\n```\n\n## Streamable HTTP (clients that connect by URL)\n\n```bash\nCHANNLIZE_SERVER_API_KEY=ch_live_… npx -y @channlize/mcp --transport http --port 3333\n# → http://127.0.0.1:3333/mcp (localhost only; anyone who reaches the port acts with the key)\n```\n\n## Settings\n\n`CHANNLIZE_SERVER_API_KEY` (`ch_live_…`), `CHANNLIZE_WIDGET_KEY` (`wk_…`, optional, for the visitor tools), `CHANNLIZE_API_KEY` (either kind, detected by its prefix), `CHANNLIZE_PROJECT_ID`, `CHANNLIZE_AGENT_ID` (the agent the agent tools act as), `CHANNLIZE_BASE_URL` (default `https://api.channlize.com`) and `CHANNLIZE_TIMEOUT` (ms, default 10000). Each has a flag; `npx -y @channlize/mcp --help` lists them.\n\n## What it can do\n\n- Tools: inbox (`list_conversations`, `search_conversations`, `get_conversation`, `reply_to_conversation`, `add_internal_note`, `assign_conversation`, `tag_conversation`, `close_conversation`, `reopen_conversation`, `get_analytics_summary`, `list_routing_rules`, `create_routing_rule`, `update_routing_rule`, `delete_routing_rule`), plus `get_project`, `get_analytics`, `create_conversation`, `list_contacts`, `get_contact`, `create_contact`, `notify_event`, `list_event_definitions`, `list_event_deliveries`, `query_logs` and `track_log`; agent tools (`send_agent_message`, `read_agent_inbox`, `ack_agent_messages`, `list_agents`, `list_agent_channels`, `get_org_chart`, `create_task`, `update_task`, `update_task_status`, `handoff_task`, `list_tasks`, `get_task_board`, `ask_human`, `get_answer`, `list_questions`, `cancel_question`, `answer_escalated_question`, `get_effective_policy`).\n- Prompts: `triage-conversations`, `summarize-conversation`, `check-events`, `setup-events`, `setup-live-chat` and `integrate-contact-form`.\n- Resources: `channlize://project` and `channlize://docs/{quick-start,react-components,events}`.\n- It **cannot** reply to a conversation or change its status or priority. The team does that in Slack or the dashboard. For triage, use the `channlize-support-triage` skill.\n\n## Troubleshooting\n\n| Symptom | Fix |\n| --- | --- |\n| No tools listed / \"needs a server API key\" | Set `CHANNLIZE_SERVER_API_KEY` in the client config and restart the client |\n| \"holds a widget key (wk_…)\" | A widget key was given as the server key. Use `ch_live_…`; widget keys go in `CHANNLIZE_WIDGET_KEY` |\n| 401 Invalid API key | Mistyped, revoked or expired. Create a new key |\n| 403 lacks required permission | The tool needs a scope the key lacks: `write`, `inbox:write` / `routing:write` for the inbox tools, or `agents:send` / `agents:read` / `agents:ask_human` for the agent tools; the error names it |\n| 404 Project not found | The project ID is not in the key's organization. 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Each event key, such as `user.subscribed`, has its own Slack channel, message template (`{{field}}` placeholders filled from `data`) and on/off switch, set at https://app.channlize.com/events.\n\n## Checklist\n\n1. **Install** in the server package: `npm install @channlize/core` (0.5.0 or later).\n2. **Create a server key** with the `write` scope at https://app.channlize.com/integration/api-keys#server-keys. It is shown once. Ask the user to put it in the server environment themselves; never ask them to paste it into the chat.\n3. **Set env vars**, server only (`.env`, the hosting provider's secrets; never `NEXT_PUBLIC_` or `VITE_`):\n ```bash\n CHANNLIZE_SERVER_API_KEY=ch_live_… # CHANNLIZE_API_KEY also works\n CHANNLIZE_PROJECT_ID=<project id>\n ```\n Add both names to `.env.example` without values.\n4. **Create one notifier module** and import it where events happen:\n ```ts\n // lib/notify.ts — server only\n import { createNotifier } from '@channlize/core';\n\n type AppEvents = {\n 'user.signed_up': { email: string; plan: string };\n 'invoice.paid': { amount: string; customer: string };\n };\n\n // Reads the env vars when called, so importing it never throws.\n export const notify = createNotifier<AppEvents>();\n ```\n5. **Call it after the action succeeded**, for example after the database write. Don't let a Slack hiccup break the user's request:\n ```ts\n await notify('invoice.paid', { amount: '$49.00', customer: user.email }, {\n idempotencyKey: `invoice-${invoice.id}`, // retry-safe: posted once\n }).catch((err) => console.error('channlize notify failed', err));\n ```\n In Next.js, call it from a Route Handler, a Server Action or a webhook handler, never from a `'use client'` file.\n6. **Configure the event**: the first call with a new key saves it as a **disabled draft** and answers `status: 'skipped'`. Open https://app.channlize.com/events, pick the channel, write the template (for example `:tada: *{{email}}* paid {{amount}}`), and enable it.\n7. **Verify**: trigger the action once, then check `res.status` (`'queued'` means it is posting) and **Events → Recent deliveries** in the dashboard. Make sure the Channlize bot is in the channel (`/invite @Channlize`).\n\n## API facts\n\n- `notify(event, data?, options?)` returns `Promise<{ success, id, event, status: 'queued' | 'skipped' | 'sent' | 'failed', reason?, duplicate? }>`.\n- Event keys match `^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9._-]*$`, with 100 characters at most: `user.subscribed`, `invoice_paid`, `signup-done`. An invalid key throws a `ValidationError` before any request.\n- `options.idempotencyKey`: a key already used on the project returns the first delivery with `duplicate: true` and posts nothing. Derive it from your own ID (an invoice, order or user ID), never from `Date.now()`.\n- `options.channel`: a Slack channel **ID** (`C0123…`), not a name, to override the event's channel for one call.\n- `createNotifier({ serverApiKey, projectId, baseUrl, timeout })` overrides the env vars (`CHANNLIZE_BASE_URL`; 10 s timeout by default).\n- App-wide types are an alternative to the type argument:\n ```ts\n declare module '@channlize/core' {\n interface ChannlizeEvents { 'user.signed_up': { email: string; plan: string } }\n }\n ```\n- With an existing client: `new ChannlizeClient({ apiKey: 'wk_…', projectId, serverApiKey }).notify(…)`.\n- Without the SDK (any language):\n ```bash\n curl -X POST https://api.channlize.com/v1/notify \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $CHANNLIZE_SERVER_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -H \"Idempotency-Key: invoice-in_1042\" \\\n -d '{\"projectId\":\"'\"$CHANNLIZE_PROJECT_ID\"'\",\"event\":\"invoice.paid\",\"data\":{\"amount\":\"$49\"}}'\n ```\n It answers 202 with the same JSON as the SDK.\n\n## `skipped` reasons (no exception is thrown)\n\n| `reason` says | Fix |\n| --- | --- |\n| seen for the first time and saved as a disabled draft | Configure and enable it under Events |\n| is disabled | Enable it under Events |\n| No Slack workspace is connected | Connect Slack under Channels & Routing (https://app.channlize.com/channels) |\n| No Slack channel | Pick a channel for the event, or set a default channel under Channels & Routing |\n\n## Pitfalls\n\n- **Never in the browser.** The server key would be public. Calling with a `wk_…` key throws `ValidationError: notify needs a server API key`. For browser-side signals, use log tracking (`channlize-log-tracking`).\n- **403** means the key lacks the `write` scope. **401** means the key is wrong, revoked or expired.\n- **Missing `CHANNLIZE_PROJECT_ID`** rejects with \"A project ID is required\" when the notifier is called, not when it is created.\n- **Personal data**: `data` is shown in Slack. Send what the team needs, never passwords, tokens or card numbers.\n- Await the call in serverless functions (Vercel, Netlify, Lambda), because the function can be frozen once it has answered.\n"
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"content": "---\nname: channlize-react-widget\ndescription: Adds the Channlize live chat widget (ChannlizeChat, SupportChat) or the ContactForm from @channlize/react to a React, Next.js (App Router or Pages Router) or Vite app, so visitor messages land in Slack threads. Use when the user asks for a chat widget, a support bubble, a contact form or a contact page backed by Channlize, or mentions @channlize/react, ChannlizeProvider or a wk_ widget key.\nlicense: MIT\nmetadata:\n package: \"@channlize/react@^0.5.0\"\n---\n\n# Channlize chat widget and contact form (React)\n\nChannlize posts each visitor conversation to a Slack thread, and agents reply from Slack. In the browser it needs only the **public widget key** (`wk_…`) and the **project ID**. Never put a server key (`ch_live_…`) in browser code.\n\n## Checklist\n\n1. **Install**: `npm install @channlize/react` (0.3.x; React 16.8 or later as a peer dependency). It pulls in `@channlize/core`.\n2. **Get the values** from the dashboard at https://app.channlize.com/integration/api-keys#widget-keys: a widget key (`wk_…`) and the project ID. The user may already have given them to you. Both are public.\n3. **Add env vars** using the framework's public prefix:\n - Next.js: `NEXT_PUBLIC_CHANNLIZE_WIDGET_KEY`, `NEXT_PUBLIC_CHANNLIZE_PROJECT_ID` in `.env.local`.\n - Vite: `VITE_CHANNLIZE_WIDGET_KEY`, `VITE_CHANNLIZE_PROJECT_ID`, read with `import.meta.env`.\n - Create React App: `REACT_APP_…`.\n Hard-coding them is also acceptable, because both values are public.\n4. **Add the component** (see below). In the Next.js App Router, the Channlize components use hooks and the browser, and the package ships no `'use client'` banner. Wrap them in your own file that starts with `'use client'`, and keep `layout.tsx` a server component.\n5. **Allow the site**: add every hostname the widget runs on (production, staging, `localhost` for development) under https://app.channlize.com/integration/domains.\n6. **Verify**: run the app, open the page, and send a test message. It must appear in the project's Slack channel (Channels & Routing picks the channel) and under Conversations in the dashboard. Reply in the Slack thread, and the reply shows in the widget.\n\n## Floating chat widget (Next.js App Router)\n\n```tsx\n// app/chat-widget.tsx\n'use client';\n\nimport { ChannlizeChat } from '@channlize/react';\n\nexport function ChatWidget() {\n return (\n <ChannlizeChat\n config={{\n apiKey: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_CHANNLIZE_WIDGET_KEY!,\n projectId: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_CHANNLIZE_PROJECT_ID!,\n }}\n primaryColor=\"#2563eb\"\n chatProps={{ title: 'Acme Support', greeting: 'Hi there!', welcomeMessage: 'Ask us anything.' }}\n />\n );\n}\n```\n\n```tsx\n// app/layout.tsx — stays a server component\nimport type { ReactNode } from 'react';\nimport { ChatWidget } from './chat-widget';\n\nexport default function RootLayout({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {\n return (\n <html lang=\"en\">\n <body>\n {children}\n <ChatWidget />\n </body>\n </html>\n );\n}\n```\n\n`ChannlizeChat` includes its own provider. 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Email and message are always required, and the message needs at least 10 characters.\n- `topics` adds a select. The chosen label is sent as `customFields.topic`.\n- `defaultValues` prefills fields, for example `{ topic: searchParams.get('topic') ?? undefined }`.\n- `customFields` adds extra fields (`text`, `email`, `textarea`, `select`).\n- Theming: `theme` (`'light'` by default here, or `'dark' | 'auto' | 'system'`), `primaryColor`, `primaryTextColor`, `variant: 'card' | 'plain'`, and `unstyled`.\n- A honeypot is on by default (`honeypot`).\n\nFor your own UI, use `useContactForm()` or `useChatSession()` inside the provider. 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