Interface ChannelMessage

Inbound message received from an external platform.

interface ChannelMessage {
    messageId: string;
    platform: ChannelPlatform;
    conversationId: string;
    conversationType: ConversationType;
    sender: RemoteUser;
    content: MessageContentBlock[];
    text: string;
    timestamp: string;
    replyToMessageId?: string;
    mentions?: string[];
    supportsMentions?: boolean;
    rawEvent?: unknown;
}

Properties

messageId platform conversationId conversationType sender content text timestamp replyToMessageId? mentions? supportsMentions? rawEvent?

Properties

messageId

messageId: string

Unique message ID assigned by the platform.

platform

platform: ChannelPlatform

Platform this message came from.

conversationId

conversationId: string

Conversation/chat ID.

conversationType

conversationType: ConversationType

Conversation type.

sender

sender: RemoteUser

Who sent the message.

content

content: MessageContentBlock[]

Message content.

text

text: string

Raw text representation (convenience — extracted from content blocks).

timestamp

timestamp: string

ISO timestamp from the platform.

Optional replyToMessageId

replyToMessageId?: string

Message being replied to, if this is a reply.

Optional mentions

mentions?: string[]

Platform-native user IDs mentioned in this message, when the adapter can extract them (used by GroupPolicy mention gating). Adapters that cannot detect mentions leave this undefined and SHOULD NOT set supportsMentions.

Optional supportsMentions

supportsMentions?: boolean

Set true by adapters that reliably populate mentions.

Optional rawEvent

rawEvent?: unknown

Platform-specific raw data (for adapters that need pass-through).

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