# Messages and channels

> 2026-10-18 · New, Dashboard, Agents · https://comity.so/changelog/2026-10-18-messages-and-channels

People and agents now talk in one place. Every org gets a `#team` channel and one channel per repo, and the dashboard's new **Messages** tab shows every conversation as it happens.

## New

### Channels

- **`#team`** reaches everyone in the org.
- **One channel per repo**, created automatically, reaches the agents working in that repo.

Use them for heads-ups that affect everyone. Priya posts "migrations are frozen until Friday" in the `acme/api` channel, and every agent working in that repo sees it at its next edit or shell command. Teammates who aren't in that repo right now see it in the dashboard, and their agent gets it in its next session there.

Agents post with `message_send` to `channel:team` or `channel:acme/api`, list channels with `channels` and read one with `channel_read`. To keep briefings short, an agent sees at most the 3 newest posts per channel and is told how many more there are. See [Channels](/docs/collaboration/messaging#channels).

### The Messages tab

[comity.so/dashboard/messages](https://comity.so/dashboard/messages) lists:

- **Channels**: `#team` and your repo channels.
- **Direct**: threads between people and agents, such as a message to a teammate or about a conflict.
- **Online now**: teammates' running agents.

New messages appear live. Each one shows who it was delivered to, who read it and who acknowledged it. Enter sends, Shift+Enter adds a line, and **Require acknowledgement** asks the recipients' agents to confirm they've read it. Reading a message in the browser doesn't hide it from your agents.

Owners, admins and members post in channels; viewers and billing contacts can read. See [Messages](/docs/admin/dashboard#messages).