Bot platform architecture (Discord, Slack, Telegram, Feishu/Lark, QQ, WeChat). Use when working on inbound webhooks, Chat SDK message routing, agent execution from chat platforms, queue-mode callbacks, gateway lifecycle (websocket/polling), bot provider CRUD/credentials, or platform-specific clients/adapters/schemas. Triggers on bot, channel, webhook, mention, Chat SDK, agent bot provider, gateway, bot-callback, qstash bot.
Last updated: 2026-04-08. Implementation evolves quickly — this doc is a map, not the source of truth. Always read the key files below to verify behavior, especially per-platform quirks. Update this doc when the architecture changes.
LobeChat agents can answer inside external chat platforms. Inbound messages flow through the Chat SDK (chat npm package), get routed to the right agent by (platform, applicationId), executed via AiAgentService, and replied back through a per-platform PlatformClient. There are two execution modes (in-memory vs queue/QStash) and three connection modes (webhook, websocket, polling).
| Platform | id | Default mode | Markdown | Edit |
|---|
| Notes |
|---|
| Discord | discord | websocket | yes | yes | Persistent gateway via Chat SDK adapter; reaction-thread quirks; native slash commands |
| Slack | slack | websocket (Socket Mode) | yes (mrkdwn) | yes | Multi-mode — user can pick webhook per provider |
| Telegram | telegram | webhook | yes (HTML) | yes | setMyCommands menu via registerBotCommands |
| Feishu | feishu | websocket (Lark SDK WSClient) | no (stripped) | yes | Multi-mode; shared client with Lark |
| Lark | lark | websocket | no | yes | Same client/schema as Feishu, different domain |
qq | websocket | no | no | All replies are final-only | |
wechat | polling (iLink long-poll) | no | no | 10-minute gateway window |
supportsMarkdown=false ⇒ outbound markdown is stripped to plain text via stripMarkdown and the AI is told not to use markdown. supportsMessageEdit=false ⇒ no progress edits — only the final reply is sent.
Multi-mode connection — Slack/Feishu/Lark/QQ shipped as websocket but support webhook per-provider via settings.connectionMode. Legacy rows without that field stay on webhook (see LEGACY_WEBHOOK_PLATFORMS in platforms/utils.ts) — never add new platforms to that list.
Platform server
│ POST /api/agent/webhooks/[platform]/[appId]
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route.ts ── catch-all `[[...appId]]` route
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BotMessageRouter (singleton)
│ • lazy-loads bot per `platform:applicationId`
│ • merges schema defaults + provider.settings (mergeWithDefaults)
│ • builds Chat SDK Chat<any> with createIoRedisState (if Redis available)
│ • registerHandlers: onNewMention / onSubscribedMessage / onNewMessage(/.dm)
│ • registerCommands: /new (reset topic), /stop (interrupt)
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chatBot.webhooks[platform](req) ← Chat SDK parses → fires events
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AgentBridgeService.handleMention / handleSubscribedMessage
│ • activeThreads guard (no duplicate runs per thread)
│ • adds 👀 reaction (eyes), startTyping
│ • merges debounced/queued skipped messages (mergeSkippedMessages)
│ • extractFiles (buffer → fetchData → url)
│ • formatPrompt (sanitize mention + speaker tag + referenced_message)
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├── In-memory mode ──► AiAgentService.execAgent({ stepCallbacks })
│ → onAfterStep edits progress message live
│ → onComplete edits final reply, splits via splitMessage(charLimit)
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└── Queue mode (isQueueAgentRuntimeEnabled) ──► execAgent({ stepWebhook, completionWebhook, webhookDelivery: 'qstash' })
→ returns immediately, callbacks land at /api/agent/webhooks/bot-callback
The router caches loaded bots in memory. Cache is invalidated by BotMessageRouter.invalidateBot(platform, appId) whenever the TRPC update/delete mutations run, so new credentials/settings take effect on the next webhook.
AgentBridgeService.executeWithInMemoryCallbacks wraps execAgent with stepCallbacks. Lives in one process — Promise-based wait, 30-min timeout, edits the same progressMessage after every step. Topic title is summarized inline via SystemAgentService.
isQueueAgentRuntimeEnabled)AgentBridgeService.executeWithWebhooks:
renderStart placeholder, captures progressMessageId.execAgent with stepWebhook and completionWebhook pointing at ${INTERNAL_APP_URL ?? APP_URL}/api/agent/webhooks/bot-callback, plus webhookDelivery: 'qstash'.finally block keeps the active-thread marker held until the completion callback fires./api/agent/webhooks/bot-callback/route.ts verifies the QStash signature and hands off to BotCallbackService.handleCallback:
type: 'step' → handleStep re-renders renderStepProgress, edits progressMessageId (skipped if displayToolCalls=false or platform supportsMessageEdit=false).type: 'completion' → handleCompletion writes the final reply (or error/interrupted message), removes the 👀 reaction, clears active-thread tracker, fires async summarizeTopicTitle.BotCallbackService.createMessenger reloads provider + credentials from DB and rebuilds a PlatformClient per call (no in-memory state).
Defined in BotMessageRouter.buildCommands and registered via two paths:
bot.onSlashCommand('/<name>', ...)bot.onNewMessage(/^\/(new|stop)(\s|$|@)/, ...) plus a per-mention tryDispatch so commands work even before subscribe.Built-in commands:
/new — clears topicId in thread state, next message starts a fresh topic./stop — interrupts the active execution (calls AiAgentService.interruptTask if operationId is known; otherwise queues a deferred stop via requestStop/pendingStopThreads, also aborts the startup phase via startupControllers).To add a command, append to buildCommands — it auto-registers everywhere; on Telegram it also surfaces in the / menu via client.registerBotCommands → setMyCommands.
AgentBridgeService)activeThreads: Set<threadId> — prevents duplicate runs per thread (must guard before stale-topic check, otherwise concurrent messages can drop).activeOperations: Map<threadId, operationId> — needed by /stop once execAgent returns.startupControllers: Map<threadId, AbortController> — cancels pre-operationId work (topic/tool prep).pendingStopThreads: Set<threadId> — /stop arrived before operationId existed; consumed once available.In queue mode, the bridge finally skips cleanup so the marker persists until BotCallbackService.handleCompletion calls clearActiveThread.
handleMention always treats the message as the start of a new conversation.handleSubscribedMessage reads topicId from thread.state. If the topic is stale (> 4 hours since updatedAt), state is cleared and it retries as a fresh mention.execAgent fails with a Postgres FK violation on topic_id (cached topic was deleted), the bridge clears state and retries as a mention.subscribe() is gated by client.shouldSubscribe(threadId) — Discord top-level channels return false so we don't follow up there.AgentBridgeService.extractFiles resolves attachments in priority order:
att.buffer — already downloaded by the adapter (WeChat/Feishu inbound).att.fetchData() — adapter-provided lazy download with auth (Telegram, Slack, Feishu history). Required when URLs are token-protected — naive fetch(url) later in ingestAttachment.ts has no credentials.att.url — public CDN fallback (Discord, public QQ).inferMimeType / inferName patch Telegram-style photo payloads (no mimeType/name from Bot API → defaults to image/jpeg) so vision models actually see them. Quoted-message attachments are also pulled from raw.referenced_message.attachments (Discord).
settings.concurrency is 'queue' or 'debounce':
debounce → Chat SDK debounces inbound messages by debounceMs; mergeSkippedMessages joins skipped texts/attachments into the current message before handing to the agent.queue → Chat SDK serializes per-thread; the bridge's own activeThreads set is still required because in queue mode the SDK lock releases before the agent finishes.Webhook platforms run fine in serverless functions. Persistent platforms (websocket, polling) need a long-running listener — that's the gateway.
GatewayService.startClient(platform, appId, userId) (src/server/services/gateway/index.ts):
BotConnectQueue.push (Redis hash) and mark runtime status queued. The cron picks it up.GatewayManager singleton holds long-lived clients in process.GET /api/agent/gateway/route.ts (cron, Bearer ${CRON_SECRET}):
durationMs = 10min, then in after(...) polls BotConnectQueue every 30s for new connect requests, until the window expires.getEffectiveConnectionMode(platform, settings) is the only place that resolves per-provider mode — respect it everywhere.POST /api/agent/gateway/start/route.ts is the non-Vercel ensureRunning entry point (Bearer ${KEY_VAULTS_SECRET}).
Runtime status is stored in Redis at bot:runtime-status:platform:appId with TTL ≈ durationMs + 60s. States: starting | connected | disconnected | failed | queued. Updated by each PlatformClient.start/stop and by the gateway service.
Each platform exposes a PlatformDefinition registered in platforms/index.ts:
{
id: 'discord',
name: 'Discord',
connectionMode: 'websocket', // recommended default
schema: FieldSchema[], // applicationId + credentials + settings
clientFactory: new DiscordClientFactory(),
supportsMarkdown?: boolean, // default true
supportsMessageEdit?: boolean, // default true
documentation?: { portalUrl, setupGuideUrl },
}
schema drives both server validation (mergeWithDefaults, extractDefaults) and the auto-generated UI form. Top-level keys applicationId / credentials / settings map to DB columns. Common settings fields live in platforms/const.ts (displayToolCallsField, serverIdField, userIdField).
Each platform implements PlatformClient (see platforms/types.ts):
start(opts?), stop()createAdapter() → Chat SDK adapter mapgetMessenger(platformThreadId) → { createMessage, editMessage, removeReaction, triggerTyping, updateThreadName? }formatMarkdown?, formatReply? (usage-stats footer when showUsageStats)extractChatId, parseMessageId, sanitizeUserInput, shouldSubscribe, resolveReactionThreadIdapplyChatPatches(chatBot) (Discord uses this for forwardedInteractions + threadRecovery)registerBotCommands(commands) (Telegram setMyCommands)ClientFactory.validateCredentials is called from the TRPC testConnection mutation — implement it to hit the platform API and return useful per-field errors.
Schema (packages/database/src/schemas/agentBotProvider.ts):
agent_bot_providers (
id uuid pk,
agent_id text fk → agents.id (cascade),
user_id text fk → users.id (cascade),
platform varchar(50), // 'discord' | 'slack' | …
application_id varchar(255),
credentials text, // KeyVaults-encrypted JSON
settings jsonb default '{}',
enabled boolean default true,
…timestamps
)
unique (platform, application_id)
Model (packages/database/src/models/agentBotProvider.ts):
create / update / delete / query / findById / findByAgentId / findEnabledByApplicationId. Credentials are encrypted/decrypted via the injected KeyVaultsGateKeeper.findByPlatformAndAppId, findEnabledByPlatform — used by webhook routing & gateway sync, since they don't have a user context yet.TRPC router (src/server/routers/lambda/agentBotProvider.ts):
| Procedure | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
listPlatforms | Returns SerializedPlatformDefinition[] (no clientFactory) | |
create / update / delete | Calls BotMessageRouter.invalidateBot + GatewayService.stopClient so changes take effect | |
list / getByAgentId / getRuntimeStatus | Decorate rows with Redis runtime status | |
connectBot | Returns `{ status: 'started' | 'queued' }` |
testConnection | Calls clientFactory.validateCredentials | |
wechatGetQrCode / wechatPollQrStatus | iLink onboarding flow |
Client service: src/services/agentBotProvider.ts. Store actions: src/store/agent/slices/bot/action.ts. UI: src/routes/(main)/agent/channel/{list,detail} — settings form is auto-generated from each platform's schema.
src/server/services/bot/replyTemplate.ts exports renderStart, renderStepProgress, renderFinalReply, renderError, renderStopped, splitMessage. Step progress carries elapsed time, last LLM content, last tools, totals; final reply uses client.formatMarkdown then client.formatReply (which optionally appends formatUsageStats). splitMessage(text, charLimit) chunks at paragraph → line → hard cut.
src/server/services/bot/ackPhrases/ provides randomized ack phrases.
Webhook routes:
src/app/(backend)/api/agent/webhooks/[platform]/[[...appId]]/route.ts — inbound catch-all
src/app/(backend)/api/agent/webhooks/bot-callback/route.ts — qstash bot callback
src/app/(backend)/api/agent/gateway/route.ts — cron gateway (10min window)
src/app/(backend)/api/agent/gateway/start/route.ts — non-Vercel ensureRunning
Bot service:
src/server/services/bot/index.ts — barrel
src/server/services/bot/BotMessageRouter.ts — lazy bot loading + handler registration + commands
src/server/services/bot/AgentBridgeService.ts — Chat SDK ↔ AiAgentService bridge, both exec modes
src/server/services/bot/BotCallbackService.ts — qstash callback handler
src/server/services/bot/formatPrompt.ts — speaker tag + referenced_message + sanitize
src/server/services/bot/replyTemplate.ts — render*/splitMessage
src/server/services/bot/ackPhrases/ — randomized acks
src/server/services/bot/__tests__/ — unit tests for the above
Platform abstraction:
src/server/services/bot/platforms/index.ts — registry singleton + exports
src/server/services/bot/platforms/types.ts — PlatformClient/Definition/FieldSchema/ClientFactory
src/server/services/bot/platforms/registry.ts — PlatformRegistry class
src/server/services/bot/platforms/utils.ts — mergeWithDefaults, getEffectiveConnectionMode, formatUsageStats, runtimeKey
src/server/services/bot/platforms/const.ts — shared FieldSchema fragments (displayToolCalls, serverId, userId)
src/server/services/bot/platforms/stripMarkdown.ts — used by no-markdown platforms
Per-platform (each ships definition.ts, schema.ts, client.ts, const.ts, protocol-spec.md):
src/server/services/bot/platforms/discord/ — websocket gateway + chat patches
src/server/services/bot/platforms/slack/ — multi-mode (Socket Mode / webhook), markdownToMrkdwn
src/server/services/bot/platforms/telegram/ — webhook, markdownToHTML, registerBotCommands
src/server/services/bot/platforms/feishu/ — feishu + lark share client/schema (definitions/{feishu,lark,shared}.ts)
src/server/services/bot/platforms/qq/ — websocket, no markdown, no edit
src/server/services/bot/platforms/wechat/ — long-poll, no markdown, no edit
Gateway:
src/server/services/gateway/index.ts — GatewayService (Vercel-aware startClient/stopClient)
src/server/services/gateway/GatewayManager.ts — long-running client registry (non-Vercel)
src/server/services/gateway/botConnectQueue.ts — Redis hash queue with TTL
src/server/services/gateway/runtimeStatus.ts — Redis bot:runtime-status keys
Database:
packages/database/src/schemas/agentBotProvider.ts — agent_bot_providers table
packages/database/src/models/agentBotProvider.ts — encrypted CRUD + system-wide finders
TRPC + client:
src/server/routers/lambda/agentBotProvider.ts — TRPC router
src/services/agentBotProvider.ts — client wrapper
src/store/agent/slices/bot/action.ts — Zustand actions
UI:
src/routes/(main)/agent/channel/list.tsx — channel list
src/routes/(main)/agent/channel/detail/ — auto-generated form (Header/Body/Footer)
src/routes/(main)/agent/channel/const.ts — platform icons
Types & runtime status:
src/types/botRuntimeStatus.ts — BOT_RUNTIME_STATUSES enum + snapshot type
src/server/services/bot/platforms/<id>/:
definition.ts — PlatformDefinition registered in platforms/index.tsschema.ts — FieldSchema[] (applicationId + credentials + settings); reuse fragments from ../const.tsclient.ts — class XClientFactory extends ClientFactory returning a PlatformClient (lifecycle + adapter + messenger + helpers)const.ts — DEFAULT_X_CONNECTION_MODE, history limits, etc.protocol-spec.md — protocol notes (every existing platform has one)connectionMode — webhook is much simpler if the platform supports it.supportsMarkdown: false and implement formatMarkdown via stripMarkdown.supportsMessageEdit: false — BotCallbackService will skip step edits and only send the final reply.validateCredentials so the UI's "Test connection" button gives useful errors.src/routes/(main)/agent/channel/const.ts and register the platform in src/server/services/bot/platforms/index.ts.channel.* in src/locales/default/setting.ts (or wherever the channel namespace lives) — the schema's label/description/placeholder/enumLabels are i18n keys.