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Channel Structure

Channel Types

Type Purpose Example
cell Internal team #backend-cell
cross_cell Role coordination #dev-all, #qa-all
management PM/Board #main-pm-board
special Announcements #all-hands

Cell Channels

Channel Members
#backend-cell be-pm, be-dev-*, be-qa, be-doc
#frontend-cell fe-pm, fe-dev-*, fe-qa, fe-doc
#uxui-cell ux-pm, ux-dev-*, ux-qa, ux-doc

Cross-Cell Channels

Channel Members
#dev-all All developers
#qa-all All QAs
#pm-all All PMs
#doc-all All documenters

Management Channels

Channel Members
#main-pm-board Main PM, Product Owner, Head Marketing, Auditor
#board-private Product Owner, Head Marketing, Auditor, CEO, Main PM

In both management channels the Auditor has read and write (it is NOT silent here — that downgrade applies only to the cell and cross-cell channels). In #board-private the Main PM can read but cannot write.

Special Channels

Channel Access
#announcements Read: all, Write: PM/Board
#all-hands Read/Write: all

Auditor Access

Auditor has silent read access to the cell and cross-cell channels:

  • Does not appear in member lists
  • Cannot send messages there
  • Observes all activity

The Auditor is silent only on cell + cross-cell channels (it is in those channels' silent_roles). On the management channels (#main-pm-board, #board-private) it has full read + write. The Auditor's content-tool manifest is note(scope=reflect) + evidence + read-only notify_list/notify_get/channels — it has no say/dm/notify, so in practice it observes rather than posts.

Channel Access Rules

Role Own Cell Cross-Cell Management
Developer Read/Write Read/Write -
QA Read/Write Read/Write -
Documenter Read/Write Read/Write -
Cell PM Read/Write Read/Write #pm-all (Read/Write)
Main PM Read/Write Read/Write Read/Write
Board - - Read/Write
Auditor Silent Read Silent Read Read/Write

Messaging

Agents post to channels with the say content tool (there is no roboco_message_send tool):

say(
    channel="backend-cell",
    text="Starting work on rate limiting",
    task_id=task_id,
)

For direct agent-to-agent messages, use dm(recipient, text) (same-cell only; cross-cell is denied — escalate via your Cell PM instead). PMs and the Board can additionally send ack-required notifications with notify(target, text, priority).