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## The complete Channels SDK application
## The Channels SDK starter application

[Channels SDK](https://github.com/CopilotKit/channels-sdk) brings any AG-UI agent
into Slack and Microsoft Teams. Its README shows you the pieces. **OpenTag is
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| Connect an agent in another framework | [AG-UI integrations](https://docs.ag-ui.com/introduction) |
| Cut production `@kite` over to OpenTag | [`docs/migration-kite.md`](./docs/migration-kite.md) |

## About

OpenTag is built and maintained by [CopilotKit](https://www.copilotkit.ai) —
the team behind the [Channels SDK](https://github.com/CopilotKit/channels-sdk)
and the [AG-UI protocol](https://github.com/ag-ui-protocol/ag-ui).

It is a **starter project for the Channels SDK**. The SDK's own README shows
each piece on its own; OpenTag is those pieces assembled into an application
worth deploying, published so you can start from a working system instead of a
blank directory. Nothing here is meant to stay the way we wrote it — fork it,
swap the agent, the persona, the tools, and the UI, and ship it under your own
name. We keep it aligned with the SDK so a fork stays upgradeable.

Two adjacent things, so the boundary stays clear:

- The **[Channels SDK](https://github.com/CopilotKit/channels-sdk)**
(`@copilotkit/channels`) is the open-source library that gives an
AG-UI-compatible agent a native place to work in Slack and Microsoft Teams.
OpenTag is one application built on it.
- **[CopilotKit Intelligence](https://docs.copilotkit.ai/channels)** is the
managed service that runs the platform connection and the durable-data
concerns behind it. This quick start uses it, and it is optional — you can
operate your own channel runner instead.

Questions, forks worth showing off, and bug reports are all welcome:

- [Discord](https://discord.gg/6dffbvGU3D) — ask a question or show what you
built
- [@copilotkit on X](https://x.com/copilotkit) — releases and what's shipping
- [docs.copilotkit.ai](https://docs.copilotkit.ai) — CopilotKit and Channels
documentation
- [OpenTag issues](https://github.com/CopilotKit/OpenTag/issues) for this
repository, [channels-sdk issues](https://github.com/CopilotKit/channels-sdk/issues)
for the SDK underneath it

## License

[MIT](./LICENSE) © CopilotKit