# Chat Integration and Discourse Chat
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-integration-and-discourse-chat/276239
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** chat-integration
**Created:** [August 22, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-integration-and-discourse-chat/276239 "2023-08-22T22:17:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@xomiamoore](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xomiamoore)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-integration-and-discourse-chat/276239/1 "2023-08-22T22:17:55Z")
Does #chat-integration support Discourse Chat channels?
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-integration-and-discourse-chat/276239/2 "2023-08-22T22:24:39Z")
Hiya :Mia: 👋
Based on this information, it would seem the answer is no, unfortunately.
> [@Discourse Chat Integrations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-integration/66522/1):
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> information_source Chat Integration is for using an external chat system together with Discourse — you may be looking for [Discourse Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat/230881) which adds Chat functionality directly to Discourse. discourse2Summaryopen_bookInstall Guide The Discourse Chat Integration plugin lets you send messages in your preferred chat platform when something happens in Discourse. Messages can be triggered by: New topics New replies Messages to a group Mentions of a group Functio…
I could definitely be wrong, but it sounds to me you are wanting to sent post notification to Discourse Chat Channnels?
> [@Discourse Chat Integrations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-integrations/66522/1):
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> ### Features
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> discourse-chat-integration allows sending notifications about new Discourse posts to ‘group chats’ on a number of instant messaging platforms.
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> Notifications can be triggered by new topics, new replies, messages to a group, or mentions of a group.
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### Author:  [@xomiamoore](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xomiamoore)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-integration-and-discourse-chat/276239/3 "2023-08-22T22:27:25Z")
Hi @Lilly! :blob_wave:
Actually, the other way around – I want to send Discourse chat messages to a Slack channel. But I agree based on the docs it doesn’t seem like that is possible.