# Support broadcast channels in the Public bots index bot **URL:** \ **Category:** Bots\ **Tags:** bot, channel\ **Created:** [February 5, 2026, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/support-broadcast-channels-in-the-public-bots-index-bot/4684 "2026-02-05T09:17:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ian](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/ian/32/3164_2.png) [@ian](https://forum.delta.chat/u/ian)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/support-broadcast-channels-in-the-public-bots-index-bot/4684/1 "2026-02-05T09:17:57Z")
It could create a broadcast channel for its users to join and invite a user to this channel if they try to send a direct message to the bot. It could send the app on each new version and then resend it for each new joiner. The same could be implemented for a webxdc store bot. Related: > [@Requesting a new bot for coauthoring, pinned messages and to resend recent chat log in a broadcast channel](https://support.delta.chat/t/requesting-a-new-bot-for-coauthoring-pinned-messages-and-to-resend-recent-chat-log-in-a-broadcast-channel/4682): > > (Let me redraft this topic with more actionable wording) A publisher sends a private message to the bot and receives some help text in return. Then typing /new there would create a new channel and a corresponding private control group and invite the publisher user there. The initial publisher may invite further co-authors and bots (e.g., RSS & Atom feed reader) to this control group. Slash commands are allowed, but only for the original publisher initially (tokens are made up): /help /admin … > [@Meet the Public Bots Index](https://support.delta.chat/t/meet-the-public-bots-index/4006): > > Did you know we have an index of available public bots? you can check it online here: [https://deltachat-bot.github.io/public-bots/](https://deltachat-bot.github.io/public-bots/) or even better, inside Delta Chat itself with extra features like checking the online status of the bots: if you are a bot creator and would like your public bot to be listed, comment here with: the bot’s contact/invite QR bot’s language (ex. if the bot talks in English to the users) short description for the index listing nick of the bot’s admin and optionally … > [@SimpleBot public instances list](https://support.delta.chat/t/simplebot-public-instances-list/844): > > SimpleBot is a free/libre software, pluginable bot for Delta Chat written in Python, features depend on the installed plugins, think of it as a Lego robot. It is still a work in progress and isn’t well documented yet, but here are some instances running already: To see the list of plugins a given bot support and the commands to use them, send a message to the bot with text: /help The source code can be found here: