create_channel

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Create a channel on an agent: a cron or heartbeat channel that wakes it on a schedule, a webhook channel that lets callers outside Valet reach it, or an mcp channel that serves it as an MCP server. The channel starts the agent's work; what the agent does when it fires is the prompt file channels/<name>.md in its source. A webhook is signed by a secret you choose, because this never returns a secret value: set it with set_env_vars on the agent first, then pass its name as secret_name. A webhook without secret_name is refused. Creating a channel that already exists with the same kind and settings reports it and changes nothing; different settings are refused, so destroy it first. Slack and Telegram need a browser, so for them this gives the step to take and creates nothing. Requires connecting a Valet account.