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Kenneth Lien 75e1c5d437 Add fakechat channel plugin (#738) 
Localhost web chat UI for testing the channel notification flow.
No tokens, no access control, no third-party service. Serves an
iMessage-style UI on localhost; messages posted there arrive as
channel notifications, replies render in the UI.

Useful for developing against the channel protocol without a live
messaging account.

Ships full source — server.ts runs locally via bun, started by the
.mcp.json command.
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fakechat

Simple UI for testing the channel contract without an external service. Open a browser, type, messages go to your Claude Code session, replies come back.

Setup

These are Claude Code commands — run claude to start a session first.

Install the plugin:

/plugin install fakechat@claude-plugins-official

Relaunch with the channel flag — the server won't connect without this. Exit your session and start a new one:

claude --channels plugin:fakechat@claude-plugins-official

The server prints the URL to stderr on startup:

fakechat: http://localhost:8787

Open it. Type. The assistant replies in-thread.

Set FAKECHAT_PORT to change the port.

Tools

Tool Purpose
reply Send to the UI. Takes text, optionally reply_to (message ID) and files (absolute path, 50MB). Attachment shows as [filename] under the text.
edit_message Edit a previously-sent message in place.

Inbound images/files save to ~/.claude/channels/fakechat/inbox/ and the path is included in the notification. Outbound files are copied to outbox/ and served over HTTP.

Not a real channel

There's no history, no search, no access.json, no skill. Single browser tab, fresh on every reload. This is a dev tool, not a messaging bridge.