add-channel-setup-guide

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Add a new chat channel's layer-1 setup guide — the in-dashboard <Channel>SetupGuide that walks a developer through connecting the channel itself (create app/bot → save credentials → install/verify → send first message) with live connection detection — in apps/dashboard, following the existing Slack, MS Teams, and Telegram guides. Use when a new agent channel needs its numbered setup stepper, credential drawer wiring, and connectedAt polling under components/agents.

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Add a Channel's Setup Guide (Layer 1)

Layer 1 = connecting the channel itself: the numbered stepper a developer follows to create the provider app/bot, save its credentials in Novu, install/verify, and send a first message — with a live "Listening… / Connected" indicator. ResolveAgentIntegrationGuide renders this <Channel>SetupGuide as the setup view until the integration is connected, then swaps to the connected/"what's next" view (separate add-channel-whats-next-onboarding skill).

Files live in apps/dashboard/src/components/agents/. Siblings: slack-setup-guide.tsx (quick/manual modes + manifest), teams-setup-guide.tsx, telegram-setup-guide.tsx (simplest), whatsapp-setup-guide.tsx.

How it works

<Channel>SetupGuide
  ├─ useFetchIntegrations()         → find integration by _id + providerId
  ├─ SetupStepperRail
  │    └─ SetupStep × N             → create app · save creds · install/verify
  │         └─ SetupButton / IntegrationCredentialsSidebar trigger
  ├─ ListeningStatus                → polls listAgentIntegrations every 1s;
  │                                    fires onConnected + confetti when connectedAt is set
  └─ IntegrationCredentialsSidebar  → generic credential save (useUpdateIntegration)

Connection is detected, not asserted. A channel is "connected" only when the backend sets connectedAt on the integration link (on the first real inbound message). Saving credentials or finishing OAuth/install does not mean connected — keep those as separate local states.

Building blocks

All from setup-guide-primitives.tsx and setup-guide-step-utils.ts:

Symbol	Role
`SetupStepperRail`	Vertical numbered rail wrapping the steps column
`SetupStep`	One step: `index`, `status`, `title`, `description`, `rightContent?`, `extraContent?`, `fullWidthContent?`, `headerSlot?`, `dimmed?`, `sectionLabel?`, `inlineSectionLabel?`
`SetupButton`	Secondary outline action; `href` opens a new tab, else `onClick`; supports `leadingIcon`, `disabled`
`SetupModeToggle` + `SetupMode` (`'quick' \| 'manual'`)	Optional dual-path setup (Slack)
`IntegrationCredentialsSidebar`	Drawer that saves provider credentials via the generic integration form; `onSaveSuccess`, `agentOnboarding`
`ListeningStatus`	Polls `listAgentIntegrations`; fires `onConnected` + confetti on `connectedAt`
`deriveStepStatus(i, firstIncomplete)`	→ `'completed' \| 'current' \| 'upcoming'`
`hasIntegrationCredentials(credentials)`	True once any string credential is saved

Step 0 — Prerequisites

ChatProviderIdEnum.<Channel> exists in @novu/shared, and the provider exists in packages/providers (brand-new providers are ask-first).
The integration can be created/selected (the "add provider" flow passes you an integrationId).

File checklist

Copy the closest sibling, then rename. Full template: see reference.md.

CREATE apps/dashboard/src/components/agents/<channel>-setup-guide.tsx — export <Channel>SetupGuide
EDIT agent-integration-guides/resolve-agent-integration-guide.tsx — in the setup switch, render <Channel>SetupGuide ... embedded /> and set setupDisplayName (the add-channel-whats-next-onboarding skill covers the rest of this resolver)
(optional) Add a provider-specific server action in @/api/agents or @/api/integrations only if the channel needs webhook registration / quick-setup / subscriber-link beyond a plain credential save

Component contract

Props: { agent: AgentResponse; integrationId: string; stepOffset?: number; onStepsCompleted?: () => void; embedded?: boolean } (stepOffset defaults to 1; Overview mounts the guide at a higher base, the Integrations detail page at 1).

State machine:

Resolve selectedIntegration from useFetchIntegrations() by _id === integrationId && providerId === ChatProviderIdEnum.<Channel>.
Track progress: hasIntegrationCredentials(...) ‖ a local credentialsSavedLocally, plus any install/connected flags. Reset all of it in useEffect([integrationId]).
Derive const base = stepOffset → compute firstIncompleteStep → deriveStepStatus(stepIndex, firstIncompleteStep) per SetupStep.
Render the steps in SetupStepperRail, then ListeningStatus (in a pl-8 wrapper), then IntegrationCredentialsSidebar.
ListeningStatus.onConnected → mark connected and call onStepsCompleted?.().
Provide both an embedded return (no Overview chrome — used by the resolver) and the standalone return.

Typical 3-step recipe

Create the app/bot — SetupButton href= the provider console. Optional: a manifest (CodeBlock, escape injected values) or a quick-setup input that calls a server action.
Save credentials in Novu — SetupButton onClick={() => setIsCredentialsSidebarOpen(true)}; the sidebar's onSaveSuccess flips credentialsSavedLocally (and may trigger a provider action like webhook registration).
Install / verify + send first message — a provider connect button or copyable instructions; ListeningStatus watches for connectedAt.

Conventions & gotchas

Keep installed/credentialed and connected as distinct states — only connectedAt advances the final step (see the Slack guide's comments).
Server state through TanStack Query; after a mutation, invalidate getAgentIntegrationsQueryKey(currentEnvironment?._id, agent.identifier).
Escape any value injected into a manifest/snippet (e.g. Slack YAML double-quoted strings).
Reset local state when integrationId changes so switching integrations doesn't leak progress.
Novu/dashboard conventions: type (not interface) on the frontend, named exports, blank line before every return, no nested ternaries, animations from motion/react. Don't build/start the dashboard (port 4201) — check types via diagnostics.

Build & verify

Don't start the dashboard — check types via Cursor diagnostics.
From the agent Integrations tab, add/open a <Channel> integration: confirm steps advance as credentials save, the credential drawer opens/saves, and "Listening…" flips to "Connected" with confetti once a real message lands.