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# CreateChannelInput

> Input object in the GraphQL API.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `platform` | [`ChannelPlatform!`](https://veryfront.com/docs/cloud/graphql/types/channelplatform) | Yes | Platform connected through the caller's Slack connection; Slack must already be connected. |
| `name` | [`String`](https://veryfront.com/docs/cloud/graphql/types/string) | No | Display name, 1-255 characters. |
| `agentId` | [`String!`](https://veryfront.com/docs/cloud/graphql/types/string) | Yes | An agent returned by channelAgents for the same runtime target. |
| `respondTo` | [`ChannelRespondTo`](https://veryfront.com/docs/cloud/graphql/types/channelrespondto) | No | Default mentions. |
| `allowedSlackChannelIds` | [`[String!]`](https://veryfront.com/docs/cloud/graphql/types/string) | No | Slack channel IDs. Overlap with another channel in the same workspace is rejected with resource-already-exists. At most 250 IDs; empty means every Slack channel the bot is in. A preview\_branch target needs at least one. |
| `welcomeMessage` | [`String`](https://veryfront.com/docs/cloud/graphql/types/string) | No | At most 4000 characters; null clears. |
| `errorMessage` | [`String`](https://veryfront.com/docs/cloud/graphql/types/string) | No | At most 4000 characters; null clears. |
| `maxResponseTokens` | [`Int`](https://veryfront.com/docs/cloud/graphql/types/int) | No | 1-65536; null clears. |
| `runtimeTargetKind` | [`RuntimeTargetKind`](https://veryfront.com/docs/cloud/graphql/types/runtimetargetkind) | No | Default main\_branch. |
| `targetEnvironmentId` | [`ID`](https://veryfront.com/docs/cloud/graphql/types/id) | No | Required when runtimeTargetKind is environment. |
| `targetBranchId` | [`ID`](https://veryfront.com/docs/cloud/graphql/types/id) | No | Required when runtimeTargetKind is preview\_branch. |

[All GraphQL types](https://veryfront.com/docs/cloud/graphql/schema.md) · [Operations](https://veryfront.com/docs/cloud/graphql.md)


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