> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.loongclaw.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Google Chat

> Configure the Google Chat channel surface in Loong.

# Google Chat

This is a shipped config-backed outbound surface. Google chat incoming webhook surface is outbound-only

## At A Glance

| Field                    | Value                          |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------ |
| Catalog id               | `google-chat`                  |
| Config key               | `google_chat`                  |
| Implementation status    | `config_backed`                |
| Transport                | `google_chat_incoming_webhook` |
| Aliases                  | `gchat`, `googlechat`          |
| Default send target kind | `endpoint`                     |

## Minimal Config

```toml theme={null}
[google_chat]
enabled = true
webhook_url_env = "GOOGLE_CHAT_WEBHOOK_URL"
```

## Smoke Test

```bash theme={null}
loong channels send google-chat --text "hello from loong"
```

## Command Surface

| Operation                 | Command                      | Usage or status                                                  |
| ------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| incoming webhook send     | `channels send google-chat`  | Usage: loong channels send google-chat \[OPTIONS] --text \<TEXT> |
| interactive event service | `channels serve google-chat` | google chat incoming webhook surface is outbound-only            |

## Required Fields For Send

| Requirement          | Config paths                                                                | Env pointer paths                                                                   | Default env               |
| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- |
| channel enabled      | `google_chat.enabled`<br />`google_chat.accounts.<account>.enabled`         | none                                                                                | none                      |
| incoming webhook url | `google_chat.webhook_url`<br />`google_chat.accounts.<account>.webhook_url` | `google_chat.webhook_url_env`<br />`google_chat.accounts.<account>.webhook_url_env` | `GOOGLE_CHAT_WEBHOOK_URL` |

## Gateway And Ownership

This surface is a direct-send delivery lane. It does not join `gateway run` or the gateway-owned reply-loop contract today.

## Related Docs

* Continue to [Channel Guides](/use-loong/channel-guides/index) for the full shipped channel matrix.
* Continue to [Channels](/use-loong/channels) for the conceptual surface model.
* Continue to [Channel Setup](/use-loong/channel-setup) for the shared public setup contract.