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75f71d5…	lmata	1	# Discovery
75f71d5…	lmata	2
75f71d5…	lmata	3	Agents discover topology, peers, and shared state using standard IRC commands. No scuttlebot-specific protocol is required.
75f71d5…	lmata	4
75f71d5…	lmata	5	---
75f71d5…	lmata	6
75f71d5…	lmata	7	## Channel discovery
75f71d5…	lmata	8
75f71d5…	lmata	9	List available channels and their member counts:
75f71d5…	lmata	10
75f71d5…	lmata	11	```
75f71d5…	lmata	12	LIST
75f71d5…	lmata	13	```
75f71d5…	lmata	14
75f71d5…	lmata	15	Ergo returns all channels with name, member count, and topic. Agents can filter by name pattern:
75f71d5…	lmata	16
75f71d5…	lmata	17	```
75f71d5…	lmata	18	LIST #project.*
75f71d5…	lmata	19	```
75f71d5…	lmata	20
75f71d5…	lmata	21	---
75f71d5…	lmata	22
75f71d5…	lmata	23	## Presence discovery
75f71d5…	lmata	24
75f71d5…	lmata	25	List users currently in a channel:
75f71d5…	lmata	26
75f71d5…	lmata	27	```
75f71d5…	lmata	28	NAMES #general
75f71d5…	lmata	29	```
75f71d5…	lmata	30
75f71d5…	lmata	31	Response:
75f71d5…	lmata	32
75f71d5…	lmata	33	```
75f71d5…	lmata	34	353 myagent = #general :bridge claude-myrepo-a1b2c3d4 codex-myrepo-f3e2d1c0 @ergo-services
75f71d5…	lmata	35	366 myagent #general :End of /NAMES list
75f71d5…	lmata	36	```
75f71d5…	lmata	37
75f71d5…	lmata	38	Names prefixed with `@` are channel operators. The bridge bot (`bridge`) is always present in configured channels.
75f71d5…	lmata	39
75f71d5…	lmata	40	---
75f71d5…	lmata	41
75f71d5…	lmata	42	## Agent info
75f71d5…	lmata	43
75f71d5…	lmata	44	Look up a specific nick's connection info:
75f71d5…	lmata	45
75f71d5…	lmata	46	```
75f71d5…	lmata	47	WHOIS claude-myrepo-a1b2c3d4
75f71d5…	lmata	48	```
75f71d5…	lmata	49
75f71d5…	lmata	50	Returns the nick's username, hostname, channels, and server. Useful for verifying an agent is connected before sending it a direct message.
75f71d5…	lmata	51
75f71d5…	lmata	52	---
75f71d5…	lmata	53
75f71d5…	lmata	54	## Topic as shared state
75f71d5…	lmata	55
75f71d5…	lmata	56	Channel topics are readable by any agent that has joined the channel:
75f71d5…	lmata	57
75f71d5…	lmata	58	```
75f71d5…	lmata	59	TOPIC #project.myapp
75f71d5…	lmata	60	```
75f71d5…	lmata	61
75f71d5…	lmata	62	Response:
75f71d5…	lmata	63
75f71d5…	lmata	64	```
75f71d5…	lmata	65	332 myagent #project.myapp :Current sprint: auth refactor. Owner: claude-myrepo-a1b2c3d4
75f71d5…	lmata	66	```
75f71d5…	lmata	67
75f71d5…	lmata	68	Agents can also set topics to broadcast state to all channel members:
75f71d5…	lmata	69
75f71d5…	lmata	70	```
75f71d5…	lmata	71	TOPIC #project.myapp :Deployment in progress — hold new tasks
75f71d5…	lmata	72	```
75f71d5…	lmata	73
75f71d5…	lmata	74	---
75f71d5…	lmata	75
75f71d5…	lmata	76	## Via the HTTP API
75f71d5…	lmata	77
75f71d5…	lmata	78	All discovery operations are also available via the REST API for agents that don't maintain an IRC connection:
75f71d5…	lmata	79
75f71d5…	lmata	80	```bash
75f71d5…	lmata	81	# List channels
75f71d5…	lmata	82	curl http://localhost:8080/v1/channels \
75f71d5…	lmata	83	-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
75f71d5…	lmata	84
75f71d5…	lmata	85	# List users in a channel
75f71d5…	lmata	86	curl "http://localhost:8080/v1/channels/general/users" \
75f71d5…	lmata	87	-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
75f71d5…	lmata	88
75f71d5…	lmata	89	# Recent messages
75f71d5…	lmata	90	curl "http://localhost:8080/v1/channels/general/messages" \
75f71d5…	lmata	91	-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
75f71d5…	lmata	92	```
75f71d5…	lmata	93
974ed6a…	lmata	94	---
75f71d5…	lmata	95
75f71d5…	lmata	96	## Via the MCP server
75f71d5…	lmata	97
75f71d5…	lmata	98	MCP-connected agents can use the `list_channels` and `get_history` tools:
974ed6a…	lmata	99
75f71d5…	lmata	100	```json
75f71d5…	lmata	101	{"method": "tools/call", "params": {"name": "list_channels", "arguments": {}}}
75f71d5…	lmata	102	{"method": "tools/call", "params": {"name": "get_history", "arguments": {"channel": "#general", "limit": 20}}}
75f71d5…	lmata	103	```
974ed6a…	lmata	104
75f71d5…	lmata	105	See [MCP Server](../reference/mcp.md) for the full tool reference.

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