Steer from Telegram or Slack.
You're away from the desk and a session needs an answer. It asks in Telegram, you press Allow once, and the desktop carries on. Later, a Slack message starts a new session in a thread.
- Developers
- Everyday work
- Telegram
- Slack
Telegram
- Step 1
Set up a Telegram bot and a private group for it. Turret's setup list walks you through it and checks most of the steps for you.
Still 21Settings, Accounts, Telegram, with the setup list checked. Window 1280 × 800 at 2×. Light and dark.The Telegram setup list. - Step 2
Approve the folders a session from Telegram may work in.
Step 3In the group, send
/sessionand pick a folder. The session gets a topic of its own.Still 22/session in the Telegram group, with the folder picker. Detail 800 × 600 at 2×. Light and dark.The /session command and the folder picker. - Step 4
Write in the topic to steer it. Its replies come back there.
Step 5In Manual mode, when it wants to edit a file or run a command, a message arrives with Allow once and Deny. Press one.
Still 8A permission request answered in Telegram, with the same session on the desktop. Detail 800 × 600 at 2×. Light and dark.A permission request answered in Telegram, and the same session on the desktop.
Only you can start sessions. Add people to the group to watch or to steer, and choose who may approve.
Slack
- Step 1
Make a Slack app for Turret from its settings. Slack opens with Turret's settings filled in.
Step 2Set up a channel with a folder, a mode and a model.
Step 3Mention
@Turretin that channel. A session starts in the thread.Still 9A Slack thread starting a session. Detail 800 × 600 at 2×. Light and dark.A Slack thread starting a session. - Step 4
Reply in the thread to steer it. A permission request arrives as a card.
Still 23A Slack permission card with Allow once, Allow always and Deny. Detail 800 × 600 at 2×. Light and dark.A permission card in Slack.
Slack answers on the desktop. Only you and the people you pick can approve.
A session started from either chat never skips its permission requests.
More use cases
A folder as a workspace
A Productivity session over a folder of notes, with a runbook for the week and notes that link to each other.
Design a part
Describe a bracket, build it, draw on a face, and change it.
Let it drive the desktop
A session works an app with no API by looking at the screen and clicking.