Chat SDK supports Photon; build iMessage bots

Chat SDK now supports Photon with the new vendor-official adapter.

Build bots that send and receive iMessages directly and in group chats, share media, and react with native tapbacks. Run the adapter against Spectrum Cloud, your own server, or directly on a Mac.

lib/bot.ts

import { Chat } from "chat";
import { createMemoryState } from "@chat-adapter/state-memory";
import { createiMessageAdapter } from "@photon-ai/chat-adapter-imessage";

export const bot = new Chat({
  userName: "Photon Bot",
  adapters: {
    imessage: createiMessageAdapter({
      local: false,
      projectId: process.env.IMESSAGE_PROJECT_ID,
      projectSecret: process.env.IMESSAGE_PROJECT_SECRET,
    }),
  },
  state: createMemoryState(),
});

bot.onNewMention(async (thread, message) => {
  await thread.post(`You said: ${message.text}`);
});

Each Photon conversation becomes a Chat SDK thread, and tapbacks come through as reactions. Handlers, posts, and subscriptions work the same as with any other adapter. Webhooks are HMAC-verified, and your bot can reply to a DM straight from a webhook delivery, no live connection needed.

Read the Photon documentation to get started.