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Group chats

WednesdayAI can take part in group chats alongside people. In a group it behaves differently than in a private chat: it stays quiet until someone addresses it, and everything it says is visible to the whole group.

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Getting the bot’s attention

By default the bot does not reply to every message in a group. Two reliable ways to address it:
  • Mention it — type @ and select the bot (for example @WednesdayAI what do you think?), or start your message with its name where @-mentions are not supported.
  • Reply to one of its messages — on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, and Microsoft Teams, replying to something the bot said counts as addressing it. On some apps (such as Signal) only a name mention works, so if your reply is ignored, mention the bot directly.

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Each group has its own conversation

The bot keeps every group’s conversation separate:
  • What is discussed in one group does not leak into another group or into your private chat with the bot.
  • Commands like /reset apply to the group you send them in. Starting a fresh conversation in a group does not clear your private chat.
  • When the bot wakes up after a mention, it can see recent messages from the group for context — it was quietly following along even while not replying.

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What you say and ask is public

Everything you write in the group is visible to all members, and so are the bot’s replies. For personal or sensitive questions, use a private chat with the bot instead.
Commands that show the AI’s inner workings (like /verbose or /reasoning) should stay off in groups — they can expose detailed tool output and reasoning to everyone in the chat.

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Commands work in groups

All the usual slash commands work in group chats — for example /status or /reset. Commands sent as their own message are handled even without mentioning the bot first.

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Changing how actively the bot participates

By default the bot only speaks when addressed (mention mode). In a group, an authorised user can switch this per group: With always, the bot still stays silent when it has nothing useful to say — it does not comment on every message. The setting applies only to the group where you send it.

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Tips

  • Invite and setup is an admin task — whether the bot is allowed in a particular group is decided by your administrator. If the bot never responds in one group but works in others, ask them to enable that group.
  • Address one message, not many — like in private chats, several quick messages in a row may be bundled into one reply.
  • Name it clearly — make sure everyone in the group knows the bot’s name so mentions are spelled correctly.

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Troubleshooting

Mention the bot directly with @. If mentions still get no reply, the group itself may not be enabled for the bot — ask your administrator to allow it.
You may not be an authorised user of the bot yet. Ask your administrator to add you, or check that you are mentioning it exactly as configured.
Someone may have set /activation always for that group. An authorised user can switch it back with /activation mention.
It does not — each group and each private chat is a separate conversation. If context seems crossed, run /reset in the affected conversation to start fresh.