Telegram & bots

The Telegram group "L'Atelier FLC" is the nervous system of the space. It's a forum-style group organised into topics — post in the right one and mute the ones you don't care about (you can mute individual topics).

Topics

Topic	What goes there
General chat	Everything that fits nowhere else
3d printing	Print announcements ("busy until 14:30"), settings help, filament
Server, networking, automation	Infrastructure, self-hosting, AI/LLM talk
Hackerspace upgrades	Furniture, lighting, shelves, space improvements
Check this out!	Links and discoveries worth sharing
To buy	Shopping list for shared consumables and parts
Project ideas 💡	Pitches looking for collaborators
To do	Shared task list
🤖 (Bots)	Bot commands and bot replies — keep bot traffic here

Individual projects sometimes get their own topic. There's also meant to be a topic for noting when you borrow something — use it.

The bots

Bot	Command	Does
Open the door!	/open@OpenTheDoorOfLatelierBot	Releases the front door strike for a few seconds and logs who opened it
Printer status	/getstatusofthe3dprinter@StatusOf3DPrinterOfLatelierBot	Reports whether the 3D printer is idle or busy, % done, time remaining

Bot etiquette: run commands in the 🤖 topic so notifications don't flood everyone, and if you build a new bot, make it reply there too. Building more bots is encouraged — both of the above are member projects.

SENTINEL/86

You may see formal, slightly passive-aggressive "facility notices" in the group signed SENTINEL/86. It's an experimental AI facility monitor — a work-in-progress side project that's vibe-coded, not reliable, and may or may not ever be finished. Don't depend on it for anything; enjoy the notices when they appear.

Email

The space has a shared mailbox: latelier@atomicmail.io — useful for sending yourself STL files or sharing tutorials. There's also a shared Bitwarden account for space credentials; ask Maxime.