> a public channel, and test with a dummy repository if you are
> unsure.
The KGB bot can also send notifications to channels that require a password.
In the `/etc/kgb.conf` configuration file, add a `secret` to a channel so the
bot can access a password-protected channel. For example:
```yaml
channels:
-
name:'#super-secret-channel
network:'MyNetwork'
secret:'ThePasswordIsPassw0rd'
repos:
-SecretRepo
```
> Note: support for channel passwords is not implemented in the upstream KGB
> bot. There's an [open merge request](https://salsa.debian.org/kgb-team/kgb/-/merge_requests/8)
> for it and the patch has been applied to TPA's KGB install, but new installs
> will need to manually apply that patch.
Note that GitLab admins might be able to configure [system-wide
hooks](https://gitlab.torproject.org/help/system_hooks/system_hooks) in [the admin section](https://gitlab.torproject.org/admin/hooks), although it's not entirely clear
how does relate to the per-project hooks so those have not been
