diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index 033f2c7e9..c765b12d9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Thanks to everyone who has contributed to NanoClaw!
 - [flobo3](https://github.com/flobo3) — Flo
 - [edwinwzhe](https://github.com/edwinwzhe) — Edwin He
 - [scottgl9](https://github.com/scottgl9) — Scott Glover
+- [ingyukoh](https://github.com/ingyukoh) — Ingyu Koh
 - [cschmidt](https://github.com/cschmidt) — Carl Schmidt
 - [leonalfredbot-ship-it](https://github.com/leonalfredbot-ship-it) — Alfred-the-buttler
 - [moktamd](https://github.com/moktamd)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 446bc1bec..f305bec3d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nanoclaw",
-  "version": "2.0.27",
+  "version": "2.0.28",
   "description": "Personal Claude assistant. Lightweight, secure, customizable.",
   "type": "module",
   "packageManager": "pnpm@10.33.0",
diff --git a/setup/auto.ts b/setup/auto.ts
index 009532119..b57672ffb 100644
--- a/setup/auto.ts
+++ b/setup/auto.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ import { isValidTimezone } from '../src/timezone.js';
 const CLI_AGENT_NAME = 'Terminal Agent';
 const RUN_START = Date.now();
 
-type ChannelChoice = 'telegram' | 'discord' | 'whatsapp' | 'signal' | 'teams' | 'slack' | 'imessage' | 'skip';
+type ChannelChoice = 'telegram' | 'discord' | 'whatsapp' | 'signal' | 'teams' | 'slack' | 'imessage' | 'other' | 'skip';
 
 async function main(): Promise<void> {
   // Make sure ~/.local/bin is on PATH for every child process we spawn.
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
 
   if (!skip.has('channel')) {
     channelChoice = await askChannelChoice();
-    if (channelChoice !== 'skip') {
+    if (channelChoice !== 'skip' && channelChoice !== 'other') {
       await resolveDisplayName();
     }
     if (channelChoice === 'telegram') {
@@ -458,6 +458,8 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
       await runSlackChannel(displayName!);
     } else if (channelChoice === 'imessage') {
       await runIMessageChannel(displayName!);
+    } else if (channelChoice === 'other') {
+      await askOtherChannelName();
     } else {
       p.log.info(
         brandBody(
@@ -1076,6 +1078,7 @@ async function askChannelChoice(): Promise<ChannelChoice> {
           hint: 'needs public URL',
         },
         { value: 'teams', label: 'Yes, connect Microsoft Teams', hint: 'complex setup' },
+        { value: 'other', label: 'Other…', hint: 'install via /add-<name> after setup' },
         { value: 'skip', label: 'Skip for now', hint: "I'll just use the terminal" },
       ],
     }),
@@ -1085,6 +1088,26 @@ async function askChannelChoice(): Promise<ChannelChoice> {
   return choice;
 }
 
+async function askOtherChannelName(): Promise<void> {
+  const answer = ensureAnswer(
+    await p.text({
+      message: 'Which channel would you like to install?',
+      placeholder: 'e.g. matrix, github, linear, webex',
+    }),
+  );
+  const name = (answer as string).trim().toLowerCase().replace(/^\/?(add-)?/, '');
+  setupLog.userInput('other_channel', name);
+  phEmit('channel_other_named', { channel: name });
+  p.log.info(
+    brandBody(
+      wrapForGutter(
+        `No bash installer for ${k.bold(name)} — open Claude Code after setup and run ${k.bold(`/add-${name}`)} to install it.`,
+        4,
+      ),
+    ),
+  );
+}
+
 // ─── interactive / env helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────
 
 function ensureLocalBinOnPath(): void {
diff --git a/src/channels/chat-sdk-bridge.ts b/src/channels/chat-sdk-bridge.ts
index 18ab2cbf8..52c92ba64 100644
--- a/src/channels/chat-sdk-bridge.ts
+++ b/src/channels/chat-sdk-bridge.ts
@@ -253,12 +253,12 @@ export function createChatSdkBridge(config: ChatSdkBridgeConfig): ChannelAdapter
       // Chat SDK dispatch (handling-events.mdx §"Handler dispatch order") is
       // exclusive: subscribed → onSubscribedMessage; unsubscribed+mention →
       // onNewMention; unsubscribed+pattern-match → onNewMessage. Registering
-      // with `/./` lets the router see every plain message on every
-      // unsubscribed thread the bot can see. The router short-circuits via
+      // with `/[\s\S]*/` lets the router see every plain message (including
+      // media-only messages with empty text) on every unsubscribed thread the
       // getMessagingGroupWithAgentCount (~1 DB read) for unwired channels,
       // so forwarding every one is cheap enough to not need a bridge-side
       // flood gate.
-      chat.onNewMessage(/./, async (thread, message) => {
+      chat.onNewMessage(/[\s\S]*/, async (thread, message) => {
         const channelId = adapter.channelIdFromThreadId(thread.id);
         await setupConfig.onInbound(channelId, thread.id, await messageToInbound(message, false, true));
       });