import { CardGrid, LinkCard } from '@astrojs/starlight/components';

**Channel-linked access** links your **personal** WhatsApp or Telegram (yours, as an employee) to your
Platform account. Once linked and with a session open, you can write directly to the business's connected
number/bot and the system recognizes you as **yourself** — with your real role —, instead of treating you
as just another customer writing on that channel.

<CardGrid>
  <LinkCard
    title="What it is and what it allows"
    description="Channel-linked access links your personal WhatsApp or Telegram (yours, as an employee) to your Platform account."
    href="/en/guides/acceso-por-canal/01-que-es-y-que-permite/"
  />
  <LinkCard
    title="Prerequisite: two-factor verification on"
    description="You can only link a channel if your own account has two-factor verification (TOTP) turned on with an authenticator app (Google Authenticator, Authy…) — it's an unavoidable requirem"
    href="/en/guides/acceso-por-canal/02-requisito-previo-verificacion-en-dos-pasos-activa/"
  />
  <LinkCard
    title="Procedure: link WhatsApp"
    description="Requirements: two-factor verification on (section 2)."
    href="/en/guides/acceso-por-canal/03-procedimiento-vincular-whatsapp/"
  />
  <LinkCard
    title="Procedure: link Telegram"
    description="Requirements: two-factor verification on (section 2)."
    href="/en/guides/acceso-por-canal/04-procedimiento-vincular-telegram/"
  />
  <LinkCard
    title="What happens on the channel itself"
    description="This step happens outside the web Platform, inside your WhatsApp or Telegram app — the behavior is exact and verified against the system's code:"
    href="/en/guides/acceso-por-canal/05-que-ocurre-en-el-propio-canal/"
  />
  <LinkCard
    title="The session: a rolling 30 minutes"
    description="Linking the channel doesn't leave you with permanent access: every time you send the valid code, a 30-minute session opens."
    href="/en/guides/acceso-por-canal/06-la-sesion-30-minutos-deslizantes/"
  />
  <LinkCard
    title="What you can and can't do within the session"
    description="With the session active, the chat recognizes you with your real role — the same permissions you have when logging into the web Platform (Manual 15, section 4): a viewer can only vi"
    href="/en/guides/acceso-por-canal/07-que-puedes-hacer-dentro-de-la-sesion-y-que-no/"
  />
  <LinkCard
    title="Unlinking (yourself)"
    description="Requirements: none in particular."
    href="/en/guides/acceso-por-canal/08-desvincular-tu-mismo/"
  />
  <LinkCard
    title="Unlinking (the admin, from Team)"
    description="Requirements: Admin role."
    href="/en/guides/acceso-por-canal/09-desvincular-el-admin-desde-equipo/"
  />
  <LinkCard
    title="Security notices by email"
    description="Every time a channel is linked or unlinked (whether you do it or an admin does it on your behalf), the Platform sends a notice to your account email:"
    href="/en/guides/acceso-por-canal/10-avisos-de-seguridad-por-email/"
  />
  <LinkCard
    title="Common problems"
    description="The &quot;Link&quot; buttons are disabled."
    href="/en/guides/acceso-por-canal/11-problemas-frecuentes/"
  />
</CardGrid>