Give your product its own @bot with Mastra and Merge

This workshop covers how to build a bot with Mastra and Merge that turns tagged posts into GitHub issues and replies with the link. Using @mergeapibot, we walk through the integration, MCP tool access, and guardrails that let people use your product directly from a conversation. Hosted by: Brandon Barros, Founding Product Advocate @ Mastra Matthew Feroz, Developer Advocate @ Merge CHAPTERS 00:00 Introductions and giving your product an @bot 03:08 Connecting agents to your product and data 06:28 Demo: Turn a tagged tweet into a GitHub issue 10:44 Inspecting tools and traces in Merge and Mastra Studio 17:30 Connecting Merge Agent Handler to Mastra over MCP 23:08 Guardrails, prompt injection, and tool permissions 26:46 Merge Unified, Agent Handler, and Gateway explained 32:06 Setting up your own bot and extending it to other channels 38:50 Q&A: Evals, observability, and always-on agents 44:06 Upcoming workshops and Mastra Launch WHAT IS MASTRA Mastra is an open-source TypeScript framework designed for building and shipping AI-powered applications and agents with minimal friction. It supports the full lifecycle of agent development, from prototype to production. 📚 MASTRA RESOURCES Website: https://mastra.ai X: https://x.com/mastra_ai Discord: https://mastra.ai/community/discord GitHub: https://github.com/mastra-ai Learn Mastra: https://mastra.ai/learn Principles of Building AI Agents (Book): https://mastra.ai/books/principles-of... Patterns for Building AI Agents (Book): https://mastra.ai/books/patterns-of-b...