Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into feat/echo-voice-audio-transcription

# Conflicts:
#	pkg/channels/telegram/telegram.go

config/config.example.json

@@ -164,6 +164,28 @@
       "max_steps": 10,
       "welcome_message": "Hello! I'm your AI assistant. How can I help you today?",
       "reasoning_channel_id": ""
+    },
+    "irc": {
+      "enabled": false,
+      "server": "irc.libera.chat:6697",
+      "tls": true,
+      "nick": "mybot",
+      "user": "",
+      "real_name": "",
+      "password": "",
+      "nickserv_password": "",
+      "sasl_user": "",
+      "sasl_password": "",
+      "channels": ["#mychannel"],
+      "request_caps": ["server-time", "message-tags"],
+      "allow_from": [],
+      "group_trigger": {
+        "mention_only": true
+      },
+      "typing": {
+        "enabled": false
+      },
+      "reasoning_channel_id": ""
     }
   },
   "providers": {