telegram
Send Telegram messages, files, and alerts via bot API; read replies; ask questions with inline buttons and wait for the answer (approve-from-phone). Supports multiple bots and named chat targets. Use when the user wants to send a Telegram message or alert, get notified on Telegram when a task finishes or needs input, ask for approval via Telegram, or wire Telegram notifications into hooks, cron jobs, or CI. Triggers: 'telegram', 'send me a telegram', 'alert me on telegram', 'ask me on telegram', 'notify me when done'.
pinned to #3619692updated 2 weeks ago
Ask your AI client: “install skills/telegram”.
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About this skill
Pulled from SKILL.md at publish time.
Send updates, alerts, and files to Telegram; read replies; run ask-and-wait approval flows. Pure bash + curl + jq — no install beyond a bot token.
Evaluation report
WarningsAutomated checks the publisher passed at publish time — structure, docs, safety, and whether the artifact behaves as claimed.3619692· 2 weeks ago
Kind-specific
31Skill: SKILL.md present
found at skills/telegram/SKILL.md · frontmatter source: SKILL.md
Skill: body content present
237 words · 2,006 chars · 3 sections · 4 code blocks
Skill: triggers declaredwarn
No `trigger` phrases in SKILL.md frontmatter
Add `trigger:` lines so Claude knows when to activate this skill — e.g. `when building MCP servers` or `for diagram creation`.
Skill: allowed-tools scope
no allowed-tools restriction (Claude may use anything)
Release history
1- releasecurrent3619692warn2 weeks ago
Contents
Send updates, alerts, and files to Telegram; read replies; run ask-and-wait approval flows. Pure bash + curl + jq — no install beyond a bot token.
First run: scripts/telegram.sh setup (guided BotFather walkthrough).
Commands
scripts/telegram.sh send "Deploy finished ✅" # basic alert
scripts/telegram.sh send "low priority" --silent # no notification sound
scripts/telegram.sh send "*bold* alert" --format md # MarkdownV2 (falls back to plain)
scripts/telegram.sh send "hi" --to alerts --bot work # named target + named bot
scripts/telegram.sh file report.pdf "Q3 report" # document (photos auto-detected)
scripts/telegram.sh read # new incoming messages since last read
ANSWER=$(scripts/telegram.sh ask "Deploy to prod?" --options "Yes,No" --timeout 300)
# exit 0 = answered (stdout = answer), 2 = timeout
Config
Env vars win, then ~/.config/telegram/config (mode 600):
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=123:ABC... # default bot
TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID=987654321 # default target
BOT_ALERTS_TOKEN=456:DEF... # --bot alerts (add via: setup --bot alerts)
TARGET_FAMILY=-100987... # --to family (any chat/group/channel id)
Replies and answers are only accepted from configured chat IDs.
Claude Code hooks (settings.json)
Ping your phone when Claude needs input, and when it finishes:
{
"hooks": {
"Notification": [{"hooks": [{"type": "command",
"command": "~/.claude/skills/telegram/scripts/telegram.sh send \"🔔 Claude needs input in $(basename \\\"$PWD\\\")\""}]}],
"Stop": [{"hooks": [{"type": "command",
"command": "~/.claude/skills/telegram/scripts/telegram.sh send \"✅ Claude finished in $(basename \\\"$PWD\\\")\" --silent"}]}]
}
}
Approval gate in any script/automation:
if [ "$(scripts/telegram.sh ask 'Deploy to prod?' --options 'Yes,No')" = "Yes" ]; then
./deploy.sh
fi
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mh install skills/telegram