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Send Telegram messages, files, and alerts via bot API; read replies; ask questions with inline bu…

by sanjay3290 · Apache-2.0

The skill

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'.

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

Use this skill

Connect your agent to the Skill Store MCP server and ask for it by ref: sanjay3290/telegram-42802752360.

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Details

Publisher: sanjay3290
Category: AI & Agents › Tool & MCP integration
License: Apache-2.0
Updated: 2026-09-11

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