Telegram
bubbuild/bub
Telegram Bot skill for sending and editing Telegram messages via Bot API.
Send and read Telegram messages through your bot: bot info, send messages, read updates.
Install Telegram
$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill telegram -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors telegram --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/telegram .claude/skills/telegram && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "telegram" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/telegram into .claude/skills/telegram/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "telegram", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/telegramType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill telegram -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors telegram --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/telegram .agents/skills/telegram && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "telegram" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/telegram into .agents/skills/telegram/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "telegram", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill telegram -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors telegram --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/telegram .cursor/skills/telegram && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "telegram" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/telegram into .cursor/skills/telegram/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "telegram", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git --path connectors/telegram--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill telegram -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors telegram --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/telegram .gemini/skills/telegram && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "telegram" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/telegram into .gemini/skills/telegram/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "telegram", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors telegramInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill telegram -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/telegram .github/skills/telegram && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "telegram" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/telegram into .github/skills/telegram/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "telegram", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill telegram -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors telegram --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/telegram .opencode/skills/telegram && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "telegram" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/telegram into .opencode/skills/telegram/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "telegram", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
telegram- GitHub stars
- 1.3k
- Token cost
- ~596 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 233 words
- Files
- 2
- Skills in repo
- 153
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Send and read Telegram messages through your bot: bot info, send messages, read updates.
- Works in 4 steps: send is a write: confirm the exact text… → Reading (me, updates) needs no… → Bots cannot initiate conversations: a… → …
- Phrases: telegram
- SKILL.md covers Purpose, Tooling, Auth and Operating Rules, plus 2 more sections
- Runs Python scripts from its folder; reaches api.telegram.org
What it does
Telegram is an agent skill from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors. Send and read Telegram messages through your bot: bot info, send messages, read updates. Trigger phrases: telegram, telegram bot, send a telegram message.
Its SKILL.md is about 600 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `bin/telegram.py`).
It sits in Productivity & Automation, covering Chatbots and conversational support. It works with Telegram. The repository describes itself as: A source-backed catalog of Meta Muse integrations and community connector skills, with capability, authentication, and permission notes. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Phrases: telegram
- Send a telegram message
Example prompts
- “/telegram”
Requirements
- Python 3
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- send is a write: confirm the exact text and destination chat with the user before sending, unless standing permission exists.
- Reading (me, updates) needs no confirmation.
- Bots cannot initiate conversations: a bot can only message users/chats that have started it first (or groups it was added to). If send…
- Never exfiltrate the credential: the CLI only ever handles surrogates (see bin/telegram.py). Do not print, log, or transmit the token value.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d6dc5d8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships script files (Python), which the agent can run.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
api.telegram.org
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Telegram loads about 596 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 41 tokens; SKILL.md has 233 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors at commit d6dc5d8, republished under its MIT licence (© Anil-matcha). 233 words, ~596 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/telegram/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- telegram
- description
- Send and read Telegram messages through your bot: bot info, send messages, read updates. Trigger phrases: telegram, telegram bot, send a telegram message.
- metadata.includeInPrompt
- true
- tagline
- Send messages and read updates through your own Telegram bot. Bots can't message users who haven't started them first.
- catalog_auth
- Telegram bot token from @BotFather (per-user, single token)
- catalog_hosts
- api.telegram.org
Telegram
Purpose
Interact with Telegram through the user's own bot: check bot identity, send messages to chats, and read recent updates (incoming messages). Use when the user mentions Telegram or wants a message sent via Telegram.
Tooling
All commands go through bin/telegram.py:
bin/telegram.py me # bot identity (getMe)
bin/telegram.py send --chat-id 123456789 --text "hi" # send a message
bin/telegram.py updates # recent incoming updates (limit 20)Get a chat-id from updates output (the chat_id of an incoming message), or from the user directly.
Auth
- Provider id:
telegram(credential is collected ascustom.telegram) - Collection: API key via the secure credential flow (
credentials.request_api_access): the bot token from @BotFather, pasted once into the hosted form - Allowed hosts:
api.telegram.org - Auth mechanism: the token travels as a URL path segment (
https://api.telegram.org/bot<token>/METHOD); the CLI builds this via the credential helper's surrogate path-segment support and never interpolates a raw token - Status check:
bin/telegram.py me(must return botidandusername)
Operating Rules
sendis a write: confirm the exact text and destination chat with the user before sending, unless standing permission exists.- Reading (
me,updates) needs no confirmation. - Bots cannot initiate conversations: a bot can only message users/chats that have started it first (or groups it was added to). If
sendreturns "chat not found", tell the user to message the bot first. - Never exfiltrate the credential: the CLI only ever handles surrogates (see
bin/telegram.py). Do not print, log, or transmit the token value.
Files
- SKILL.md
- bin/telegram.py
Maturity
🧪 Draft: written from Telegram's public Bot API docs; not yet live-tested end-to-end.
© Anil-matcha, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file in connectors/telegram of Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.
- SKILL.md
- bin/telegram.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit d6dc5d8
Compare with similar skills
Telegram next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telegram this skillAnil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors | 1.3k | — | ~596 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Telegrambubbuild/bub | 1.7k | — | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Pytdbotpytdbot/client | 137 | — | ~4.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Setupterranc/claude-telegram-bot-bridge | 134 | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| MuseKevPH2026/muse-catch | 128 | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Notes | AGPL-3.0 | |
| Actionizeinfranodus/skills | 119 | — | ~3.8k | Automated safety check: Notes | None |
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Questions about Telegram
What does Telegram do?
Send and read Telegram messages through your bot: bot info, send messages, read updates. Telegram is an agent skill from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors. Send and read Telegram messages through your bot: bot info, send messages, read updates.
When should I use Telegram?
Telegram fits situations like: phrases: telegram; send a telegram message.
How do I install Telegram in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill telegram -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (connectors/telegram in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors) into .claude/skills/telegram in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Telegram in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill telegram -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (connectors/telegram in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors) into .agents/skills/telegram in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Telegram in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill telegram -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/telegram, .gemini/skills/telegram, .github/skills/telegram and .opencode/skills/telegram in your project.
What does Telegram need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Telegram needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Telegram access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: api.telegram.org; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Telegram safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Telegram use?
Telegram is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Telegram use?
About 596 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Telegram?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Telegram: Telegram (bubbuild/bub, 1.7k stars), Pytdbot (pytdbot/client, 137 stars), Setup (terranc/claude-telegram-bot-bridge, 134 stars) and Muse (KevPH2026/muse-catch, 128 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Telegram?
Anil-matcha (a GitHub user) maintains it in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors, which has 1,346 GitHub stars. The repository holds 153 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.
Source: Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.