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Agent skill

Telegram Bot Messaging

by sickn33 in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

Send Telegram messages, files, and alerts via bot API; ask questions with inline buttons and wait for the answer.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Telegram Bot Messaging

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill telegram-bot-messaging -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills telegram-bot-messaging --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/telegram-bot-messaging .claude/skills/telegram-bot-messaging && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
telegram-bot-messaging
GitHub stars
47k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
338 words
Files
3 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
1,493
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Send Telegram messages, files, and alerts via bot API; ask questions with inline buttons and wait for the answer.

  • Tasks that involve Chatbots and conversational support
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, Safety Gate, Commands and Config, plus 2 more sections
  • Runs Shell scripts from its folder; calls bash; needs TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN and BOT_ALERTS_TOKEN
  • Tasks that involve Scheduled and recurring tasks

What it does

Telegram Bot Messaging is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Send Telegram messages, files, and alerts via bot API; ask questions with inline buttons and wait for the answer. Supports multiple bots, named chat targets, and CI/cron/hook notifications.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including scripts (for example `README.md` and `scripts/telegram.sh`).

It sits in Productivity & Automation, covering Chatbots and conversational support and Scheduled and recurring tasks. It works with Telegram. The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Chatbots and conversational support
  • Tasks that involve Scheduled and recurring tasks

Example prompts

  • “/telegram-bot-messaging”

Requirements

  • A Bash shell
  • A credential in TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN
  • A credential in BOT_ALERTS_TOKEN

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 680176d. 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 1 file in scripts/ (Shell), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • bash

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN
    • BOT_ALERTS_TOKEN

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Telegram Bot Messaging loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 338 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~53
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit 680176d, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© sickn33). 338 words, ~1,145 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/telegram-bot-messaging/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
telegram-bot-messaging
description
Send Telegram messages, files, and alerts via bot API; ask questions with inline buttons and wait for the answer. Supports multiple bots, named chat targets, and CI/cron/hook notifications.
category
productivity
risk
critical
source
https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills/tree/main/skills/telegram
source_repo
sanjay3290/ai-skills
source_type
community
date_added
2026-07-09
author
sanjay3290
tags
telegram, notifications, bots, approvals
tools
claude, cursor, gemini
license
Apache-2.0

Telegram

When to Use

  • Use when you need to send a Telegram message, file, or alert from a workflow, hook, cron job, or CI pipeline
  • Use when a long-running task should notify you or ask for approval on your phone (inline-button questions that wait for the answer)
  • Use when wiring "notify me when done" or "ask me before proceeding" behavior into automated sessions

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: bash scripts/telegram.sh setup (guided BotFather walkthrough).

Safety Gate

Before setup, sending a message or file, reading replies, or enabling a hook, obtain the user's explicit approval for the target chat, bot account, and exact content or file. Never send workspace, customer, credential, or secret data automatically. Treat a token as a secret: do not echo it, commit it, or place it in shell history.

Commands

bash
bash scripts/telegram.sh send "Deploy finished ✅"                    # basic alert
bash scripts/telegram.sh send "low priority" --silent                # no notification sound
bash scripts/telegram.sh send "*bold* alert" --format md             # MarkdownV2 (falls back to plain)
bash scripts/telegram.sh send "hi" --to alerts --bot work            # named target + named bot
bash scripts/telegram.sh file report.pdf "Q3 report"                 # document (photos auto-detected)
bash scripts/telegram.sh read                                        # new incoming messages since last read
ANSWER=$(bash 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)
TELEGRAM_APPROVER_IDS=123456789   # default group approver user IDs (comma-separated)
APPROVERS_FAMILY=123456789,987654321 # approvers for --to family (overrides default)

Replies and answers are only accepted from configured chat IDs. Private chats preserve the direct-chat behavior (the sender user ID must equal the chat ID). Because a group chat ID is shared by every member, ask fails closed for groups unless TELEGRAM_APPROVER_IDS or the target-specific APPROVERS_<NAME> explicitly lists the Telegram user IDs allowed to answer.

Claude Code hooks (settings.json)

Ping your phone when Claude needs input, and when it finishes:

json
{
  "hooks": {
    "Notification": [{"hooks": [{"type": "command",
      "command": "bash ~/.claude/skills/telegram/scripts/telegram.sh send \"🔔 Claude needs input in $(basename \\\"$PWD\\\")\""}]}],
    "Stop": [{"hooks": [{"type": "command",
      "command": "bash ~/.claude/skills/telegram/scripts/telegram.sh send \"✅ Claude finished in $(basename \\\"$PWD\\\")\" --silent"}]}]
  }
}

Approval gate in any script/automation:

bash
if [ "$(bash scripts/telegram.sh ask 'Deploy to prod?' --options 'Yes,No')" = "Yes" ]; then
  ./deploy.sh
fi

Limitations

  • Telegram is a third-party service: message and file contents leave the local machine and may be retained under Telegram's policies.
  • This skill cannot verify that a chat ID belongs to the intended recipient; confirm the target before every new destination or automation.
  • Bot tokens grant control of the bot. Store them only in a protected local secret store or mode-600 configuration file. The script supplies token-bearing API URLs to curl through stdin rather than process arguments; rotate a token if exposure is suspected.
  • Do not use the examples to create unattended notifications or approval flows without the user's explicit, current authorization.

© sickn33, Apache-2.0. 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 2 other files (scripts) in skills/telegram-bot-messaging of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • README.md
  • scripts/telegram.sh

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 680176d

Used in 1 other repository

We found 3 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Telegram Bot Messaging

What does Telegram Bot Messaging do?

Send Telegram messages, files, and alerts via bot API; ask questions with inline buttons and wait for the answer. Telegram Bot Messaging is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Send Telegram messages, files, and alerts via bot API; ask questions with inline buttons and wait for the answer.

When should I use Telegram Bot Messaging?

Telegram Bot Messaging fits situations like: tasks that involve Chatbots and conversational support; tasks that involve Scheduled and recurring tasks.

How do I install Telegram Bot Messaging in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill telegram-bot-messaging -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/telegram-bot-messaging in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/telegram-bot-messaging in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Telegram Bot Messaging in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill telegram-bot-messaging -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/telegram-bot-messaging in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/telegram-bot-messaging in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Telegram Bot Messaging 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill telegram-bot-messaging -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-bot-messaging, .gemini/skills/telegram-bot-messaging, .github/skills/telegram-bot-messaging and .opencode/skills/telegram-bot-messaging in your project.

What does Telegram Bot Messaging need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Telegram Bot Messaging needs a shell for the scripts in its folder, the command-line tools its instructions call (bash) and credentials named TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN and BOT_ALERTS_TOKEN. Our summary lists: A Bash shell; A credential in TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN; A credential in BOT_ALERTS_TOKEN.

Does Telegram Bot Messaging access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Telegram Bot Messaging 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Telegram Bot Messaging use?

Telegram Bot Messaging is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Telegram Bot Messaging use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.6k 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 Bot Messaging?

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Who maintains Telegram Bot Messaging?

sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,379 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,493 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.