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Agent skill

Telecrawl

by steipete in steipete/agent-scripts

Telegram archive: chats, messages, contacts, folders, search; import from Telegram Desktop/macOS.

MITAuto-check passed

Install Telecrawl

skills CLI
$ npx skills add steipete/agent-scripts --skill telecrawl -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install steipete/agent-scripts telecrawl --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/steipete/agent-scripts.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/telecrawl .claude/skills/telecrawl && 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
telecrawl
GitHub stars
7.3k
Token cost
~417 tokens
SKILL.md length
113 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
45
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Telegram archive: chats, messages, contacts, folders, search; import from Telegram Desktop/macOS.

  • SKILL.md covers Sources, Freshness, Queries and Import / Refresh, plus 1 more section
  • Calls ssh

What it does

Telecrawl is an agent skill from steipete/agent-scripts. Telegram archive: chats, messages, contacts, folders, search; import from Telegram Desktop/macOS.

Its SKILL.md is about 420 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with Telegram and macOS. The repository describes itself as: Scripts for agents, shared between my repositories. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/telecrawl”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 79150cf. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • ssh

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use ssh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Telecrawl loads about 417 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 27 tokens; SKILL.md has 113 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~27
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~417

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 steipete/agent-scripts at commit 79150cf, republished under its MIT licence (© steipete). 113 words, ~417 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/telecrawl/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
telecrawl
description
Telegram archive: chats, messages, contacts, folders, search; import from Telegram Desktop/macOS.

Telecrawl

Use this for Telegram history questions. Local archive first; the Telegram apps only for live/current state.

Sources

  • DB: ~/.telecrawl/telecrawl.db
  • Import source: Telegram Desktop tdata or native macOS Telegram Postbox (auto-detected)
  • CLI: telecrawl
  • Archive host: the populated archive currently lives on clawmac (~200 chats). Local DBs on other Macs may be empty — check status first and prefer SSH to the archive host over answering from an empty DB:
bash
ssh -o RequestTTY=no -o RemoteCommand=none steipete@clawmac 'zsh -lc "telecrawl --json status"'

Freshness

bash
telecrawl --json status

Empty counts mean no import has run on this machine, not "no Telegram data".

Queries

All read commands take --json.

bash
telecrawl --json chats --limit 20
telecrawl --json chats --unread
telecrawl --json messages --chat <ID> --limit 50 --after 2026-01-01
telecrawl --json search "query" [--chat ID]
telecrawl --json contacts --limit 50
telecrawl --json folders
telecrawl --json topics --chat <ID>

Import / Refresh

bash
telecrawl doctor                 # verify a Telegram data source is readable
telecrawl import                 # merge-import from detected local Telegram app
telecrawl import --fetch-media   # also pull Telegram cloud media

Imports merge by default; --restore replaces the archive — treat as destructive and confirm first.

Backup

Encrypted age shards to a git repo:

bash
telecrawl backup status
telecrawl backup push

© steipete, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/telecrawl of steipete/agent-scripts.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 79150cf

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Telecrawl 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.

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Site ArchitectureAvdLee/RocketSimApp80411 repos~3.3kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Engine Whats Newflutter/flutter179k—~978Automated safety check: PassBSD-3-Clause

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Works with

Questions about Telecrawl

What does Telecrawl do?

Telegram archive: chats, messages, contacts, folders, search; import from Telegram Desktop/macOS. Telecrawl is an agent skill from steipete/agent-scripts. Telegram archive: chats, messages, contacts, folders, search; import from Telegram Desktop/macOS.

How do I install Telecrawl in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add steipete/agent-scripts --skill telecrawl -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/telecrawl in steipete/agent-scripts) into .claude/skills/telecrawl in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Telecrawl in Codex?

Run `npx skills add steipete/agent-scripts --skill telecrawl -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/telecrawl in steipete/agent-scripts) into .agents/skills/telecrawl in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Telecrawl 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 steipete/agent-scripts --skill telecrawl -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/telecrawl, .gemini/skills/telecrawl, .github/skills/telecrawl and .opencode/skills/telecrawl in your project.

What does Telecrawl need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Telecrawl needs the command-line tools its instructions call (ssh).

Does Telecrawl access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use ssh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Telecrawl 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 Telecrawl use?

Telecrawl 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 Telecrawl use?

About 417 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.7k 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 Telecrawl?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Telecrawl: Vercel Token Setup (vellum-ai/vellum-assistant, 1.4k stars), C Schedule (daxaur/openpaw, 174 stars), Perform Task (telegramdesktop/tdesktop, 33k stars) and Site Architecture (AvdLee/RocketSimApp, 804 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Telecrawl?

steipete (a GitHub user) maintains it in steipete/agent-scripts, which has 7,313 GitHub stars. The repository holds 45 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 4, 2026.

Source: steipete/agent-scripts on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.