@wrongstack/telegram

Telegram bridge for WrongStack — connect your agent to Telegram. Send messages, receive instructions, get notified when long tasks finish.

Features

• telegram_read — Agent reads incoming Telegram messages (newest first, filtered by chat, with ack support)
• telegram_send — Agent sends messages via Telegram (HTML formatting, confirm permission)
• System prompt injection — Unread messages appear in the agent's system prompt so it sees them naturally
• Slash commands — /telegram:status, /telegram:send, /telegram:chatid in the TUI
• Event notifications — Session end summaries and long tool completions forwarded to Telegram
• Allowlist filtering — Restrict which users/chats can interact with the bot
• Zero dependencies — Uses Node.js native fetch, no third-party Telegram libraries

Quickstart

1. Create a bot

Message @BotFather on Telegram:

/newbot

Copy the token (looks like 123456789:ABCdef...).

2. Get your chat ID

Message your new bot, then visit:

https://api.telegram.org/bot<YOUR_TOKEN>/getUpdates

Find your chat.id in the response.

3. Enable the official plugin

wstack plugin install telegram

telegram is the bundled official alias for @wrongstack/telegram. In WrongStack 0.3.4 and newer, the package is installed with the wrongstack umbrella package; this command only enables plugin loading in config and does not run npm.

If you are installing the plugin into a custom host instead of the official CLI package, add it like a normal public package:

npm install @wrongstack/telegram

4. Configure

In ~/.wrongstack/config.json or .wrongstack/config.json:

{
  "features": {
    "plugins": true
  },
  "plugins": ["@wrongstack/telegram"],
  "extensions": {
    "telegram": {
      "botToken": "123456789:ABCdefGHIjkl...",
      "notifyChatId": "987654321",
      "allowedUsers": [987654321],
      "notifyOnSessionEnd": true,
      "longToolThresholdMs": 30000,
      "pollIntervalSec": 2
    }
  }
}

The plugins array controls loading. extensions.telegram stores this plugin's options.

The plugin loads on the next WrongStack start. Use wstack plugin disable @wrongstack/telegram and wstack plugin enable @wrongstack/telegram to turn it off/on without deleting the Telegram options.

Configuration reference

Tools

telegram_read

Read buffered incoming messages.

// Read all recent messages
telegram_read()

// Read from a specific chat
telegram_read(chat_id: "987654321", limit: 5)

// Read and acknowledge (clear from buffer)
telegram_read(ack_last: 42)

Permission: auto | Category: Telegram

telegram_send

Send a message to a Telegram chat.

// Send using default chat
telegram_send(message: "Build succeeded ✓")

// Send to a specific chat
telegram_send(chat_id: "123456", message: "Deploy complete. Check staging.")

Permission: confirm | Category: Telegram

Message text supports Telegram HTML: <b>bold</b>, <i>italic</i>, <code>mono</code>, <a href="...">links</a>, <pre>code blocks</pre>.

Slash commands (TUI)

How it works

┌─────────────────┐     poll      ┌──────────────┐
│  Telegram API   │◄──────────────│  TelegramBot  │
│  (getUpdates)   │──────────────►│  (buffer)     │
└────────┬────────┘   updates     └──────┬───────┘
         │                               │
    user sends                      ┌────▼───────┐
    "build failed?"                 │  PluginAPI  │
                                    │  .emitCustom│
                                    │  .contrib.  │
                                    └────┬───────┘
                                         │
                               ┌─────────▼─────────┐
                               │  Agent sees inbox │
                               │  in system prompt │
                               │  calls read/send  │
                               └───────────────────┘

1. Bot polls Telegram every N seconds via getUpdates
2. Incoming messages go into a circular buffer (50 max)
3. A system prompt contributor injects unread messages so the agent sees them
4. Agent reads with telegram_read, responds with telegram_send
5. Custom event telegram:message_received fires for TUI panels / other plugins

Events

License

MIT