Telegram Setup

Egregore can send notifications to a Telegram group — handoff alerts, announcements, and status updates.

Setup

Run the setup command inside your Egregore:

/telegram-connect

It walks you through three steps:

Create a group for your team in the Telegram app. This is where Egregore will post notifications.

Click this link to add the Egregore bot to your group:

https://t.me/Egregore_clbot?startgroup=true

Copy your group's invite link and paste it when prompted. Egregore stores it in egregore.json so new members can find the group.

Handoff notifications — When someone creates a handoff addressed to you or the team
Announcements — Messages sent via /announce
Direct messages — When someone uses /ask to route a question to you

In local mode, the Telegram group link is stored so joiners can see it, but live notifications require connected mode.

Full notification support. Messages are routed through the Egregore API to the Telegram bot, which posts to your group.

To send a direct message to someone:

bin/notify.sh send <person> "your message"

To broadcast to the group, use /announce.