Caspian Connect Telegram

Caspian connect Telegram

Connect a Telegram bot to Caspian and enable telegram in the plugin admit list (channels in ~/.config/opencode/caspian.json). Without telegram in channels, Telegram events are rejected at admit (blast-radius wall).

When to use

• User asks to connect Telegram / BotFather / Telegram bot
• User runs /caspian:connect-telegram or /caspian-connect-telegram

Prerequisites (token)

Bot token must exist in one of (prefer file over chat):

1. TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN in the environment
2. Project .env → TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=...
3. ~/.config/opencode/caspian.env → TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=...

Do not store the token in caspian.json. Prefer not pasting the token into chat.

How

1. Call caspian_connections to see if Telegram is already linked and whether telegram is already in plugin channels.

2. Call caspian_connect_telegram.

3. If the tool asks for a token, instruct the user to create a bot with @BotFather, write TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=... into .env or caspian.env, then re-run the command. Do not invent a token.

4. On success, present connection id / channels. If RESTART REQUIRED, say:

   Restart OpenCode (quit and relaunch) so admit loads "channels": ["email", "telegram"] (or your updated list). Until then, Telegram messages are still rejected.

5. After restart, Telegram inbound should flow into OpenCode like email.