openhuman/docs/channels/telegram.md

Telegram Channel

The Telegram channel allows OpenHuman to interact with users via a Telegram bot.

Silent Streaming

While the bot is thinking or streaming a reply, updates are sent silently by default to minimize notification spam on the user's device. This means:

• The initial "thinking..." placeholder is sent without a notification sound.
• Intermediate streaming updates (edits to the message) do not trigger new notifications.
• Standalone messages and final fallback messages (if a message needs to be re-sent instead of edited) will still trigger a notification normally.

This behavior can be controlled via the silent_streaming option in the [channels.telegram] section of config.toml. It defaults to true.

[channels.telegram]
bot_token = "YOUR_BOT_TOKEN"
allowed_users = ["your_username"]
silent_streaming = true # Set to false to receive notifications for every update