dsh-telegram-duty

Turn DeepSeek Harness (DSH) into your always-on pocket duty office: message a Telegram bot from your phone, the duty agent gets to work, and the result comes back to your phone. Idle cost is zero tokens — the plugin long-polls getUpdates and only wakes an agent when a message arrives.

中文说明

Quick Start (≈10 minutes)

1. Create a bot — chat with @BotFather, send /newbot, and copy the token (looks like 123456:ABC...).

2. Find your chat id — send any message to @userinfobot (or to your new bot) and read the numeric id.

3. Install the plugin — from inside a DeepSeek Harness checkout:

   dsh plugin --profile web add @luzhengyangtx/dsh-telegram-duty
   

4. Configure — add to C:\Users\<you>\.dsh\profiles\web\cordis.patch.yml:

   - id: telegram-duty
     config:
       token: '123456:YOUR-BOT-TOKEN'   # step 1
       chatId: 123456789                # step 2 (whitelist)
       language: zh                     # or en
   

5. Restart dsh web and send any message to your bot from the phone. Done — the duty agent answers.

While on duty, the web UI shows a banner telling you approvals are forwarded to your phone, with a one-click switch back.

Features

• 📱 Task loop — Telegram message → dedicated "duty" DSH session (its agent has the standard tool set) → final reply back to Telegram; long replies are split under Telegram's message limit.
• ⏳ Instant feedback — every task message is acknowledged immediately ("📨 Received, generating…") and the phone keeps showing the "typing…" animation until the result arrives; errors report a clear "⚠️ Processing error".
• 🎯 Targeted sessions — /sessions lists your workspace sessions (live and offline, matching the web sidebar; blank drafts are hidden) with numbered buttons: tap one to route following messages there. Prefix one message with #N to send just that one to session N. /duty returns to the default duty route. Offline sessions are woken automatically on the first targeted message.
• 🔐 Whitelist — only your own chat id is served; other senders are logged and ignored.
• ✅ Global approval forwarding — in duty mode, approval requests from all sessions go to your phone with [✅ Approve] [⛔ Reject] buttons (tap to answer; typing 3 approve / 3 reject still works). Unanswered approvals time out to rejected (fail-closed, 10 minutes by default). /away warns when the web UI still holds unanswered approvals, and /unblock cancels turns stuck on them.
• ❓ telegram_ask tool — when an agent needs you to choose between options, confirm something, or supply missing information, it pushes the question to your phone with one button per option; the duty agent is prompted to prefer it.
• 📣 telegram_notify tool — any session's agent can proactively push a message to your phone (reports, reminders, notifications), no waiting required.
• 🔀 Duty / local toggle
  • Enter duty: send any phone message, send /away, or flip watchMode in the web settings.
  • Back to local: send any message in the web UI, or send /back.
  • In local mode approvals stay in the web popup; in duty mode the popup is paused.
• 🚩 Duty banner — while on duty, a frame-wide web banner shows "approvals are on your phone" with a one-click switch back.
• 📱 Sidebar duty button — a "Duty" action beside Settings opens the duty session in one click (creating/waking it when needed), with a live status dot (amber on duty, gray locally).
• 🗂 Durable — the getUpdates cursor and the watch mode persist across restarts; backlog is fast-forwarded on the very first run only.
• 🌐 English & Chinese — every Telegram message respects the language setting (zh | en, default en).
• 🌍 Direct-connection friendly — connects directly by default; configure proxy only when Telegram is blocked in your network (see the table below).

Configuration

All fields live in the telegram-duty settings namespace (the web Settings page shows it, or put them under the patch row's config:).

Field	Default	Meaning
token	—	Bot token (marked secret; never shown in settings UIs). Alternatively set credentialsFile to a JSON file with token / chat_id / proxy.
chatId	—	Whitelisted chat id.
proxy	(empty)	HTTP proxy used for Bot API calls. Leave empty for a direct connection — only set a local proxy (e.g. http://127.0.0.1:7890) when Telegram is blocked in your network, and keep that proxy running.
sessionId	telegram-duty	Stable DSH session id; created on first message.
dutyCwd	process cwd	Workspace directory of the duty session.
approvalTimeoutMinutes	10	Unanswered approvals are rejected after this.
watchMode	local	local (web popups) or duty (approvals to Telegram).
language	en	Language of all Telegram messages: en or zh.
dataDir	<DSH_HOME>/storages/telegram-duty	Offset persistence directory.
credentialsFile	—	Optional JSON file { token, chat_id, proxy } for credentials defaults.
replyChunkChars	3800	Split threshold for long replies (Telegram limit 4096).

Phone commands

• /help — usage
• /sessions — list your workspace sessions (live + offline) with numbered buttons; tap a number to route following messages there
• #N message — send just this one message to session N (numbering from the latest /sessions; expires after 30 minutes)
• /duty — back to the default duty-session route
• /away — enter duty mode (approvals go to the phone); warns about approvals the web UI still holds
• /unblock — cancel turns stuck on unanswered web approvals (resend the task afterwards)
• /back — return to local mode
• 3 approve / 3 reject — answer approval #3; with a single pending approval, bare approve/reject works too.

FAQ

• My bot doesn't reply. Check in order: ① token and chatId are correct; ② you have sent /start to the bot at least once (bots cannot message first); ③ the DSH log shows no telegram-duty errors; ④ watchMode/language behave as expected.
• How do I find my chat id? Send any message to @userinfobot; it replies with your numeric id.
• Do I need a proxy? No — the plugin connects directly by default. Set proxy (e.g. http://127.0.0.1:7890 for Clash) only when your network blocks Telegram, and keep that proxy running while DSH is up.
• Does it cost tokens while idle? No. The plugin long-polls getUpdates; an agent is woken only when a message arrives.
• Does it work when my computer is off? No — the plugin runs together with DSH. Nothing is lost across restarts (the update cursor is persisted to disk).
• What arrives on my phone? Task results with instant acks and a live typing indicator, approval requests from any session (in duty mode), agent questions (telegram_ask), and proactive agent messages (telegram_notify).
• Will the bot answer messages in groups? No — the whitelist only serves your own chat id; everything else is logged and ignored.
• Why does /sessions not list all my sessions? It lists your workspace sessions exactly like the web sidebar: blank drafts are hidden, and sessions appear live (空闲/忙碌) or offline (离线 — woken on the first targeted message). The internal duty session is never listed; the default route is the duty session anyway.
• How do I update the plugin? Run dsh plugin --profile web add @luzhengyangtx/dsh-telegram-duty@<version> (or bump the dependency in your profile's package.json).

Roadmap

Status	Item	Tier
✅ shipped (v0.4.0)	targeted sessions (/sessions / #N / /duty) · instant ack + typing · telegram_notify · approval recovery (/unblock) · sidebar duty button · bigger banner · zh/en	free
🚧 planned (v1.x)	voice-message notes, more handy utilities	free
🔭 preview only	multi-platform (Feishu / WhatsApp / …), team & multi-user mode, cloud hosting, priority support	pro (future)

Free forever: Telegram duty, global approval forwarding, duty/local toggle, web duty banner, zh/en. The pro row is only a preview — no pro code exists yet; it marks the direction of a future commercial edition.

Custom Services

Need help onboarding, configuration, connecting other platforms, or bespoke features? Email dsh-telegram-duty@outlook.com. Typical engagements start at ¥500 (integration + configuration + Q&A); complex work is quoted case by case. Scope of delivery (working setup + docs + basic Q&A) is agreed before the work starts.

Community & Support

• 💬 Telegram group: https://t.me/+w8w7kAnGniRhZTJk
• 💝 Sponsor on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/luzhengyangtx
• 💝 Sponsor on 爱发电 (afdian): https://afdian.com/a/luzhengyangtx
• ⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/luzhengyangtx/dsh-telegram-duty

Dev

pnpm --filter "@luzhengyangtx/dsh-telegram-duty" run typecheck
node_modules\.bin\vitest.cmd run packages/interaction/telegram-duty/tests

# channel self-check against a real bot:
$env:TG_CREDS='C:\path\to\config.json'
node --import tsx/esm packages/interaction/telegram-duty/scripts/check-telegram.ts

License

MIT. The session-driving pattern (resume/create + summarize) follows @kriskwok/dsh-feishu-gateway (MIT) — see LICENSE.