Tg Responder Skill for Claude

Review and send Telegram response drafts, manage follow-ups for unanswered outbound messages. Use when the user says "/tg-responder review", "/tg-responder status", "/tg-responder follow-ups", "check telegram drafts", "review pending messages", "telegram inbox", "who hasn't replied", or "follow up".

15k tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

ships runnable scripts

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

337

stars on the repo

on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills --skill tg-responder

What comes with it

57 556 bytes besides the instruction

.gitignore

prompts/classify.md

scripts/backfill.py

scripts/classify.py

scripts/follow_ups.py

scripts/hook.py

scripts/lookup_chat.py

scripts/schema.py

scripts/seed_templates.py

scripts/tg_draft.py

scripts/worker.py

The instruction itself

9 sections, as written by the author

tg-responder — Telegram Communications Assistant

Review pending response drafts and manage the Telegram response queue.

Commands

review — Approve pending drafts

Read the responder queue and present drafts for approval:

python3 ~/.claude/skills/tg-responder/scripts/schema.py  # ensure DB exists

Then query the database:

-- Pending drafts needing approval
SELECT o.id, o.chat_id, o.draft_text, o.draft_reason, o.source,
       i.sender_name, i.text as original_text, i.urgency, i.category,
       datetime(i.received_at, 'unixepoch') as received
FROM outbox o
JOIN inbox i ON o.inbox_id = i.id
WHERE o.status = 'draft'
ORDER BY
  CASE i.urgency WHEN 'urgent' THEN 0 WHEN 'normal' THEN 1 ELSE 2 END,
  o.created_at ASC;

For each draft, present to the user:

Original message — who sent it, when, what they said
Draft response — the proposed reply
Options: approve (send as-is), edit (modify then send), skip

To approve and send a draft:

Update outbox: UPDATE outbox SET status = 'approved', final_text = draft_text, approved_at = strftime('%s','now') WHERE id = ?
Send via telegram skill: python3 ~/.claude/skills/telegram/scripts/telegram_fetch.py send --chat-id CHAT_ID --text "THE_TEXT"
Update outbox with sent status and message_id

To skip: UPDATE outbox SET status = 'skipped', updated_at = strftime('%s','now') WHERE id = ?

status — Queue statistics

-- Inbox stats
SELECT status, count(*) FROM inbox GROUP BY status;

-- Outbox stats
SELECT status, count(*) FROM outbox GROUP BY status;

-- Recent activity
SELECT sender_name, route, status, datetime(created_at, 'unixepoch')
FROM inbox ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 10;

Report: pending count, drafts waiting, sent today, failed items.

follow-ups — Track unanswered outbound messages

Scan for people who haven't replied, send reminders with exponential backoff.

# Scan for new unanswered messages (needs Telethon session — stop daemon first)
python3 ~/.claude/skills/tg-responder/scripts/follow_ups.py scan

# Process due reminders (drafts to Telegram or outbox)
python3 ~/.claude/skills/tg-responder/scripts/follow_ups.py remind

# List active follow-ups
python3 ~/.claude/skills/tg-responder/scripts/follow_ups.py list

# Archive expired follow-ups
python3 ~/.claude/skills/tg-responder/scripts/follow_ups.py archive

# Run all (scan + check replies + remind + archive)
python3 ~/.claude/skills/tg-responder/scripts/follow_ups.py all

Also query directly:

SELECT sender_name, outbound_text, reminder_count, max_reminders,
       datetime(outbound_at, 'unixepoch') as sent,
       datetime(next_reminder_at, 'unixepoch') as next_ping,
       status
FROM follow_ups
WHERE status = 'active'
ORDER BY next_reminder_at;

Schedule: exponential (3d → 6d → 12d), fixed (every Nd), or custom per contact.

After max_reminders → archived. If they reply → auto-resolved.

Database

Located at ~/Brains/data/telegram/responder.db.

Known Pitfalls

Auto-replies are not closers. Messages like "Отвечу в ближайшее время!" are auto-respond placeholders, not real responses. Exclude them from follow-up resolution — they should not mark a thread as closed.
My messages vs. other people's messages. The script can mistake the user's own auto-replies for the contact's messages, forming incorrect follow-up state. Always check sender ID, not just message content.

Config

Located at ~/.claude/skills/tg-responder/config.yaml. Edit contacts, modes, and ignore lists there.

Worker

Start: python3 ~/.claude/skills/tg-responder/scripts/worker.py

One-shot: python3 ~/.claude/skills/tg-responder/scripts/worker.py --once

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How to use it

Copy the folder

Take glebis/tg-responder from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

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