- name
- telecrawl
- description
- Telegram archive: chats, messages, contacts, folders, search; import from Telegram Desktop/macOS.
# Telecrawl
Use this for Telegram history questions. Local archive first; the Telegram apps only for live/current state.
## Sources
- DB: `~/.telecrawl/telecrawl.db`
- Import source: Telegram Desktop `tdata` or native macOS Telegram Postbox (auto-detected)
- CLI: `telecrawl`
- Archive host: the populated archive currently lives on `clawmac` (~200 chats). Local DBs on other Macs may be empty — check `status` first and prefer SSH to the archive host over answering from an empty DB:
```bash
ssh -o RequestTTY=no -o RemoteCommand=none steipete@clawmac 'zsh -lc "telecrawl --json status"'
```
## Freshness
```bash
telecrawl --json status
```
Empty counts mean no import has run on this machine, not "no Telegram data".
## Queries
All read commands take `--json`.
```bash
telecrawl --json chats --limit 20
telecrawl --json chats --unread
telecrawl --json messages --chat <ID> --limit 50 --after 2026-01-01
telecrawl --json search "query" [--chat ID]
telecrawl --json contacts --limit 50
telecrawl --json folders
telecrawl --json topics --chat <ID>
```
## Import / Refresh
```bash
telecrawl doctor # verify a Telegram data source is readable
telecrawl import # merge-import from detected local Telegram app
telecrawl import --fetch-media # also pull Telegram cloud media
```
Imports merge by default; `--restore` replaces the archive — treat as destructive and confirm first.
## Backup
Encrypted age shards to a git repo:
```bash
telecrawl backup status
telecrawl backup push
```
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