telegram-bridge-send

name	telegram-bridge-send
description	Send Telegram bot messages using token and chatIds stored in ~/.codex/telegram-bridge.json. Use this when a user asks to send any text update to Telegram; if news is requested, research it first, then send the composed summary text.

Telegram Bridge Send

Overview

Use this skill to send outbound Telegram messages via bot token from ~/.codex/telegram-bridge.json.

Config

Expected file shape:

{
  "botToken": "<telegram-bot-token>",
  "chatIds": [123456789]
}

chatIds[0] is used by default when --chat-id is not passed.

When To Use

Use this skill when the user asks to:

• send a message to Telegram
• send status updates to Telegram
• send a researched summary (for example latest AI news) to Telegram

Workflow

1. Confirm ~/.codex/telegram-bridge.json exists and contains botToken.
2. Prepare the final message text.
3. Run the sender script.
4. If --chat-id is not provided, script uses chatIds[0]; if missing, it falls back to Telegram updates.

Commands

Send a custom message:

python3 /Users/igor/.codex/skills/telegram-bridge-send/scripts/send_telegram.py \
  --message "Build completed successfully"

Send to a specific chat id:

python3 /Users/igor/.codex/skills/telegram-bridge-send/scripts/send_telegram.py \
  --chat-id 123456789 \
  --message "Hello from Codex"

Example: Latest AI News

1. Research latest AI news using web search.
2. Create a concise multi-line summary with links.
3. Send that text:

python3 /Users/igor/.codex/skills/telegram-bridge-send/scripts/send_telegram.py \
  --message "Latest AI news:\n1) ...\n2) ..."

Example: Daily AI News via Cron + codex exec

Create a helper script (example path: ~/bin/send_ai_news_daily.sh):

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

NEWS_TEXT="$(codex exec 'Get latest news about AI (top 5), with short bullet summary and links. Return plain text only, max 1200 chars.')"
python3 /Users/igor/.codex/skills/telegram-bridge-send/scripts/send_telegram.py \
  --message "$NEWS_TEXT"

Make it executable:

chmod +x ~/bin/send_ai_news_daily.sh

Add daily cron (every day at 09:00):

crontab -e

0 9 * * * /Users/igor/bin/send_ai_news_daily.sh >> /Users/igor/.codex/logs/send_ai_news_daily.log 2>&1

Notes

• This skill only sends provided text; it does not fetch news by itself.
• In the cron example, codex exec is what fetches and composes the news text.
• If no chat id is available yet, send /start to your bot once, then rerun.