Telegram to Claude Code

What it is

A small Python bot that turns Telegram chats into persistent Claude Code sessions pointed at a directory on your own machine. One whitelisted Telegram user can send text or voice memos from a phone and get work done on the laptop.

The problem

Coding agents are tied to the desk; this lets you run them from a phone without exposing anything beyond Claude Code itself.

How it works

1. bot.py receives Telegram messages and runs claude -p for each, resuming a separate session per chat
2. Only the configured Telegram user ID gets replies; everyone else gets silence
3. Optional local whisper.cpp transcribes voice memos before they reach Claude
4. A setup wizard writes a chmod 600 .env; documented persistence via launchd and equivalents

Stack

Disciplines

For your business

Secure mobile and chat-app front ends for a client's internal coding or ops agents.