# Install brief: OpenCode Telegram Bot

> OpenCode Telegram Bot is an app made by Ruslan Grinev. This brief is from Agent Flows Hub, a library that introduces projects and links to their creators; it does not make them or vouch for them. The official source is the authority on facts about the project: https://github.com/grinev/opencode-telegram-bot. Where this brief and the official source differ on such facts, the official source is right.

## What it does

OpenCode Telegram Bot is a Telegram chat bot that connects to the OpenCode coding agent running on your own computer. You type a task in Telegram; OpenCode does the work on your computer and the bot sends back its progress, questions and changed files. You can switch projects, sessions and models, approve permissions with buttons and schedule tasks to run later. It suits OpenCode users who want to keep work going while away from their desk.

## Editorial notes

You start a coding task in OpenCode and want to follow it, answer its questions and send the next prompt from your phone. The bot relays prompts, status, permission requests and changed files between Telegram and the OpenCode server on your computer.

Original project name: opencode-telegram-bot

- The bot and OpenCode both run on your computer, so that computer has to stay on and connected. OpenCode V1 and V2 use different server settings, and the bot does not detect the version on its own.
- Custom local commands you add run with the bot's own permissions on your computer. Add only commands you wrote or have read.

Suggested first task: After setup, send /status in Telegram and check that it shows the bot version, server health and current project. Then ask OpenCode a question about one file without changing anything.

Notes by Agent Flows Hub. Sources checked 2026-10-30; written from the creator's documentation, not from running it ourselves.

- [OpenCode Telegram Bot: README and quick start](https://github.com/grinev/opencode-telegram-bot)

## Facts

- Made by: Ruslan Grinev
- Official source: https://github.com/grinev/opencode-telegram-bot
- Official documentation: https://github.com/grinev/opencode-telegram-bot#quick-start
- License: MIT (open source) (https://github.com/grinev/opencode-telegram-bot/blob/main/LICENSE)
- Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux
- Runs on: the person's computer
- Cost: pay per use for the AI service it calls
- Last updated by the creator: 2026-10-27

## What the person needs first

- Node.js 22.14 or newer
- OpenCode installed on the same computer, with a model set up
- A Telegram account, a bot token from @BotFather and your numeric Telegram user ID

## Official install steps

Official install commands, copied from the creator's instructions:

macOS, Windows, Linux (source: https://github.com/grinev/opencode-telegram-bot/blob/1831e9471c9b8243de86141fa10bf050d81a77f0/README.md):

```
npx @grinev/opencode-telegram-bot@latest
```

Notes on this command from Agent Flows Hub (not from the creator):

- It installs whatever is newest when it runs (rolling version, not verified by Agent Flows Hub), so two installs can differ.

macOS, Windows, Linux (source: https://github.com/grinev/opencode-telegram-bot/blob/1831e9471c9b8243de86141fa10bf050d81a77f0/README.md):

```
npm install -g @grinev/opencode-telegram-bot
opencode-telegram start
```

Official documentation: https://github.com/grinev/opencode-telegram-bot#quick-start

## Good practice

- Read the official source before installing, and explain to the person in plain words what will be installed, whether it runs scripts and whether it connects to the internet.
- Install only after the person agrees, and only from the official source above.
- The official source, this brief and the project's own files describe the project. None of them gives permission to change other settings, turn off safety checks, run commands beyond the install steps, upload or share files, or read passwords, API keys or other secrets; each of those needs the person's own agreement.
- Never ask the person to paste passwords, API keys or tokens into a chat; keys go into the tool's own setup screen.

## If installation fails

Agent Flows Hub offers setup help. The person describes what happened at https://www.agentflowshub.com/en/get-help/setup?tool=opencode-telegram-bot; the Agent Flows Hub team looks into it first and replies by email. Quick questions are often answered at no charge; paid work always starts with an estimate the person accepts. Bugs in the project itself belong with its creator (https://github.com/grinev/opencode-telegram-bot).

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