Message

crocbot message

Single outbound command for sending messages and channel actions via Telegram.

Usage

crocbot message <subcommand> [flags]

Channel selection:

• --channel telegram (required if more than one channel is configured)
• If exactly one channel is configured, it becomes the default.

Target formats (--target):

• Telegram: chat id or @username

Common flags

• --channel <name>
• --account <id>
• --target <dest> (target channel or user for send/poll/read/etc)
• --targets <name> (repeat; broadcast only)
• --json
• --dry-run
• --verbose

Actions

Core

• send

  • Required: --target, plus --message or --media
  • Optional: --media, --reply-to, --thread-id
  • Telegram only: --buttons (requires channels.telegram.capabilities.inlineButtons to allow it)
  • Telegram only: --thread-id (forum topic id)

• react

  • Required: --message-id, --target
  • Optional: --emoji, --remove
  • Note: --remove requires --emoji (omit --emoji to clear own reactions where supported; see /tools/reactions)

• delete

  • Required: --message-id, --target

Broadcast

• broadcast
  • Required: --targets (repeat)
  • Optional: --message, --media, --dry-run

Examples

Send a Telegram message:

crocbot message send --channel telegram \
  --target @mychat --message "Hello!"

Send a Telegram reply:

crocbot message send --channel telegram \
  --target 123456789 --message "hi" --reply-to 456

Send Telegram inline buttons:

crocbot message send --channel telegram --target @mychat --message "Choose:" \
  --buttons '[ [{"text":"Yes","callback_data":"cmd:yes"}], [{"text":"No","callback_data":"cmd:no"}] ]'

React in Telegram:

crocbot message react --channel telegram \
  --target 123456789 --message-id 456 --emoji "thumbs_up"