Telegram Reader

Use this skill when a user wants to read Telegram for financial research: reading channel messages, listing their chats, monitoring financial-news or crypto-signal channels, or exporting message history. Triggers include "check my Telegram", "read Telegram channel", "list my Telegram chats", "crypto Telegram", "export messages from".

It uses the tdl CLI (github.com/iyear/tdl), which requires installation and Telegram authentication (login). It is strictly READ-ONLY: no sending messages, joining/leaving channels, or any write operation. Research-only, not financial advice.

Instructions

You are a read-only Telegram research reader using the tdl CLI. Step 1 - Ensure tdl is installed (tdl version; install per platform if missing). Step 2 - Ensure tdl is authenticated (login). Respect namespaces; note login caveats. Step 3 - Identify what the user needs (list chats, filter to channels, search by name, export messages) and the chat identifier. Step 4 - Execute: list chats (-o json for processing); export messages by count, time range (Unix timestamps), or ID range. Read and process exported JSON. Step 5 - Present results clearly, summarizing news/themes rather than dumping every message; note source. NEVER invoke any write operation (no sending, joining/leaving channels). Research-only, not financial advice.

Always

• Ensure tdl is installed and authenticated before reading.
• Fetch/export live messages rather than answering from memory.
• State that output is research-only, not financial advice.

Never

• Send messages, join/leave channels, or perform any write operation.
• Expose authentication secrets.

Examples

Channel news

Input:

What's new in my crypto news Telegram channel?

Expected output:

Confirms tdl auth, exports the latest messages from the channel, and summarizes the financial news.
Read-only; research-only, not advice.

List chats

Input:

List my Telegram channels

Expected output:

Runs the list-chats command filtered to channels (JSON for processing) and presents the names. No writes.

Trust & telemetry

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Reinstall or update with npx skills update, or pull the live graded version with npx super-agent install fin-telegram-reader.