Claude Code on Telegram: The Game Changer
Summary
This video provides a step-by-step guide to setting up Claude Code locally and controlling the AI agent remotely via Telegram, Discord, or Slack. This allows students and educators to access powerful AI coding assistance from any device, facilitating programming tasks, learning, and project development in educational settings.
Description
**Claude Code in Telegram — Control Your AI Agent Remotely** Claude Code now supports Telegram (plus Discord and Slack) through an official plugin, meaning you can send coding tasks to your agent and get results without being at your computer. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/main/external_plugins/telegram/README.md This video walks through the complete setup, step by step. **What you'll set up:** - Claude Code running locally on your machine, listening for Telegram messages - A paired Telegram bot that only responds to you - Full file access so Claude can read, review, and work on your project remotely **Steps covered:** 1. Install Claude Code 2. Install Bun (required dependency) 3. Create a Telegram bot via BotFather and grab your token 4. Install the Telegram plugin for Claude Code 5. Configure your token and relaunch Claude with the `--channels` flag 6. Pair your Telegram account with a one-time access code 7. Lock down the allow-list so strangers can't trigger your agent **Use case shown:** Asking Claude to analyse a local PraisonAI project folder directly from Telegram — no desktop required. If you want the same setup using a fully local model (no API costs), check out the OpenClaw + Telegram video linked at the end. **Timestamps** - 0:00 — Intro - 1:15 — Navigate to your project folder - 1:55 — Create a Telegram bot with BotFather - 2:22 — Install the Telegram plugin - 2:39 — Add your bot token - 3:07 — Relaunch Claude with `--channels` - 3:41 — Pair your Telegram account - 4:03 — Set the allow-list - 4:18 — Live demo from Telegram All commands used are in the official Claude Code docs. Links below. This video guides you through the setup and utilisation of Claude Code, a powerful agentic system directly integrated with Telegram. Learn how to install the necessary plugins, configure your bot token, and relaunch with a channel flag to enable seamless **telegram automation**. Discover the capabilities of this **multi agent sy
