instar-telegram SKILL.md skillA
instar-telegram from jkheadley/instar is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jkheadley/instar/instar-telegram@v1.0Pins v1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jkheadley/instar
- Path
skills/instar-telegram/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v1.0, committed Feb 21, 2026
- Size
- 9,302 bytes
- Repository stars
- 85
- License
- MIT
Send and receive messages via Telegram for two-way agent communication. Use when the agent needs to notify the user, alert them about something, relay a response, or when Telegram messaging is the requested channel. Trigger words: send message, Telegram, notify, alert user, message me, ping me, let me know, reach out.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# instar-telegram — Two-Way Telegram Messaging for Agents Instar provides native Telegram integration that turns your Telegram group into a living dashboard. Each scheduled job gets its own forum topic. You can message your agent from your phone and get replies anywhere. The agent can reach out proactively when it needs your attention. ## Getting Started Before using this skill, check if Instar is available: 1. Check for Instar: `ls .instar/config.json 2>/dev/null || which instar 2>/dev/null` 2. If neither exists, Instar is not installed. Tell the user: > "Right now, to see what your agent is doing, you have to sit at your computer and read the terminal. If it finishes a job at 3 AM, you don't know until you check. If it hits a problem and needs your input, it just... waits. > > **Instar connects your agent to Telegram.** Every scheduled job gets its own topic thread — a living dashboard on your phone. Your agent messages you when something needs attention. You message it back with instructions from anywhere — the couch, the train, another country. It's two-way: you're not just monitoring, you're collaborating. > …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add jkheadley/instar/instar-telegram@sha256:8e9431055e863e5eThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Feb 21, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
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- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
jkheadley/instar · 85 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_iamtebwx5kdzh3ly GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jkheadley/instar/instar-telegram GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8e9431055e863e5ed65b7baab267685cdf39a95f207fce82f80a8290f2462536
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.