Telegram Channel Watchdog

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Telegram Channel Watchdog skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Telegram Channel Watchdog is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: General · Sub-category: communication · Last updated: 2026-08-13

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Keeps a Claude Code (or Codex) agent running on a Telegram channel alive in production, and diagnoses the three ways it goes silent while every status light stays green. Covers the real three-stage process tree, a systemd watchdog with two probes, conversation-preserving restarts, and the orphan poller that makes an agent "answer every other message". Triggers: "my telegram bot went silent", "claude agent stopped answering on telegram", "telegram bot answers every other message", "keep my agent alive on telegram", "systemctl says active but my telegram agent is dead", "my agent reads but never replies", "telegram channel watchdog", "claude code telegram not responding", "agent went quiet on telegram". Not for building the Telegram bridge itself (any bridge does that); this is the reliability layer the bridges do not give you.

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About this skill (catalog notes)

Telegram Channel Watchdog includes 7 code blocks for direct copy-paste. At roughly 2,313 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

License: MIT
Original author: maxbuildog
Indexed lastmod: 2026-08-13
Catalog position: General · communication
Indexed related skills: 10

How Telegram Channel Watchdog fits the catalog

Telegram Channel Watchdog sits in the General category under the communication sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

Keep an agent that talks to you on Telegram alive, and know which of the three silences you are looking at when it goes quiet. Written from two production channels that ran for months, and two real outages.

What this skill does

Telegram Channel Watchdog is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the communication sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/telegram-channel-watchdog/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Telegram Channel Watchdog Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 184,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/telegram-channel-watchdog
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/telegram-channel-watchdog/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/telegram-channel-watchdog/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/telegram-channel-watchdog/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/telegram-channel-watchdog/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\telegram-channel-watchdog\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

📱 Install from your phone or desktop Telegram

Open @claudskills_bot on Telegram, tap Open Desktop App, and the desktop app installs this skill for you. Or share the bot link with a colleague — they get the same one-tap install. Learn more →

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Telegram Channel Watchdog Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/telegram-channel-watchdog/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Telegram Channel Watchdog skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Telegram Channel Watchdog skill?

Use Telegram Channel Watchdog when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the communication area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Telegram Channel Watchdog" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Telegram Channel Watchdog skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Telegram Channel Watchdog is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/maxbuildog/skills/blob/HEAD/skills/telegram-channel-watchdog/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: maxbuildog

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

maxbuildog. (2026). Telegram Channel Watchdog [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/telegram-channel-watchdog/

BibTeX

@misc{telegram-channel-watchdog-2026,
  author    = {maxbuildog},
  title     = {Telegram Channel Watchdog [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/telegram-channel-watchdog/}
}

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Grade A · scanned 2026-08-13 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

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