Some help please!!!!

[BC8]

Firstly....

on Linux.... creating a virtual env and pip install application works
on macOS.... venv and pip fails.... but running on Docker is fine

However, there is not enough information on how to install or activate Telegram in both the above environment.
Please can someone who is knowledgeable on this app help.. me here or update the documentation?????

Other than that the reports produced by the system is amazing and more detailed than what i have been used to.. eg. Hermes with FPM

Thanks in anticipation

BC8

[warren618]

Thanks — glad the reports are useful! For Telegram:

1. Install the extra: pip install "vibe-trading-ai[telegram]" (or [channels] for all adapters).
2. Configure it in ~/.vibe-trading/agent.json:

   { "channels": { "telegram": { "enabled": true, "token": "<bot-token-from-@BotFather>" } } }

3. Verify config + that the SDK is installed: vibe-trading channels status --local
4. Start it (the API server must be running — vibe-trading serve): vibe-trading channels start
5. Pair a sender: vibe-trading channels pairing --channel telegram list

Full reference: the "IM channels" section of the README.

On the macOS venv/pip failure — since Docker works, that's a local build-tool gap (usually a package that needs compilation). If you share the exact pip install error I can pinpoint it; a quick thing to try first is pip install -U pip setuptools wheel inside the venv, then reinstall.

[BC8]

Haozhe... Thanks for the reply ... i will let you know the errors created in macOS environment when compiling under pip venv I would rather use a pip venv compared to Docker [although i can run but not familiar with it] I see in your instruction for telegram.. there is no code to enable an allowlist of user-ids. thanking you in advance Billy Chew

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On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM Haozhe Wu ***@***.***> wrote: Thanks — glad the reports are useful! For Telegram: 1. Install the extra: pip install "vibe-trading-ai[telegram]" (or [channels] for all adapters). 2. Configure it in ~/.vibe-trading/agent.json: { "channels": { "telegram": { "enabled": true, "token": ***@***.***>" } } } 3. Verify config + that the SDK is installed: vibe-trading channels status --local 4. Start it (the API server must be running — vibe-trading serve): vibe-trading channels start 5. Pair a sender: vibe-trading channels pairing --channel telegram list Full reference: the "IM channels" section of the README. On the macOS venv/pip failure — since Docker works, that's a local build-tool gap (usually a package that needs compilation). If you share the exact pip install error I can pinpoint it; a quick thing to try first is pip install -U pip setuptools wheel inside the venv, then reinstall. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#702?email_source=notifications&email_token=AAWUVCN4LNWMV4QRHUE2VI35F4EXLA5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZXGEYTEOJUUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVRTG633UMVZF6Y3MNFRWW#discussioncomment-17711294>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAWUVCI6U7JWSGQTJZADCOL5F4EXLAVCNFSNUABJKJSXA33TNF2G64TZHMYTCOJYGMYDMOBRGI5UI2LTMN2XG43JN5XDWMJQGQ2DMMRUGKQXMAQ> . Triage notifications, keep track of coding agent tasks and review pull requests on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/ios/AAWUVCPFDLUDTV2EKVENDPL5F4EXLA5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZXGEYTEOJUUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVJTG633UMVZF62LPOM> and Android <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/android/AAWUVCP3G6Q42KPF2NBWAKL5F4EXLA5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZXGEYTEOJUUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVZTG633UMVZF6YLOMRZG62LE>. Download it today! You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

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On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM Haozhe Wu ***@***.***> wrote: Thanks — glad the reports are useful! For Telegram: 1. Install the extra: pip install "vibe-trading-ai[telegram]" (or [channels] for all adapters). 2. Configure it in ~/.vibe-trading/agent.json: { "channels": { "telegram": { "enabled": true, "token": ***@***.***>" } } } 3. Verify config + that the SDK is installed: vibe-trading channels status --local 4. Start it (the API server must be running — vibe-trading serve): vibe-trading channels start 5. Pair a sender: vibe-trading channels pairing --channel telegram list Full reference: the "IM channels" section of the README. On the macOS venv/pip failure — since Docker works, that's a local build-tool gap (usually a package that needs compilation). If you share the exact pip install error I can pinpoint it; a quick thing to try first is pip install -U pip setuptools wheel inside the venv, then reinstall. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#702?email_source=notifications&email_token=AAWUVCN4LNWMV4QRHUE2VI35F4EXLA5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZXGEYTEOJUUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVRTG633UMVZF6Y3MNFRWW#discussioncomment-17711294>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAWUVCI6U7JWSGQTJZADCOL5F4EXLAVCNFSNUABJKJSXA33TNF2G64TZHMYTCOJYGMYDMOBRGI5UI2LTMN2XG43JN5XDWMJQGQ2DMMRUGKQXMAQ> . Triage notifications, keep track of coding agent tasks and review pull requests on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/ios/AAWUVCPFDLUDTV2EKVENDPL5F4EXLA5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZXGEYTEOJUUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVJTG633UMVZF62LPOM> and Android <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/android/AAWUVCP3G6Q42KPF2NBWAKL5F4EXLA5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZXGEYTEOJUUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVZTG633UMVZF6YLOMRZG62LE>. Download it today! You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

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[BC8]

Haozhe... This particular reply for for successful linux install using pip and not Docker. All your instructions on channels and telegram do not work.. there is not such command vibe-trading channels <whatever command> whenever running the above commands you mention. The system shows me some help output??? Regards Billy

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On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM Haozhe Wu ***@***.***> wrote: Thanks — glad the reports are useful! For Telegram: 1. Install the extra: pip install "vibe-trading-ai[telegram]" (or [channels] for all adapters). 2. Configure it in ~/.vibe-trading/agent.json: { "channels": { "telegram": { "enabled": true, "token": ***@***.***>" } } } 3. Verify config + that the SDK is installed: vibe-trading channels status --local 4. Start it (the API server must be running — vibe-trading serve): vibe-trading channels start 5. Pair a sender: vibe-trading channels pairing --channel telegram list Full reference: the "IM channels" section of the README. On the macOS venv/pip failure — since Docker works, that's a local build-tool gap (usually a package that needs compilation). If you share the exact pip install error I can pinpoint it; a quick thing to try first is pip install -U pip setuptools wheel inside the venv, then reinstall. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#702?email_source=notifications&email_token=AAWUVCN4LNWMV4QRHUE2VI35F4EXLA5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZXGEYTEOJUUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVRTG633UMVZF6Y3MNFRWW#discussioncomment-17711294>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAWUVCI6U7JWSGQTJZADCOL5F4EXLAVCNFSNUABJKJSXA33TNF2G64TZHMYTCOJYGMYDMOBRGI5UI2LTMN2XG43JN5XDWMJQGQ2DMMRUGKQXMAQ> . Triage notifications, keep track of coding agent tasks and review pull requests on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/ios/AAWUVCPFDLUDTV2EKVENDPL5F4EXLA5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZXGEYTEOJUUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVJTG633UMVZF62LPOM> and Android <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/android/AAWUVCP3G6Q42KPF2NBWAKL5F4EXLA5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZXGEYTEOJUUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVZTG633UMVZF6YLOMRZG62LE>. Download it today! You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

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Hello , Did you get my feedback. Your solution did not work for the telegram. Also I sent you the macOS pip install errors Thanks Billy

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On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM Haozhe Wu ***@***.***> wrote: Thanks — glad the reports are useful! For Telegram: 1. Install the extra: pip install "vibe-trading-ai[telegram]" (or [channels] for all adapters). 2. Configure it in ~/.vibe-trading/agent.json: { "channels": { "telegram": { "enabled": true, "token": ***@***.***>" } } } 3. Verify config + that the SDK is installed: vibe-trading channels status --local 4. Start it (the API server must be running — vibe-trading serve): vibe-trading channels start 5. Pair a sender: vibe-trading channels pairing --channel telegram list Full reference: the "IM channels" section of the README. On the macOS venv/pip failure — since Docker works, that's a local build-tool gap (usually a package that needs compilation). If you share the exact pip install error I can pinpoint it; a quick thing to try first is pip install -U pip setuptools wheel inside the venv, then reinstall. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#702?email_source=notifications&email_token=AAWUVCN4LNWMV4QRHUE2VI35F4EXLA5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZXGEYTEOJUUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVRTG633UMVZF6Y3MNFRWW#discussioncomment-17711294>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAWUVCI6U7JWSGQTJZADCOL5F4EXLAVCNFSNUABJKJSXA33TNF2G64TZHMYTCOJYGMYDMOBRGI5UI2LTMN2XG43JN5XDWMJQGQ2DMMRUGKQXMAQ> . Triage notifications, keep track of coding agent tasks and review pull requests on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/ios/AAWUVCPFDLUDTV2EKVENDPL5F4EXLA5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZXGEYTEOJUUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVJTG633UMVZF62LPOM> and Android <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/android/AAWUVCP3G6Q42KPF2NBWAKL5F4EXLA5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZXGEYTEOJUUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVZTG633UMVZF6YLOMRZG62LE>. Download it today! You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

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[warren618]

Billy — I'm sorry for the delay, and I'm sorry for the runaround. My earlier reply was the problem: I gave you the channels commands without first checking which version you were on, and that's why the last few rounds went nowhere.

I went back and checked the published packages, and I think this explains it:

version	released	channels command
0.1.10	2026-06-19	not present
0.1.11	2026-07-10	present
0.1.12	2026-07-22	present

The IM channel support only shipped in 0.1.11. On 0.1.10 and earlier the CLI has no channels subcommand at all, so it rejects the argument and prints its usage line together with the list of commands it does accept — which I suspect is the "help output" you were seeing.

Could you confirm with these two, so we're not guessing again?

vibe-trading --version
python -m pip show vibe-trading-ai

If it is 0.1.10 or older, upgrading that same environment should be enough:

python -m pip install -U "vibe-trading-ai[telegram]"
hash -r
vibe-trading channels status --local

On the sender allowlist — you were right to ask, and I should have covered it the first time. It does exist. In ~/.vibe-trading/agent.json:

{
  "channels": {
    "telegram": {
      "enabled": true,
      "token": "<bot-token-from-@BotFather>",
      "allow_from": ["123456789"]
    }
  }
}

allow_from takes numeric Telegram user IDs. The order it checks is * → allowlist → pairing store → deny, so if you leave allow_from empty nobody gets through until they pair. If you'd rather not hunt for the numeric ID, you can leave it empty, DM the bot to get a pairing code, and approve it:

vibe-trading channels pairing --channel telegram approve <code>

On the macOS pip install failure — I'm afraid your attachments reached us as [image: Screenshot ...] placeholders; GitHub drops image attachments from emailed replies, so there was nothing for me to read. Would you mind pasting the failure as text in a comment here, starting from the first ERROR: line? I'd rather work from the actual output than guess at it a second time.

Thanks for your patience on this, and sorry again for the wasted rounds.

[BC8]

Yes, I will check. And get back to you soon... I left my linux machine at work.... LOL Cheers... Billy PS.... please find included the pip errors i ran into when running under macOS Tahoe... running under Docker is ok.. but not too familiar with docker from a cli point of view [image: Screenshot 2026-07-28 at 7.50.23 PM.png] [image: Screenshot 2026-07-28 at 7.50.40 PM.png]

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On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 3:35 AM Haozhe Wu ***@***.***> wrote: Billy — I'm sorry for the delay, and I'm sorry for the runaround. My earlier reply was the problem: I gave you the channels commands without first checking which version you were on, and that's why the last few rounds went nowhere. I went back and checked the published packages, and I think this explains it: version released channels command 0.1.10 2026-06-19 not present 0.1.11 2026-07-10 present 0.1.12 2026-07-22 present The IM channel support only shipped in 0.1.11. On 0.1.10 and earlier the CLI has no channels subcommand at all, so it rejects the argument and prints its usage line together with the list of commands it does accept — which I suspect is the "help output" you were seeing. Could you confirm with these two, so we're not guessing again? vibe-trading --version python -m pip show vibe-trading-ai If it is 0.1.10 or older, upgrading that same environment should be enough: python -m pip install -U "vibe-trading-ai[telegram]"hash -r vibe-trading channels status --local *On the sender allowlist* — you were right to ask, and I should have covered it the first time. It does exist. In ~/.vibe-trading/agent.json: { "channels": { "telegram": { "enabled": true, "token": ***@***.***>", "allow_from": ["123456789"] } } } allow_from takes numeric Telegram user IDs. The order it checks is * → allowlist → pairing store → deny, so if you leave allow_from empty nobody gets through until they pair. If you'd rather not hunt for the numeric ID, you can leave it empty, DM the bot to get a pairing code, and approve it: vibe-trading channels pairing --channel telegram approve <code> *On the macOS pip install failure* — I'm afraid your attachments reached us as [image: Screenshot ...] placeholders; GitHub drops image attachments from emailed replies, so there was nothing for me to read. Would you mind pasting the failure as text in a comment here, starting from the first ERROR: line? I'd rather work from the actual output than guess at it a second time. Thanks for your patience on this, and sorry again for the wasted rounds. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#702?email_source=notifications&email_token=AAWUVCJR3GFEPRSCGQQT2DD5G6HF7A5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZYGAYDSMRWUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVRTG633UMVZF6Y3MNFRWW#discussioncomment-17800926>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAWUVCMLIUWTMDV44NIZMVD5G6HF7AVCNFSNUABJKJSXA33TNF2G64TZHMYTCOJYGMYDMOBRGI5UI2LTMN2XG43JN5XDWMJQGQ2DMMRUGKQXMAQ> . Triage notifications, keep track of coding agent tasks and review pull requests on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/ios/AAWUVCP2OOY2MFHMXBXSZCD5G6HF7A5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZYGAYDSMRWUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVJTG633UMVZF62LPOM> and Android <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/android/AAWUVCPNSTLGY3BVTW2H7T35G6HF7A5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZYGAYDSMRWUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVZTG633UMVZF6YLOMRZG62LE>. Download it today! You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

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[image: hkuds-VT versions.jpeg] i am at version 0.1.11... i will test telegram again.. i think it does not work... you should change like openclaw has a field called auto-approve=true so there is never a need for anyone at the server to run an approval command I might upgrade 0.1.12 before testing telegram again Regards Billy

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On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 7:52 PM Billy Chew ***@***.***> wrote: Yes, I will check. And get back to you soon... I left my linux machine at work.... LOL Cheers... Billy PS.... please find included the pip errors i ran into when running under macOS Tahoe... running under Docker is ok.. but not too familiar with docker from a cli point of view [image: Screenshot 2026-07-28 at 7.50.23 PM.png] [image: Screenshot 2026-07-28 at 7.50.40 PM.png] On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 3:35 AM Haozhe Wu ***@***.***> wrote: > Billy — I'm sorry for the delay, and I'm sorry for the runaround. My > earlier reply was the problem: I gave you the channels commands without > first checking which version you were on, and that's why the last few > rounds went nowhere. > > I went back and checked the published packages, and I think this explains > it: > version released channels command > 0.1.10 2026-06-19 not present > 0.1.11 2026-07-10 present > 0.1.12 2026-07-22 present > > The IM channel support only shipped in 0.1.11. On 0.1.10 and earlier the > CLI has no channels subcommand at all, so it rejects the argument and > prints its usage line together with the list of commands it does accept — > which I suspect is the "help output" you were seeing. > > Could you confirm with these two, so we're not guessing again? > > vibe-trading --version > python -m pip show vibe-trading-ai > > If it is 0.1.10 or older, upgrading that same environment should be > enough: > > python -m pip install -U "vibe-trading-ai[telegram]"hash -r > vibe-trading channels status --local > > *On the sender allowlist* — you were right to ask, and I should have > covered it the first time. It does exist. In ~/.vibe-trading/agent.json: > > { > "channels": { > "telegram": { > "enabled": true, > "token": ***@***.***>", > "allow_from": ["123456789"] > } > } > } > > allow_from takes numeric Telegram user IDs. The order it checks is * → > allowlist → pairing store → deny, so if you leave allow_from empty > nobody gets through until they pair. If you'd rather not hunt for the > numeric ID, you can leave it empty, DM the bot to get a pairing code, and > approve it: > > vibe-trading channels pairing --channel telegram approve <code> > > *On the macOS pip install failure* — I'm afraid your attachments reached > us as [image: Screenshot ...] placeholders; GitHub drops image > attachments from emailed replies, so there was nothing for me to read. > Would you mind pasting the failure as text in a comment here, starting from > the first ERROR: line? I'd rather work from the actual output than guess > at it a second time. > > Thanks for your patience on this, and sorry again for the wasted rounds. > > — > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#702?email_source=notifications&email_token=AAWUVCJR3GFEPRSCGQQT2DD5G6HF7A5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZYGAYDSMRWUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVRTG633UMVZF6Y3MNFRWW#discussioncomment-17800926>, > or unsubscribe > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAWUVCMLIUWTMDV44NIZMVD5G6HF7AVCNFSNUABJKJSXA33TNF2G64TZHMYTCOJYGMYDMOBRGI5UI2LTMN2XG43JN5XDWMJQGQ2DMMRUGKQXMAQ> > . > Triage notifications, keep track of coding agent tasks and review pull > requests on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS > <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/ios/AAWUVCP2OOY2MFHMXBXSZCD5G6HF7A5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZYGAYDSMRWUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVJTG633UMVZF62LPOM> > and Android > <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/android/AAWUVCPNSTLGY3BVTW2H7T35G6HF7A5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZYGAYDSMRWUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVZTG633UMVZF6YLOMRZG62LE>. > Download it today! > You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: > ***@***.***> > -- *Billy Chew* --------------------------------------------------- Billy Chew mobile: +6012-308-9209 (KL Mobile) o r +61-2-9413-4638 (Australia)

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Hello Haozhe..... Here is the latest results.. i dont know how to enable telegram... Help!!! [image: hkuds01.jpeg] [image: hkuds02.jpeg] [image: hkuds03.jpeg] kind Regards Billy

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On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 3:35 AM Haozhe Wu ***@***.***> wrote: Billy — I'm sorry for the delay, and I'm sorry for the runaround. My earlier reply was the problem: I gave you the channels commands without first checking which version you were on, and that's why the last few rounds went nowhere. I went back and checked the published packages, and I think this explains it: version released channels command 0.1.10 2026-06-19 not present 0.1.11 2026-07-10 present 0.1.12 2026-07-22 present The IM channel support only shipped in 0.1.11. On 0.1.10 and earlier the CLI has no channels subcommand at all, so it rejects the argument and prints its usage line together with the list of commands it does accept — which I suspect is the "help output" you were seeing. Could you confirm with these two, so we're not guessing again? vibe-trading --version python -m pip show vibe-trading-ai If it is 0.1.10 or older, upgrading that same environment should be enough: python -m pip install -U "vibe-trading-ai[telegram]"hash -r vibe-trading channels status --local *On the sender allowlist* — you were right to ask, and I should have covered it the first time. It does exist. In ~/.vibe-trading/agent.json: { "channels": { "telegram": { "enabled": true, "token": ***@***.***>", "allow_from": ["123456789"] } } } allow_from takes numeric Telegram user IDs. The order it checks is * → allowlist → pairing store → deny, so if you leave allow_from empty nobody gets through until they pair. If you'd rather not hunt for the numeric ID, you can leave it empty, DM the bot to get a pairing code, and approve it: vibe-trading channels pairing --channel telegram approve <code> *On the macOS pip install failure* — I'm afraid your attachments reached us as [image: Screenshot ...] placeholders; GitHub drops image attachments from emailed replies, so there was nothing for me to read. Would you mind pasting the failure as text in a comment here, starting from the first ERROR: line? I'd rather work from the actual output than guess at it a second time. Thanks for your patience on this, and sorry again for the wasted rounds. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#702?email_source=notifications&email_token=AAWUVCJR3GFEPRSCGQQT2DD5G6HF7A5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZYGAYDSMRWUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVRTG633UMVZF6Y3MNFRWW#discussioncomment-17800926>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAWUVCMLIUWTMDV44NIZMVD5G6HF7AVCNFSNUABJKJSXA33TNF2G64TZHMYTCOJYGMYDMOBRGI5UI2LTMN2XG43JN5XDWMJQGQ2DMMRUGKQXMAQ> . Triage notifications, keep track of coding agent tasks and review pull requests on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/ios/AAWUVCP2OOY2MFHMXBXSZCD5G6HF7A5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZYGAYDSMRWUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVJTG633UMVZF62LPOM> and Android <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/android/AAWUVCPNSTLGY3BVTW2H7T35G6HF7A5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZYGAYDSMRWUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVZTG633UMVZF6YLOMRZG62LE>. Download it today! You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

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[warren618]

Hi Billy — let's get Telegram working. Full steps from where you are:

1. Upgrade and install the Telegram extra (the Telegram SDK is optional, so it needs the bracket):

pip install -U "vibe-trading-ai[telegram]"

2. Create a bot and get its token. In Telegram, talk to @BotFather → /newbot → it gives you a token like 123456789:ABC....

3. Create (or edit) ~/.vibe-trading/agent.json:

{
  "channels": {
    "telegram": {
      "enabled": true,
      "token": "PASTE-YOUR-BOTFATHER-TOKEN-HERE",
      "allowFrom": ["your_telegram_username"]
    }
  }
}

4. Check the config is seen (works without the server running):

vibe-trading channels status --local

This also tells you if the Telegram SDK is missing, with the exact install hint.

5. Start it: run vibe-trading serve as usual, then in another terminal:

vibe-trading channels start

(or use the Web UI → Settings → Channels panel). Then just message your bot on Telegram.

About your auto-approve suggestion — it already exists, and it's step 3. Anyone listed in allowFrom (numeric Telegram ID or username) is allowed immediately, no approval command on the server, ever. The /pairing approval flow only applies to senders who are not on that list. There is also "allowFrom": ["*"] which allows everyone — I'd avoid that: anyone who finds your bot could run research on your server.

One more thing: your screenshots never arrived. You're replying by email, and GitHub drops email attachments — on our side every [image: ...] is just empty text. Could you open this discussion in a browser and paste the images (and the macOS pip error as text) directly? Happy to dig into the Tahoe pip errors once I can actually see them — in the meantime staying on Docker as your fallback is perfectly fine.

[BC8]

Haozhe *Thanks for the heads-up... i will look into your suggestions and get back to you soon* * 👌👍*

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On Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 5:58 PM Haozhe Wu ***@***.***> wrote: Hi Billy — let's get Telegram working. Full steps from where you are: *1. Upgrade and install the Telegram extra* (the Telegram SDK is optional, so it needs the bracket): pip install -U "vibe-trading-ai[telegram]" *2. Create a bot and get its token.* In Telegram, talk to @Botfather → /newbot → it gives you a token like 123456789:ABC.... *3. Create (or edit) ~/.vibe-trading/agent.json:* { "channels": { "telegram": { "enabled": true, "token": "PASTE-YOUR-BOTFATHER-TOKEN-HERE", "allowFrom": ["your_telegram_username"] } } } *4. Check the config is seen* (works without the server running): vibe-trading channels status --local This also tells you if the Telegram SDK is missing, with the exact install hint. *5. Start it:* run vibe-trading serve as usual, then in another terminal: vibe-trading channels start (or use the Web UI → Settings → Channels panel). Then just message your bot on Telegram. *About your auto-approve suggestion — it already exists, and it's step 3.* Anyone listed in allowFrom (numeric Telegram ID or username) is allowed immediately, no approval command on the server, ever. The /pairing approval flow only applies to senders who are *not* on that list. There is also "allowFrom": ["*"] which allows everyone — I'd avoid that: anyone who finds your bot could run research on your server. *One more thing: your screenshots never arrived.* You're replying by email, and GitHub drops email attachments — on our side every [image: ...] is just empty text. Could you open this discussion in a browser and paste the images (and the macOS pip error as text) directly? Happy to dig into the Tahoe pip errors once I can actually see them — in the meantime staying on Docker as your fallback is perfectly fine. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#702?email_source=notifications&email_token=AAWUVCKVXUPLGEHCLAT5DKL5HGVC3A5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZYGI2DCMBRUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVRTG633UMVZF6Y3MNFRWW#discussioncomment-17824101>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAWUVCLZ6PGSRT7DM75WSCD5HGVC3AVCNFSNUABJKJSXA33TNF2G64TZHMYTCOJYGMYDMOBRGI5UI2LTMN2XG43JN5XDWMJQGQ2DMMRUGKQXMAQ> . Triage notifications, keep track of coding agent tasks and review pull requests on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/ios/AAWUVCNPF3W6YJRQLYQDDVD5HGVC3A5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZYGI2DCMBRUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVJTG633UMVZF62LPOM> and Android <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/android/AAWUVCMZDC3CZ3PITUDCVFL5HGVC3A5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZYGI2DCMBRUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVZTG633UMVZF6YLOMRZG62LE>. Download it today! You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

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[BC8]

Just in case you did not get the new mail... here is the output for the macOS Tahoe pip output.... Last login: Thu Jul 30 09:17:52 on ttys000 ❯ cd "/Users/owner/Desktop/Vibe-Trading" ❯ python -m venv .venv   ~/Desktop/Vibe-Trading took  5s ❯ source .venv/bin/activate   ~/Desktop/Vibe-Trading  Vibe-Trading ❯ pip install vibe-trading-ai ........ almost at the end........ Downloading regex-2026.7.19-cp314-cp314-macosx_10_13_x86_64.whl (297 kB) Using cached simplejson-4.1.1-cp314-cp314-macosx_10_15_x86_64.whl (90 kB) Building wheels for collected packages: llvmlite Building wheel for llvmlite (pyproject.toml) ... error error: subprocess-exited-with-error × Building wheel for llvmlite (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully. │ exit code: 1 ╰─> [103 lines of output] /private/var/folders/w9/dpx99w5n3598f637h2665l700000gn/T/pip-build-env-1sj9gns8/overlay/lib/python3.14/site-packages/setuptools/_vendor/wheel/bdist_wheel.py:4: FutureWarning: The 'wheel' package is no longer the canonical location of the 'bdist_wheel' command, and will be removed in a future release. Please update to setuptools v70.1 or later which contains an integrated version of this command. warn( running bdist_wheel Traceback (most recent call last): File "/private/var/folders/w9/dpx99w5n3598f637h2665l700000gn/T/pip-install-kvvuj6va/llvmlite_f8095a9b29814209988ca0e7825f5ef5/ffi/build.py", line 86, in check_cmake subprocess.run(("cmake", ), check=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ stderr=subprocess.PIPE, timeout=60) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File ***@***.***/3.14.6/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.14/lib/python3.14/subprocess.py", line 555, in run with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process: ~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File ***@***.***/3.14.6/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.14/lib/python3.14/subprocess.py", line 1039, in __init__ self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ pass_fds, cwd, env, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ...<5 lines>... gid, gids, uid, umask, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ start_new_session, process_group) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File ***@***.***/3.14.6/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.14/lib/python3.14/subprocess.py", line 1990, in _execute_child raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename) FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'cmake' The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/private/var/folders/w9/dpx99w5n3598f637h2665l700000gn/T/pip-install-kvvuj6va/llvmlite_f8095a9b29814209988ca0e7825f5ef5/ffi/build.py", line 213, in <module> main() ~~~~^^ File "/private/var/folders/w9/dpx99w5n3598f637h2665l700000gn/T/pip-install-kvvuj6va/llvmlite_f8095a9b29814209988ca0e7825f5ef5/ffi/build.py", line 207, in main main_posix('.dylib') ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^ File "/private/var/folders/w9/dpx99w5n3598f637h2665l700000gn/T/pip-install-kvvuj6va/llvmlite_f8095a9b29814209988ca0e7825f5ef5/ffi/build.py", line 193, in main_posix try_cmake(here_dir, build_dir, generator) ~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/private/var/folders/w9/dpx99w5n3598f637h2665l700000gn/T/pip-install-kvvuj6va/llvmlite_f8095a9b29814209988ca0e7825f5ef5/ffi/build.py", line 107, in try_cmake check_cmake() ~~~~~~~~~~~^^ File "/private/var/folders/w9/dpx99w5n3598f637h2665l700000gn/T/pip-install-kvvuj6va/llvmlite_f8095a9b29814209988ca0e7825f5ef5/ffi/build.py", line 100, in check_cmake raise FileNotFoundError(msg) from e FileNotFoundError: llvmlite needs CMake tools to build. It appears that the 'cmake' tool is either not installed or not found on the path. Please add CMake tools to the build environment and path, they are available from many package managers. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/owner/Desktop/Vibe-Trading/.venv/lib/python3.14/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 389, in <module> main() ~~~~^^ File "/Users/owner/Desktop/Vibe-Trading/.venv/lib/python3.14/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 373, in main json_out["return_val"] = hook(**hook_input["kwargs"]) ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/Users/owner/Desktop/Vibe-Trading/.venv/lib/python3.14/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 280, in build_wheel return _build_backend().build_wheel( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^ wheel_directory, config_settings, metadata_directory ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ) ^ File "/private/var/folders/w9/dpx99w5n3598f637h2665l700000gn/T/pip-build-env-1sj9gns8/overlay/lib/python3.14/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 441, in build_wheel return _build(['bdist_wheel', '--dist-info-dir', str(metadata_directory)]) File "/private/var/folders/w9/dpx99w5n3598f637h2665l700000gn/T/pip-build-env-1sj9gns8/overlay/lib/python3.14/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 429, in _build return self._build_with_temp_dir( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^ cmd, ^^^^ ...<3 lines>... self._arbitrary_args(config_settings), ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ) ^ File "/private/var/folders/w9/dpx99w5n3598f637h2665l700000gn/T/pip-build-env-1sj9gns8/overlay/lib/python3.14/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 410, in _build_with_temp_dir self.run_setup() ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^ File "/private/var/folders/w9/dpx99w5n3598f637h2665l700000gn/T/pip-build-env-1sj9gns8/overlay/lib/python3.14/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 520, in run_setup super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/private/var/folders/w9/dpx99w5n3598f637h2665l700000gn/T/pip-build-env-1sj9gns8/overlay/lib/python3.14/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 317, in run_setup exec(code, locals()) ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "<string>", line 200, in <module> File "/private/var/folders/w9/dpx99w5n3598f637h2665l700000gn/T/pip-build-env-1sj9gns8/overlay/lib/python3.14/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 117, in setup return distutils.core.setup(**attrs) # type: ignore[return-value] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^ File "/private/var/folders/w9/dpx99w5n3598f637h2665l700000gn/T/pip-build-env-1sj9gns8/overlay/lib/python3.14/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 186, in setup return run_commands(dist) File "/private/var/folders/w9/dpx99w5n3598f637h2665l700000gn/T/pip-build-env-1sj9gns8/overlay/lib/python3.14/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 202, in run_commands dist.run_commands() ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^ File "/private/var/folders/w9/dpx99w5n3598f637h2665l700000gn/T/pip-build-env-1sj9gns8/overlay/lib/python3.14/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 1001, in run_commands self.run_command(cmd) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^ File "/private/var/folders/w9/dpx99w5n3598f637h2665l700000gn/T/pip-build-env-1sj9gns8/overlay/lib/python3.14/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 1107, in run_command super().run_command(command) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^ File "/private/var/folders/w9/dpx99w5n3598f637h2665l700000gn/T/pip-build-env-1sj9gns8/overlay/lib/python3.14/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 1020, in run_command cmd_obj.run() ~~~~~~~~~~~^^ File "<string>", line 170, in run File "<string>", line 62, in build_library_files File ***@***.***/3.14.6/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.14/lib/python3.14/subprocess.py", line 578, in run raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args, output=stdout, stderr=stderr) subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['/Users/owner/Desktop/Vibe-Trading/.venv/bin/python3.14', '/private/var/folders/w9/dpx99w5n3598f637h2665l700000gn/T/pip-install-kvvuj6va/llvmlite_f8095a9b29814209988ca0e7825f5ef5/ffi/build.py']' returned non-zero exit status 1. [end of output] note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip. ERROR: Failed building wheel for llvmlite Failed to build llvmlite [notice] A new release of pip is available: 26.1.2 -> 26.2 [notice] To update, run: pip install --upgrade pip error: failed-wheel-build-for-install × Failed to build installable wheels for some pyproject.toml based projects ╰─> llvmlite   ~/Desktop/Vibe-Trading took  33s  Vibe-Trading ❯

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On Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 5:58 PM Haozhe Wu ***@***.***> wrote: Hi Billy — let's get Telegram working. Full steps from where you are: *1. Upgrade and install the Telegram extra* (the Telegram SDK is optional, so it needs the bracket): pip install -U "vibe-trading-ai[telegram]" *2. Create a bot and get its token.* In Telegram, talk to @Botfather → /newbot → it gives you a token like 123456789:ABC.... *3. Create (or edit) ~/.vibe-trading/agent.json:* { "channels": { "telegram": { "enabled": true, "token": "PASTE-YOUR-BOTFATHER-TOKEN-HERE", "allowFrom": ["your_telegram_username"] } } } *4. Check the config is seen* (works without the server running): vibe-trading channels status --local This also tells you if the Telegram SDK is missing, with the exact install hint. *5. Start it:* run vibe-trading serve as usual, then in another terminal: vibe-trading channels start (or use the Web UI → Settings → Channels panel). Then just message your bot on Telegram. *About your auto-approve suggestion — it already exists, and it's step 3.* Anyone listed in allowFrom (numeric Telegram ID or username) is allowed immediately, no approval command on the server, ever. The /pairing approval flow only applies to senders who are *not* on that list. There is also "allowFrom": ["*"] which allows everyone — I'd avoid that: anyone who finds your bot could run research on your server. *One more thing: your screenshots never arrived.* You're replying by email, and GitHub drops email attachments — on our side every [image: ...] is just empty text. Could you open this discussion in a browser and paste the images (and the macOS pip error as text) directly? Happy to dig into the Tahoe pip errors once I can actually see them — in the meantime staying on Docker as your fallback is perfectly fine. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#702?email_source=notifications&email_token=AAWUVCKVXUPLGEHCLAT5DKL5HGVC3A5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZYGI2DCMBRUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVRTG633UMVZF6Y3MNFRWW#discussioncomment-17824101>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAWUVCLZ6PGSRT7DM75WSCD5HGVC3AVCNFSNUABJKJSXA33TNF2G64TZHMYTCOJYGMYDMOBRGI5UI2LTMN2XG43JN5XDWMJQGQ2DMMRUGKQXMAQ> . Triage notifications, keep track of coding agent tasks and review pull requests on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/ios/AAWUVCNPF3W6YJRQLYQDDVD5HGVC3A5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZYGI2DCMBRUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVJTG633UMVZF62LPOM> and Android <https://github.com/notifications/mobile/android/AAWUVCMZDC3CZ3PITUDCVFL5HGVC3A5CNFSNUABIM5UWIORPF5TWS5BNNB2WEL2ENFZWG5LTONUW63SDN5WW2ZLOOQXTCNZYGI2DCMBRUZZGKYLTN5XKMYLVORUG64VFMV3GK3TUVZTG633UMVZF6YLOMRZG62LE>. Download it today! You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

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[warren618]

Billy — thanks for the full terminal output, that's exactly what was missing. Two separate things are going on here, and neither of them is Telegram.

1. The macOS install failure is a Python version problem.

Your venv is on Python 3.14 (the log shows python3.14 and cp314 wheels). The relevant part of the failure is:

Building wheel for llvmlite (pyproject.toml) ... error
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'cmake'

One of our dependencies (smartmoneyconcepts) requires numba, which requires llvmlite. llvmlite does not publish a pre-built wheel for Python 3.14 yet, so pip falls back to compiling it from source — and that source build needs cmake, which isn't installed. Installing cmake would technically work, but the right fix is to use a Python version that has wheels:

cd ~/Desktop/Vibe-Trading
rm -rf .venv
python3.13 -m venv .venv          # 3.11 or 3.12 are fine too
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -U "vibe-trading-ai[telegram]"

If you don't have 3.13 on the machine: brew install python@3.13. Our own development box runs 3.13, so that path is well tested.

This one is on us, not you: our package metadata says requires-python = ">=3.11" with no upper bound, so pip cheerfully tries to install on 3.14 and you get a compiler error instead of a clear "unsupported Python version" message. I'm capping that so the next person sees a sentence instead of a 103-line traceback.

2. About the approval command — what you asked for already exists.

You mentioned OpenClaw's auto-approve=true. The equivalent here is allow_from, and when you use it nobody has to run an approval command at all. The permission order is: * → allowlist → pairing store → deny.

~/.vibe-trading/agent.json:

{
  "channels": {
    "telegram": {
      "enabled": true,
      "token": "PASTE-YOUR-BOTFATHER-TOKEN",
      "allow_from": ["*"]
    }
  }
}

["*"] lets anyone who finds your bot talk to it — simplest, but not the safest. The better version is to list just yourself. For Telegram either form matches, so pick whichever you have:

"allow_from": ["123456789"]     // your numeric Telegram user id
"allow_from": ["billychew"]     // or your username, without the @

(allowFrom is accepted as well — same field, both spellings work.)

Then, in two terminals:

vibe-trading serve            # terminal 1 — the API server must be running
vibe-trading channels start   # terminal 2

Message your bot, and it should answer with no pairing code and no approval step. If it doesn't, run vibe-trading channels status --local and paste that output — it prints whether the config was found, whether the Telegram SDK is installed, and whether the adapter actually loaded.