Phone Telegram

Phone (Telegram)

Pair a private Telegram bot with Artemis and talk to the same agent from your phone, with the same memory, projects and notes. You can send it photos and files, open your desktop chats, and, if you allow it, see and control your computer.

How to use

1. In Telegram, create a bot with @BotFather and copy its token.
2. In Artemis, open Settings → Phone, turn on Telegram bot and paste the token into Bot token. It is saved when you leave the field or press Enter.
3. The Status line shows the bot name and a pairing code. In Telegram, open your bot, press Start and send /pair <code>.
4. When the status says Connected to @yourbot, just write to the bot. Photos and files (xlsx, csv, pdf, docx, txt) are read too.
5. To disconnect, press Unpair in Settings, or send /unpair from the phone.

Artemis must keep running for the bot to answer. With Keep running in the background (Settings → General) on, closing the main window keeps it running; quit with Cmd+Q or from the menu bar icon.

Commands

Command	What it does
/model	Show models, or /model <name> to switch
/project	Choose a project (and its folder)
/tools	Turn web, terminal, computer, memory, connectors, notes on or off
/settings, /providers	Switches and model providers on or off
/compact	Summarize the earlier part of the chat to save tokens
/notes	Recent notes; /notes words searches. Tap one to read it
/note Title: text	Add text to a note (created if new; Folder/Title: text works)
/status	What is currently set
/screen	See your computer screen now
/chats	Your desktop chats; tap one to continue it on the phone (new messages also appear in the app)
/search words	Find an earlier chat
/last	Recent messages of the open chat
/skills	List skills
/new	Start a new chat
/stop	Cancel the running task
/memory, /remember text, /forget id	List, add or remove memory
/connectors	List MCP connectors
/help	All commands

Getting files and screenshots on the phone

In a desktop chat you can ask Artemis to send something to your phone, for example "send this file to my phone" or "send me a screenshot". It uses the send_to_phone tool, which can send a message, a project file or a screenshot. File results in a chat also have a Send to phone button.

Settings

Setting	Where	What it does
Telegram bot	Phone → Telegram	Turns the bot on or off.
Bot token	Phone → Telegram	The token from @BotFather, stored encrypted.
Project folder for phone chats	Phone → Phone chats	The folder the assistant can read and write when you chat from the phone. Empty means none.
Continue my most recent desktop chat	Phone → Phone chats	A phone message goes into the chat you used last on the desktop (within 12 hours). /new starts a fresh chat, /open picks another.
Full control from the phone	Phone → Phone chats	Terminal plus screen, mouse and keyboard from Telegram, with live screenshots. Each task still asks you to approve on the phone.
Phone (Telegram)	Access	Lets you chat from your phone and lets Artemis send you files.
Pause the phone while locked	Security → Unauthorized access	Stops phone answers while the app is locked.

Tips

• Set Project folder for phone chats so phone tasks can work with files in that project.
• Use /chats to pick up a desktop conversation on the phone and keep it in sync.
• The bot is also where lock alerts arrive (see Security and App Lock).

Limits and safety

• After five wrong pairing codes the code changes and pairing pauses for 10 minutes.
• Anyone who gets into your paired Telegram account can do what you allowed from the phone. Leave Full control from the phone off unless you need it.
• The integrated browser is never driven from phone tasks.
• Messages go through the Telegram API only while the bot is on.

See also

• Security and App Lock
• Computer Control
• Notes
• Memory
• Scheduled Tasks