TG Channel Manager

Universal content engine for any Telegram channel. Pipeline: scout → draft → human approves → publisher.

All specifics (topics, rubrics, style, filters) are defined in config — the skill contains zero hardcoded values.

Configuration

Parameters are read from openclaw.json → skills.entries["tg-channel-manager"]:

Telegram

Parameter	Type	Description
config.channelId	string	Telegram channel ID for publishing
config.chatId	string	Channel community chat ID (optional)

Limits & Schedule

Parameter	Type	Description
config.maxPostsPerDay	number	Maximum posts per day
config.maxDraftsPerRun	number	Maximum drafts per scout run
config.timezone	string	Schedule timezone (IANA format)
config.language	string	Post language (ru, en, ...)
config.cronScoutTimes	string[]	Scout schedules (cron format)
config.cronPublisherTimes	string[]	Publisher schedules (cron format)

Content

Parameter	Type	Description
config.rubrics	array	Rubrics: [{id, emoji, name}, ...]
config.searchQueries	string[]	Search queries for SearXNG
config.searchInclude	string	What to look for (filter description)
config.searchExclude	string	What to discard (filter description)
config.evergreen	string[]	Topics for articles when there are no news

Post Style

Parameter	Type	Description
config.postStyle.minChars	number	Minimum characters per post
config.postStyle.maxChars	number	Maximum characters per post
config.postStyle.emojiTitle	boolean	Emoji before the title
config.postStyle.boldTitle	boolean	Bold title
config.postStyle.signature	string	Post signature
config.postStyle.newsFooter	string	Extra text for news posts (empty = none)
config.postStyle.articleFooter	string	Extra text for articles (empty = none)

Environment

Parameter	Type	Description
env.SEARXNG_URL	string	SearXNG instance URL

{baseDir} — path to the skill folder (where this file resides).

Runtime Files

• content-queue.md — post queue (draft / pending). Located in the agent's workspace, NOT in the skill folder.
• content-index.json — deduplication index. Located in the agent's workspace.

Entry Format in content-queue.md

### <number>
- **Status:** draft | pending
- **Rubric:** <emoji> <name> (from config.rubrics)
- **Topic:** <topic>
- **Source:** <url> (for news)
- **Text:**

<post text>

Statuses:

• draft — draft, awaiting approval
• pending — approved, ready for publishing

After publishing, the entry is removed from content-queue.md.

Pipeline

1. Scout (cron)

Prompt: {baseDir}/references/scout-prompt.md

1. Executes search queries from config.searchQueries via $SEARXNG_URL
2. Filters by config.searchInclude / config.searchExclude
3. Checks for duplicates via dedup-check.py
4. Writes a draft to content-queue.md with draft status
5. Maximum config.maxDraftsPerRun drafts per run
6. If no news found — picks a topic from config.evergreen

2. Approval (human)

Human reviews draft → changes status to pending.

3. Publisher (cron)

Prompt: {baseDir}/references/publisher-prompt.md

1. Reads content-queue.md
2. Takes the first pending post
3. Alternates rubrics when possible
4. Appends signature from config.postStyle.signature
5. Publishes via message tool (action=send, channel=telegram, target=<config.channelId>)
6. Removes the entry from content-queue.md
7. Adds to dedup index
8. Maximum 1 post per run, config.maxPostsPerDay per day

Telegram API

Check published posts

message tool (action=search, channel=telegram, target=<config.channelId>, query="keywords")

Publish a post

message tool (action=send, channel=telegram, target=<config.channelId>, text="post text")

Deduplication

Before every draft — mandatory check:

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/dedup-check.py --base-dir <workspace> --topic "topic" --links "url1" "url2"

After publishing — add to index:

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/dedup-check.py --base-dir <workspace> --add <msgId> --topic "topic" --links "url"

Rebuild index (via Telegram search):

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/dedup-check.py --base-dir <workspace> --rebuild --channel-id <config.channelId>

Index is stored in <workspace>/content-index.json.

SearXNG — News Search

For each query from config.searchQueries:

curl '$SEARXNG_URL/search?q=<query>&format=json&time_range=day&language=en'

Post Format

Defined by config.postStyle parameters:

• Title: emoji (if emojiTitle) + bold (if boldTitle)
• Length: from minChars to maxChars characters
• Language: from config.language
• Signature: config.postStyle.signature
• For news: link to original source + newsFooter (if not empty)
• For articles: articleFooter (if not empty)
• Prefer primary sources (specs, GitHub, official blogs) over summaries
• All links https://
• NO personal data

Rubrics

Rubrics are defined in config.rubrics. Each rubric: {id, emoji, name}.

Scout picks the appropriate rubric from the list when creating a draft.

Initial Cron Setup

See {baseDir}/references/cron-setup.md — openclaw cron add command templates.