On Telegram

Chat with @busybrobot on Telegram — link your account, send screenshots, and use discussion mode in groups.

BusyBro is also a Telegram bot — @busybrobot. Link your dashboard account once, then chat with it in a DM, bring it into a group, and even send it screenshots.

Link your account first

BusyBro on Telegram is linked-accounts only: it answers and acts only for people who've connected their Telegram to a dashboard account. Until you link, it just nudges you to link and makes no AI call.

To link, DM @busybrobot and run:

/login

It hands you a one-time code and a link to the Account page. Open the link (or paste the code on the Account page) to confirm, and you're connected. From then on BusyBro greets you by your dashboard name, tailors answers to your role, and can perform the write actions your role permits. Linking is shared across Busymate's Telegram bots, so linking once works everywhere.

Note: Run /me any time to see your current link — your Telegram identity, the dashboard account it's connected to, and your role. /logout unlinks.

For the full linking flow, see Telegram account linking.

Chat in a DM

In a direct message, just type — every message is a turn with BusyBro, no command prefix needed. It keeps the conversation context across messages, so you can have a real back-and-forth without replying to continue. Ask the same things you would in the dashboard:

how many devices are online right now?
what's my iPad's connection type?
explain how api.example.com authenticates and give me a curl
route c3 through a US proxy, then screenshot whatismyip

Answers stream in live (the message updates as BusyBro works), and a reaction marks the turn — 👀 while it's working, ✅ when done, ⚠️ if something went wrong.

Group discussion mode

Add BusyBro to a group and it joins the conversation naturally:

  • Address it by @-mentioning the bot or replying to one of its messages. The mention is stripped from your question, and a reply carries its previous answer along for context.
  • Once addressed, BusyBro opens a discussion window (about 10 minutes). While that window is open, any linked group member can continue the conversation with no @-mention — every answer refreshes the window. Mention it again any time to re-wake the thread.
  • Plain group chatter that doesn't address it (and arrives outside an active window) is ignored, so BusyBro never butts in uninvited.

Heads up: In groups, BusyBro acts for whoever sent the message — each member's reads and actions are scoped to their own linked role and the devices they own. An unlinked member who addresses it just gets a one-time nudge to link.

Send screenshots and photos

BusyBro can see images. Send it a photo or screenshot — with a caption asking your question, or on its own — and it reads the image as part of the turn. This is handy for "what's wrong with this screen?" or "what does this error mean?" style questions.

A few details:

  • You can attach up to 2 images per message, each up to about 5 MB.
  • A photo with no caption gets a sensible default question ("What's in this image? Anything I should act on?").
  • Images ride along with that one message only — they're never stored in the conversation history.
  • In a group, a photo still has to address BusyBro (mention or reply) the same as any other message.

Commands

The command surface is deliberately tiny — everything else is just talking to BusyBro:

/login   Link your Telegram to your dashboard account
/me      Show your link — Telegram + dashboard account & role
/logout  Unlink your Telegram from your dashboard account
/reset   Clear our conversation and start fresh
/help    What BusyBro can do

/reset clears BusyBro's memory of your conversation so the next message starts cold.

Tip: Want to change BusyBro's tone or focus (be more concise, prefer code, call you by your first name)? Set that once with the gear in the dashboard chat panel — it's saved to your profile and applied on Telegram too. See In the dashboard.

See also

Activity traceSpecialist agents