# Hermes Telegram Business: Hermes Agent plugin

> Observe-with-approval Telegram Business Mode (secretary bot): Hermes drafts replies to your customers' messages and DMs each draft to you with Send, Edit and Discard buttons; nothing reaches a customer until you tap Send.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/hermes-telegram-business  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/hermes-telegram-business  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-21

Observe-with-approval Telegram Business Mode (secretary bot): Hermes drafts replies to your customers' messages and DMs each draft to you with Send, Edit and Discard buttons; nothing reaches a customer until you tap Send. A Hermes Labs plugin: built by Nous Research, not supported.

## Good to know before installing

Each customer message is sent to your active Hermes model to draft the reply, and drafts and connection records are stored locally in <HERMES_HOME>/telegram-business/state.db.

From the plugin's catalog listing.

## How to install

1. Install it. Hermes asks for any API keys it needs, then asks whether to turn it on.

```bash
hermes plugins install hermes-telegram-business
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable hermes-telegram-business
```

3. Restart Hermes so it loads the plugin.

Some plugins also need a sign-in or settings: see the official page. Memory plugins ask whether to become your memory provider instead. Steps follow the official plugins guide: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/plugins

## Facts

- Category: Work & business, Chat apps & voice
- Maintained by: NousResearch (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- In the catalog since: 2026-09-09, updated 2026-10-21

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/hermes-telegram-business)
- [Source code](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-labs-plugins/tree/main/telegram-business)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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