# Telegram Client: Hermes Agent plugin

> Telegram client pane for Hermes Desktop: dialogs, message history with image previews and per-post image reload, forum topics, and reviewed send/reply/save/delete/mark-as-read actions via a dedicated Telethon user…

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/telegram-client  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/telegram-client  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-13

Telegram client pane for Hermes Desktop: dialogs, message history with image previews and per-post image reload, forum topics, and reviewed send/reply/save/delete/mark-as-read actions via a dedicated Telethon user session (separate from the core gateway bot token). All history is sanitized before rendering.

## Good to know before installing

The profile dashboard backend reads dialogs and message history and downloads media for in-page previews (page byte-budgeted and cached in memory); TELEGRAM_API_ID/TELEGRAM_API_HASH come from the profile's Hermes secrets; login challenges stay in process memory; the dedicated Telethon session lives in HERMES_HOME/telegram-plugin-auth/ (directory 0700, .session and its -wal/-shm sidecars 0600), and anyone holding that session file controls the Telegram account; delete removes the selected message for everyone; mutations go prepare -> exact preview -> confirm -> commit -> readback, and the pane's "Confirm actions" switch (on by default) can turn the preview step off; message links open in the system browser (http and https only).

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 telegram-client
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable telegram-client
```

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: Chat apps & voice, Hermes Desktop add-ons
- Maintained by: guberm (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Works on: linux, macos
- Requires Hermes: `>=0.21.6`
- Version: 1.3.1
- In the catalog since: 2026-10-12, updated 2026-10-13

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/telegram-client)
- [Source code](https://github.com/guberm/hermes-telegram-desktop-plugin)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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