From the first ping to the way it goes quiet when you sit down — here's the full picture, and how the loop actually works.
Get a summary when Claude finishes a task, so you always know what happened.
Reply from your phone and it goes straight back into the same live session.
Attach images and Claude reads them directly. No more terminal copy-paste.
Send voice notes. Get spoken replies. Pick a speaking voice or clone your own — everything processed locally.
Tap /usage in Telegram for your full Claude limits — the same numbers glance live in your terminal's status bar.
Use multiple profiles (bots) to manage different projects side by side.
Send as a whole message. A session hook acts on these itself — so they work even if the model is prompt-injected. Anything else you type is just talked to Claude.
| ABS MUTE / UNMUTE | Pause or resume the proactive reports. |
| ABS STOP | Halt the current task at the next step and wait. |
| ABS OFF | Cut all Telegram, in and out — the session keeps working locally. |
| ABS EXIT | Close the Claude session; it confirms first if mid-task. |
| ABS BLOCK | Lock the bot out until you re-pair at the terminal. |
| /usage | Post your full Claude usage limits back to the chat. |
Run these in your shell, where abs is installed.
| abs | Start a session — first run walks you through bot setup. |
| abs status | What's paired, the inbound state, and whether it's live. |
| abs usage | Your Claude limits, in the terminal and on Telegram. |
| abs quiet on|off | Mute or unmute reports — inbound still works. |
| abs say "text" | Speak it and send as a voice note. |
| abs update | Update abs in place to the latest release. |
| abs config … | Model, voice, statusline and other launch defaults. |
No pings while you're working — reports come back the moment you step away. You never flip a switch.
Agent Babysitter starts Claude Code with Telegram connected.
It runs your tasks in the same live session.
When a task finishes, you get a summary on Telegram.
Your message is delivered back to the same session.
Agent Babysitter is open source under the MIT License. Use it, improve it, share it.