Telegram Bot Testing

App name: Telegram | Process name: Telegram

See osascript-common.md for shared patterns.

Activate & Navigate

bash

# Activate Telegram
osascript -e 'tell application "Telegram" to activate'
sleep 1

# Search for a bot (Cmd+F or click search)
osascript -e '
tell application "System Events"
    keystroke "f" using command down
    delay 0.5
    keystroke "MyTestBot"
    delay 1
    key code 36  -- Enter to select
end tell
'
sleep 2

Send Message to Bot

bash

# After navigating to bot chat, input is focused
osascript -e '
tell application "System Events"
    keystroke "/start"
    delay 0.3
    key code 36
end tell
'

Send Long Message

bash

osascript -e '
tell application "Telegram" to activate
delay 0.5
set the clipboard to "Tell me about quantum computing in detail"
tell application "System Events"
    keystroke "v" using command down
    delay 0.3
    key code 36
end tell
'

Verify Response

bash

sleep 10
screencapture /tmp/telegram-bot-response.png

Telegram Bot API (programmatic alternative)

For sending messages directly to the bot's chat without UI:

bash

# Send message as the bot (for testing webhooks/responses)
curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendMessage" \
  -d "chat_id=$CHAT_ID&text=test message"

# Get recent updates
curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getUpdates?limit=5" | jq .

Script

bash

./.agents/skills/local-testing/scripts/test-telegram-bot.sh "MyTestBot" "/start"
./.agents/skills/local-testing/scripts/test-telegram-bot.sh "GPTBot" "Hello" 60