Currently get_bot_commands() in the orchestrator hardcodes the list of commands that get registered with Telegram's / autocomplete menu via set_my_commands.
This means if you have project-level Claude Code slash commands (defined in .claude/commands/), they work fine when typed manually — the bot forwards them to Claude via _handle_unknown_command — but they don't show up in Telegram's command menu, so users don't know they exist.
Since set_my_commands runs on every startup, you can't work around this with BotFather either — the bot just overwrites whatever you set there.
Proposal: Support a config option (env var or config file) for additional bot commands to register alongside the built-in ones. Something like:
# .env
CUSTOM_BOT_COMMANDS=today:Morning briefing,closeday:End of day review,capture:Quick capture a thought
Or a JSON/YAML file:
# custom_commands.yaml
- command: today
description: Morning briefing
- command: closeday
description: End of day review
These would just be appended to the existing command list in get_bot_commands(). The bot already handles unknown commands correctly by forwarding them to Claude, so this is purely a UI/discoverability improvement.
Happy to open a PR if you're open to it.
Currently
get_bot_commands()in the orchestrator hardcodes the list of commands that get registered with Telegram's/autocomplete menu viaset_my_commands.This means if you have project-level Claude Code slash commands (defined in
.claude/commands/), they work fine when typed manually — the bot forwards them to Claude via_handle_unknown_command— but they don't show up in Telegram's command menu, so users don't know they exist.Since
set_my_commandsruns on every startup, you can't work around this with BotFather either — the bot just overwrites whatever you set there.Proposal: Support a config option (env var or config file) for additional bot commands to register alongside the built-in ones. Something like:
Or a JSON/YAML file:
These would just be appended to the existing command list in
get_bot_commands(). The bot already handles unknown commands correctly by forwarding them to Claude, so this is purely a UI/discoverability improvement.Happy to open a PR if you're open to it.