discord/telegram: guide assistant to send new reply on completion

Message edits don't trigger push notifications on the user's device.
Update system instructions and edit_message tool description to steer
the assistant toward edit-for-progress + new-reply-on-completion.

Fixes #786
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Kenneth Lien
2026-03-20 11:27:09 -07:00
parent 90accf6fd2
commit 5c58308be4
2 changed files with 4 additions and 4 deletions

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@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ const mcp = new Server(
'',
'Messages from Discord arrive as <channel source="discord" chat_id="..." message_id="..." user="..." ts="...">. If the tag has attachment_count, the attachments attribute lists name/type/size — call download_attachment(chat_id, message_id) to fetch them. Reply with the reply tool — pass chat_id back. Use reply_to (set to a message_id) only when replying to an earlier message; the latest message doesn\'t need a quote-reply, omit reply_to for normal responses.',
'',
'reply accepts file paths (files: ["/abs/path.png"]) for attachments. Use react to add emoji reactions, and edit_message to update a message you previously sent (e.g. progress → result).',
'reply accepts file paths (files: ["/abs/path.png"]) for attachments. Use react to add emoji reactions, and edit_message for interim progress updates. Edits don\'t trigger push notifications — when a long task completes, send a new reply so the user\'s device pings.',
'',
"fetch_messages pulls real Discord history. Discord's search API isn't available to bots — if the user asks you to find an old message, fetch more history or ask them roughly when it was.",
'',
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ mcp.setRequestHandler(ListToolsRequestSchema, async () => ({
},
{
name: 'edit_message',
description: 'Edit a message the bot previously sent. Useful for progress updates (send "working…" then edit to the result).',
description: 'Edit a message the bot previously sent. Useful for interim progress updates. Edits don\'t trigger push notifications — send a new reply when a long task completes so the user\'s device pings.',
inputSchema: {
type: 'object',
properties: {

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@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ const mcp = new Server(
'',
'Messages from Telegram arrive as <channel source="telegram" chat_id="..." message_id="..." user="..." ts="...">. If the tag has an image_path attribute, Read that file — it is a photo the sender attached. Reply with the reply tool — pass chat_id back. Use reply_to (set to a message_id) only when replying to an earlier message; the latest message doesn\'t need a quote-reply, omit reply_to for normal responses.',
'',
'reply accepts file paths (files: ["/abs/path.png"]) for attachments. Use react to add emoji reactions, and edit_message to update a message you previously sent (e.g. progress → result).',
'reply accepts file paths (files: ["/abs/path.png"]) for attachments. Use react to add emoji reactions, and edit_message for interim progress updates. Edits don\'t trigger push notifications — when a long task completes, send a new reply so the user\'s device pings.',
'',
"Telegram's Bot API exposes no history or search — you only see messages as they arrive. If you need earlier context, ask the user to paste it or summarize.",
'',
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ mcp.setRequestHandler(ListToolsRequestSchema, async () => ({
},
{
name: 'edit_message',
description: 'Edit a message the bot previously sent. Useful for progress updates (send "working…" then edit to the result).',
description: 'Edit a message the bot previously sent. Useful for interim progress updates. Edits don\'t trigger push notifications — send a new reply when a long task completes so the user\'s device pings.',
inputSchema: {
type: 'object',
properties: {