telegram: add MarkdownV2 parse_mode to reply/edit_message

external_plugins/telegram/server.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
   ListToolsRequestSchema,
   CallToolRequestSchema,
 } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/types.js'
-import { Bot, GrammyError, InputFile, type Context } from 'grammy'
+import { Bot, InputFile, type Context } from 'grammy'
 import type { ReactionTypeEmoji } from 'grammy/types'
 import { randomBytes } from 'crypto'
 import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, readdirSync, rmSync, statSync, renameSync, realpathSync, chmodSync } from 'fs'
@@ -372,6 +372,11 @@ mcp.setRequestHandler(ListToolsRequestSchema, async () => ({
             items: { type: 'string' },
             description: 'Absolute file paths to attach. Images send as photos (inline preview); other types as documents. Max 50MB each.',
           },
+          format: {
+            type: 'string',
+            enum: ['text', 'markdownv2'],
+            description: "Rendering mode. 'markdownv2' enables Telegram formatting (bold, italic, code, links). Caller must escape special chars per MarkdownV2 rules. Default: 'text' (plain, no escaping needed).",
+          },
         },
         required: ['chat_id', 'text'],
       },
@@ -398,6 +403,11 @@ mcp.setRequestHandler(ListToolsRequestSchema, async () => ({
           chat_id: { type: 'string' },
           message_id: { type: 'string' },
           text: { type: 'string' },
+          format: {
+            type: 'string',
+            enum: ['text', 'markdownv2'],
+            description: "Rendering mode. 'markdownv2' enables Telegram formatting (bold, italic, code, links). Caller must escape special chars per MarkdownV2 rules. Default: 'text' (plain, no escaping needed).",
+          },
         },
         required: ['chat_id', 'message_id', 'text'],
       },
@@ -414,6 +424,8 @@ mcp.setRequestHandler(CallToolRequestSchema, async req => {
         const text = args.text as string
         const reply_to = args.reply_to != null ? Number(args.reply_to) : undefined
         const files = (args.files as string[] | undefined) ?? []
+        const format = (args.format as string | undefined) ?? 'text'
+        const parseMode = format === 'markdownv2' ? 'MarkdownV2' as const : undefined
 
         assertAllowedChat(chat_id)
 
@@ -440,6 +452,7 @@ mcp.setRequestHandler(CallToolRequestSchema, async req => {
               (replyMode === 'all' || i === 0)
             const sent = await bot.api.sendMessage(chat_id, chunks[i], {
               ...(shouldReplyTo ? { reply_parameters: { message_id: reply_to } } : {}),
+              ...(parseMode ? { parse_mode: parseMode } : {}),
             })
             sentIds.push(sent.message_id)
           }
@@ -482,10 +495,13 @@ mcp.setRequestHandler(CallToolRequestSchema, async req => {
       }
       case 'edit_message': {
         assertAllowedChat(args.chat_id as string)
+        const editFormat = (args.format as string | undefined) ?? 'text'
+        const editParseMode = editFormat === 'markdownv2' ? 'MarkdownV2' as const : undefined
         const edited = await bot.api.editMessageText(
           args.chat_id as string,
           Number(args.message_id),
           args.text as string,
+          ...(editParseMode ? [{ parse_mode: editParseMode }] : []),
         )
         const id = typeof edited === 'object' ? edited.message_id : args.message_id
         return { content: [{ type: 'text', text: `edited (id: ${id})` }] }
@@ -593,35 +609,9 @@ async function handleInbound(
   })
 }
 
-// 409 Conflict = another getUpdates consumer is still active (zombie from a
+void bot.start({
-// previous session, or a second Claude Code instance). Retry with backoff
+  onStart: info => {
-// until the slot frees up instead of crashing on the first rejection.
+    botUsername = info.username
-void (async () => {
+    process.stderr.write(`telegram channel: polling as @${info.username}\n`)
-  for (let attempt = 1; ; attempt++) {
+  },
-    try {
+})
-      await bot.start({
-        onStart: info => {
-          botUsername = info.username
-          process.stderr.write(`telegram channel: polling as @${info.username}\n`)
-        },
-      })
-      return // bot.stop() was called — clean exit from the loop
-    } catch (err) {
-      if (err instanceof GrammyError && err.error_code === 409) {
-        const delay = Math.min(1000 * attempt, 15000)
-        const detail = attempt === 1
-          ? ' — another instance is polling (zombie session, or a second Claude Code running?)'
-          : ''
-        process.stderr.write(
-          `telegram channel: 409 Conflict${detail}, retrying in ${delay / 1000}s\n`,
-        )
-        await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, delay))
-        continue
-      }
-      // bot.stop() mid-setup rejects with grammy's "Aborted delay" — expected, not an error.
-      if (err instanceof Error && err.message === 'Aborted delay') return
-      process.stderr.write(`telegram channel: polling failed: ${err}\n`)
-      return
-    }
-  }
-})()