telegram/discord: make state dir configurable via env var

Hardcoded ~/.claude/channels/<name>/ meant only one bot per machine.
Respect TELEGRAM_STATE_DIR / DISCORD_STATE_DIR so users can run
multiple bots with separate tokens and allowlists.

Also fixed README path ('in your project' -> '~/...') to match the code.

Fixes #792

external_plugins/discord/README.md

@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ Install the plugin:
 /discord:configure MTIz...
 ```
 
-Writes `DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=...` to `.claude/channels/discord/.env` in your project. You can also write that file by hand, or set the variable in your shell environment — shell takes precedence.
+Writes `DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=...` to `~/.claude/channels/discord/.env`. You can also write that file by hand, or set the variable in your shell environment — shell takes precedence.
+
+> To run multiple bots on one machine (different tokens, separate allowlists), point `DISCORD_STATE_DIR` at a different directory per instance.
 
 **6. Relaunch with the channel flag.**
 

external_plugins/discord/server.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, readdirSync, rmSync, statSync,
 import { homedir } from 'os'
 import { join, sep } from 'path'
 
-const STATE_DIR = join(homedir(), '.claude', 'channels', 'discord')
+const STATE_DIR = process.env.DISCORD_STATE_DIR ?? join(homedir(), '.claude', 'channels', 'discord')
 const ACCESS_FILE = join(STATE_DIR, 'access.json')
 const APPROVED_DIR = join(STATE_DIR, 'approved')
 const ENV_FILE = join(STATE_DIR, '.env')

external_plugins/telegram/README.md

@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ Install the plugin:
 /telegram:configure 123456789:AAHfiqksKZ8...
 ```
 
-Writes `TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=...` to `.claude/channels/telegram/.env` in your project. You can also write that file by hand, or set the variable in your shell environment — shell takes precedence.
+Writes `TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=...` to `~/.claude/channels/telegram/.env`. You can also write that file by hand, or set the variable in your shell environment — shell takes precedence.
+
+> To run multiple bots on one machine (different tokens, separate allowlists), point `TELEGRAM_STATE_DIR` at a different directory per instance.
 
 **4. Relaunch with the channel flag.**
 

external_plugins/telegram/server.ts

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, readdirSync, rmSync, statSync,
 import { homedir } from 'os'
 import { join, extname, sep } from 'path'
 
-const STATE_DIR = join(homedir(), '.claude', 'channels', 'telegram')
+const STATE_DIR = process.env.TELEGRAM_STATE_DIR ?? join(homedir(), '.claude', 'channels', 'telegram')
 const ACCESS_FILE = join(STATE_DIR, 'access.json')
 const APPROVED_DIR = join(STATE_DIR, 'approved')
 const ENV_FILE = join(STATE_DIR, '.env')
@@ -372,11 +372,6 @@ 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'],
       },
@@ -403,11 +398,6 @@ 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'],
       },
@@ -424,8 +414,6 @@ 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)
 
@@ -452,7 +440,6 @@ 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)
           }
@@ -495,13 +482,10 @@ 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})` }] }