Telegram Reader

by himself65

Telegram Reader is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by himself65 in finance-skills.

3.2K stars368 forkson himself65/finance-skillsAdded 2026/08/17+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/15

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Install Telegram Reader

Copy Telegram Reader into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/himself65/finance-skills/tree/main/plugins/social-readers/skills/telegram-reader ~/.claude/skills/telegram-reader

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/himself65/finance-skills.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: plugins/social-readers/skills/telegram-reader/SKILL.md in himself65/finance-skills
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/telegram-reader
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What Telegram Reader does

Telegram Reader reads Telegram channels and groups for financial news and market research using tdl (read-only). Use it when checking Telegram for financial updates, exporting messages from channels, or gathering market intelligence.

Telegram Reader is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Telegram Reader comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, claude-code, skills and trading.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Telegram News Skill (Read-Only)

Reads Telegram channels and groups for financial news and market research using tdl, a Telegram CLI tool.

This skill is read-only. It is designed for financial research: reading channel messages, monitoring financial news channels, and exporting message history. It does NOT support sending messages, joining/leaving channels, or any write operations.

Step 1: Ensure tdl Is Installed

Current environment status:

!`(command -v tdl && tdl version 2>&1 | head -3 || echo "TDL_NOT_INSTALLED") 2>/dev/null`

If the status above shows a version number, tdl is installed — skip to Step 2.

If TDL_NOT_INSTALLED, install tdl based on the user's platform:

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Telegram Reader

What else does himself65 publish alongside Telegram Reader?
Telegram Reader is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from himself65/finance-skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Company Valuation, Discord Reader and ETF Premium. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Telegram Reader does, and is maintained by himself65 in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the himself65/finance-skills page.
How does Telegram Reader compare to other Automation skills?
Telegram Reader ranks #392 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Telegram Reader against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.