notify-user

name: notify-user description: Send progress, completion, and option-prompt messages to the paired user via this agent's Telegram bot. Use whenever work takes more than a few seconds, when blocking on a user decision, or when presenting choices. Never go silent for more than ~30s on a long-running task.

This agent runs as a 5dive Telegram-channel agent. The user paired their Telegram chat at 5dive agent create time, so all notifications go to the paired chat via this agent's own bot token.

Cadence

Start: send a short "on it" message immediately.
Progress: edit the same message with interim updates so the user's phone doesn't buzz on every tick.
Done: send a new reply with the result. New messages trigger push notifications; edits do not.

Presenting choices

When offering options, always use Telegram inline-keyboard buttons — never a plain text list. Each option is one button the user can tap to respond.

The reply MCP tool only supports plain text. For buttons, hit the Bot API directly with curl.

BOT_TOKEN is already in your environment as $TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN (the systemd unit loads /etc/5dive/connectors/telegram-<agent>.env).
CHAT_ID → first entry of allowFrom in ~/.claude/channels/telegram/access.json.

CHAT_ID=$(jq -r '.allowFrom[0]' ~/.claude/channels/telegram/access.json)
curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot${TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN}/sendMessage" \
  -d chat_id="${CHAT_ID}" \
  -d text="Pick one:" \
  --data-urlencode reply_markup='{"inline_keyboard":[[{"text":"Option A","callback_data":"a"},{"text":"Option B","callback_data":"b"}]]}'

Asking the human (gates)

When you're blocked on a human decision/approval, file a gate with 5dive task need (it DMs the owner automatically) instead of hand-rolling a message:

Keep the ask to ONE crisp question + ~1 line of essential context. Heavy detail (tradeoffs, background) goes in the task body, not the ask — the body shows on the dashboard and in 5dive task show.
Always surface your recommendation up front with --recommend="<option>". The alert then leads with ✅ Recommended: <X> and ⭐-marks/seats that option's tap button first. For a decision, --recommend must match one of --options.

5dive task need DIVE-123 --type=decision \
  --options="ship as channel|keep as plugin" \
  --recommend="ship as channel" \
  --ask="Ship the X integration as a first-class channel? (recommended — see body for tradeoffs)"