Vibecode TeleMinute
track this build5 steps, step by step0%A single personal bot with commands, keyword replies, and a basic broadcast is a solid weekend build on Telegram's friendly Bot API. What you are really buying is the hosted no-code layer: a dashboard a non-technical shop owner edits from a phone, scheduled broadcasts, lead-capture forms, analytics, and native iOS/Android apps. If you can run code you can replace your own subscription, but you cannot hand the DIY version to a client who cannot.
You are building a lean indie version of TeleMinute. Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt. ===== README.md ===== # TeleMinute indie build ## Goal Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core TeleMinute workflow for one developer or a tiny team. ## Scope Register a bot with @BotFather, run a long-polling Node process that answers commands and keyword triggers from a config file, store chats and leads in SQLite, and add an owner-only broadcast command. ## Quick start 1. Install the documented dependencies. 2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`. 3. Run the development command chosen during implementation. 4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`. ## Honest limits This build deliberately does not replace: - no-code dashboard - mobile apps - scheduled broadcasts - lead-capture form builder - analytics If those capabilities are essential, use grammY instead of pretending the gap is solved. ===== AGENTS.md ===== # Agent instructions - Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build. - Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief. - Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims. - Keep secrets out of source control and logs. - Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths. - Run the project checks before declaring the build complete. - Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs". ===== BUILD_PLAN.md ===== # Build plan ## Original build brief Build me a personal Telegram bot for one business, replacing TeleMinute. Requirements: - Node 22 + grammY + better-sqlite3, one small project, no build step; data lives in data/bot.db. - Long polling, not webhooks, so it runs anywhere with just BOT_TOKEN in .env (create the bot with @BotFather first). - Commands are defined in commands.yaml: name, reply text, optional image path, optional inline URL buttons. Hot-reload the file on change. - Keyword auto-replies in the same file: trigger words like "price" or "hours" mapped to reply text. - /start sends a greeting listing the available commands. - Lead capture: /contact walks the user through name, phone, and message as a short conversation, saves it to a leads table, and notifies me (OWNER_CHAT_ID) immediately. - Owner-only /broadcast <text>: send to every chat that has messaged the bot, throttled under Telegram rate limits, then report sent and failed counts. - Owner-only /stats: total users, messages per day for the last 14 days, top 5 commands. - README: BotFather setup, .env keys (BOT_TOKEN, OWNER_CHAT_ID), and how to keep it running with pm2. - Out of scope: multi-bot management, a web dashboard, scheduled broadcasts, and mobile apps; that is what the hosted product is for. ## Required capabilities - Telegram bot token - always-on process (VPS or spare machine) - SQLite - config file for commands ## Delivery order 1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands. 2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow. 3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence. 4. Cover the critical path with automated tests. 5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step. ## Done when - A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README. - The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it. - Tests cover the highest-risk behavior. - Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden. ===== .env.example ===== # Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced. # Never put real credentials in this file. APP_ENV=development # Add only values required by the selected implementation.
You are building a lean indie version of TeleMinute. Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt. ===== README.md ===== # TeleMinute indie build ## Goal Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core TeleMinute workflow for one developer or a tiny team. ## Scope Register a bot with @BotFather, run a long-polling Node process that answers commands and keyword triggers from a config file, store chats and leads in SQLite, and add an owner-only broadcast command. ## Quick start 1. Install the documented dependencies. 2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`. 3. Run the development command chosen during implementation. 4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`. ## Honest limits This build deliberately does not replace: - no-code dashboard - mobile apps - scheduled broadcasts - lead-capture form builder - analytics If those capabilities are essential, use grammY instead of pretending the gap is solved. ===== AGENTS.md ===== # Agent instructions - Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build. - Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief. - Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims. - Keep secrets out of source control and logs. - Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths. - Run the project checks before declaring the build complete. - Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs". ===== BUILD_PLAN.md ===== # Build plan ## Original build brief Build me a personal Telegram bot for one business, replacing TeleMinute. Requirements: - Node 22 + grammY + better-sqlite3, one small project, no build step; data lives in data/bot.db. - Long polling, not webhooks, so it runs anywhere with just BOT_TOKEN in .env (create the bot with @BotFather first). - Commands are defined in commands.yaml: name, reply text, optional image path, optional inline URL buttons. Hot-reload the file on change. - Keyword auto-replies in the same file: trigger words like "price" or "hours" mapped to reply text. - /start sends a greeting listing the available commands. - Lead capture: /contact walks the user through name, phone, and message as a short conversation, saves it to a leads table, and notifies me (OWNER_CHAT_ID) immediately. - Owner-only /broadcast <text>: send to every chat that has messaged the bot, throttled under Telegram rate limits, then report sent and failed counts. - Owner-only /stats: total users, messages per day for the last 14 days, top 5 commands. - README: BotFather setup, .env keys (BOT_TOKEN, OWNER_CHAT_ID), and how to keep it running with pm2. - Out of scope: multi-bot management, a web dashboard, scheduled broadcasts, and mobile apps; that is what the hosted product is for. ## Required capabilities - Telegram bot token - always-on process (VPS or spare machine) - SQLite - config file for commands ## Delivery order 1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands. 2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow. 3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence. 4. Cover the critical path with automated tests. 5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step. ## Done when - A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README. - The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it. - Tests cover the highest-risk behavior. - Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden. ===== .env.example ===== # Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced. # Never put real credentials in this file. APP_ENV=development # Add only values required by the selected implementation.
You are building a production product version of TeleMinute. Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt. ===== PRODUCT.md ===== # TeleMinute product brief ## Problem A single personal bot with commands, keyword replies, and a basic broadcast is a solid weekend build on Telegram's friendly Bot API. What you are really buying is the hosted no-code layer: a dashboard a non-technical shop owner edits from a phone, scheduled broadcasts, lead-capture forms, analytics, and native iOS/Android apps. If you can run code you can replace your own subscription, but you cannot hand the DIY version to a client who cannot. ## Product outcome Register a bot with @BotFather, run a long-polling Node process that answers commands and keyword triggers from a config file, store chats and leads in SQLite, and add an owner-only broadcast command. ## Target user A serious builder who needs a maintainable product foundation rather than a one-off demo. ## Required capabilities - Telegram bot token - always-on process (VPS or spare machine) - SQLite - config file for commands ## Explicit non-goals for v1 - no-code dashboard - mobile apps - scheduled broadcasts - lead-capture form builder - analytics ## Success criteria - The primary workflow is measurable end to end. - Setup is reproducible in a clean environment. - Failure, recovery, and support paths are documented. - Product claims match what the implementation actually guarantees. ===== ARCHITECTURE.md ===== # Architecture ## Starting brief Build me a personal Telegram bot for one business, replacing TeleMinute. Requirements: - Node 22 + grammY + better-sqlite3, one small project, no build step; data lives in data/bot.db. - Long polling, not webhooks, so it runs anywhere with just BOT_TOKEN in .env (create the bot with @BotFather first). - Commands are defined in commands.yaml: name, reply text, optional image path, optional inline URL buttons. Hot-reload the file on change. - Keyword auto-replies in the same file: trigger words like "price" or "hours" mapped to reply text. - /start sends a greeting listing the available commands. - Lead capture: /contact walks the user through name, phone, and message as a short conversation, saves it to a leads table, and notifies me (OWNER_CHAT_ID) immediately. - Owner-only /broadcast <text>: send to every chat that has messaged the bot, throttled under Telegram rate limits, then report sent and failed counts. - Owner-only /stats: total users, messages per day for the last 14 days, top 5 commands. - README: BotFather setup, .env keys (BOT_TOKEN, OWNER_CHAT_ID), and how to keep it running with pm2. - Out of scope: multi-bot management, a web dashboard, scheduled broadcasts, and mobile apps; that is what the hosted product is for. ## Boundaries Separate the product into replaceable modules for interface, application logic, persistence, external integrations, and operational concerns. Keep domain logic independent from delivery frameworks and vendors. ## Production baseline - Configuration: validated at startup with safe local defaults where possible. - Security: least privilege, input validation, secret redaction, rate limits on abuse-prone paths, and no invented security primitives. - Data: explicit schema and migrations, transactional writes where integrity matters, backup and restore instructions. - Integrations: adapters around third-party providers, idempotent webhook or job processing, bounded retries, and timeouts. - Observability: structured logs with request or operation IDs, an error-tracking hook, and health/readiness checks where a server exists. - Quality: unit tests for domain rules, integration tests at module boundaries, and one end-to-end critical-path test. ## Decision records For each major dependency, document why it was chosen, its failure mode, and how it can be replaced. Do not introduce infrastructure until a requirement justifies it. ===== AGENTS.md ===== # Agent instructions - Read `PRODUCT.md` and `ARCHITECTURE.md` before changing code. - Implement milestone by milestone; keep each change reviewable and leave the application runnable. - Treat authentication, payments, encryption, imports, webhooks, and destructive actions as high-risk boundaries when present. - Never invent cryptography or silently weaken a requirement to make a test pass. - Use provider interfaces for external services and deterministic fakes in tests. - Add migrations and rollback or recovery notes for persistent data changes. - Log useful operational context without credentials, tokens, passwords, or personal data. - Update documentation and run all checks before completing a milestone. ===== MILESTONES.md ===== # Delivery milestones ## M0 — Decisions and scaffold - Confirm the runtime, persistence model, threat boundaries, and deployment target. - Create a reproducible local environment and continuous checks. ## M1 — Core workflow - Implement the smallest end-to-end product path with validation and tests. - Keep integrations behind interfaces. ## M2 — Trust layer - Add secure failure behavior, recovery paths, audit-relevant events, and data safeguards. - Test abuse cases and destructive operations. ## M3 — Operability - Add structured logs, error reporting hooks, health signals, backup/restore documentation, and deployment configuration. ## M4 — Release gate - Run a clean-install test, critical-path end-to-end test, dependency review, and documented rollback exercise. - Compare the shipped behavior with `PRODUCT.md` and publish remaining limitations. ===== OPERATIONS.md ===== # Operations ## Before release - Validate configuration and secrets at startup. - Define backup, restore, and rollback procedures and test them. - Document logs, error tracking, health signals, and alert ownership. - Set dependency update and vulnerability review expectations. ## Incident checklist 1. Contain the issue without destroying evidence or user data. 2. Record the timeline and affected scope. 3. Rotate exposed secrets and revoke compromised sessions or credentials. 4. Restore from a verified source when needed. 5. Document the root cause, remediation, and regression test. ## Launch constraint Do not market omitted TeleMinute capabilities as implemented. The v1 non-goals in `PRODUCT.md` remain user-visible limitations until they are deliberately delivered.
# TeleMinute indie build ## Goal Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core TeleMinute workflow for one developer or a tiny team. ## Scope Register a bot with @BotFather, run a long-polling Node process that answers commands and keyword triggers from a config file, store chats and leads in SQLite, and add an owner-only broadcast command. ## Quick start 1. Install the documented dependencies. 2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`. 3. Run the development command chosen during implementation. 4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`. ## Honest limits This build deliberately does not replace: - no-code dashboard - mobile apps - scheduled broadcasts - lead-capture form builder - analytics If those capabilities are essential, use grammY instead of pretending the gap is solved.
# Agent instructions - Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build. - Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief. - Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims. - Keep secrets out of source control and logs. - Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths. - Run the project checks before declaring the build complete. - Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs".
# Build plan ## Original build brief Build me a personal Telegram bot for one business, replacing TeleMinute. Requirements: - Node 22 + grammY + better-sqlite3, one small project, no build step; data lives in data/bot.db. - Long polling, not webhooks, so it runs anywhere with just BOT_TOKEN in .env (create the bot with @BotFather first). - Commands are defined in commands.yaml: name, reply text, optional image path, optional inline URL buttons. Hot-reload the file on change. - Keyword auto-replies in the same file: trigger words like "price" or "hours" mapped to reply text. - /start sends a greeting listing the available commands. - Lead capture: /contact walks the user through name, phone, and message as a short conversation, saves it to a leads table, and notifies me (OWNER_CHAT_ID) immediately. - Owner-only /broadcast <text>: send to every chat that has messaged the bot, throttled under Telegram rate limits, then report sent and failed counts. - Owner-only /stats: total users, messages per day for the last 14 days, top 5 commands. - README: BotFather setup, .env keys (BOT_TOKEN, OWNER_CHAT_ID), and how to keep it running with pm2. - Out of scope: multi-bot management, a web dashboard, scheduled broadcasts, and mobile apps; that is what the hosted product is for. ## Required capabilities - Telegram bot token - always-on process (VPS or spare machine) - SQLite - config file for commands ## Delivery order 1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands. 2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow. 3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence. 4. Cover the critical path with automated tests. 5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step. ## Done when - A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README. - The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it. - Tests cover the highest-risk behavior. - Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden.
# Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced. # Never put real credentials in this file. APP_ENV=development # Add only values required by the selected implementation.
# TeleMinute product brief ## Problem A single personal bot with commands, keyword replies, and a basic broadcast is a solid weekend build on Telegram's friendly Bot API. What you are really buying is the hosted no-code layer: a dashboard a non-technical shop owner edits from a phone, scheduled broadcasts, lead-capture forms, analytics, and native iOS/Android apps. If you can run code you can replace your own subscription, but you cannot hand the DIY version to a client who cannot. ## Product outcome Register a bot with @BotFather, run a long-polling Node process that answers commands and keyword triggers from a config file, store chats and leads in SQLite, and add an owner-only broadcast command. ## Target user A serious builder who needs a maintainable product foundation rather than a one-off demo. ## Required capabilities - Telegram bot token - always-on process (VPS or spare machine) - SQLite - config file for commands ## Explicit non-goals for v1 - no-code dashboard - mobile apps - scheduled broadcasts - lead-capture form builder - analytics ## Success criteria - The primary workflow is measurable end to end. - Setup is reproducible in a clean environment. - Failure, recovery, and support paths are documented. - Product claims match what the implementation actually guarantees.
# Architecture ## Starting brief Build me a personal Telegram bot for one business, replacing TeleMinute. Requirements: - Node 22 + grammY + better-sqlite3, one small project, no build step; data lives in data/bot.db. - Long polling, not webhooks, so it runs anywhere with just BOT_TOKEN in .env (create the bot with @BotFather first). - Commands are defined in commands.yaml: name, reply text, optional image path, optional inline URL buttons. Hot-reload the file on change. - Keyword auto-replies in the same file: trigger words like "price" or "hours" mapped to reply text. - /start sends a greeting listing the available commands. - Lead capture: /contact walks the user through name, phone, and message as a short conversation, saves it to a leads table, and notifies me (OWNER_CHAT_ID) immediately. - Owner-only /broadcast <text>: send to every chat that has messaged the bot, throttled under Telegram rate limits, then report sent and failed counts. - Owner-only /stats: total users, messages per day for the last 14 days, top 5 commands. - README: BotFather setup, .env keys (BOT_TOKEN, OWNER_CHAT_ID), and how to keep it running with pm2. - Out of scope: multi-bot management, a web dashboard, scheduled broadcasts, and mobile apps; that is what the hosted product is for. ## Boundaries Separate the product into replaceable modules for interface, application logic, persistence, external integrations, and operational concerns. Keep domain logic independent from delivery frameworks and vendors. ## Production baseline - Configuration: validated at startup with safe local defaults where possible. - Security: least privilege, input validation, secret redaction, rate limits on abuse-prone paths, and no invented security primitives. - Data: explicit schema and migrations, transactional writes where integrity matters, backup and restore instructions. - Integrations: adapters around third-party providers, idempotent webhook or job processing, bounded retries, and timeouts. - Observability: structured logs with request or operation IDs, an error-tracking hook, and health/readiness checks where a server exists. - Quality: unit tests for domain rules, integration tests at module boundaries, and one end-to-end critical-path test. ## Decision records For each major dependency, document why it was chosen, its failure mode, and how it can be replaced. Do not introduce infrastructure until a requirement justifies it.
# Agent instructions - Read `PRODUCT.md` and `ARCHITECTURE.md` before changing code. - Implement milestone by milestone; keep each change reviewable and leave the application runnable. - Treat authentication, payments, encryption, imports, webhooks, and destructive actions as high-risk boundaries when present. - Never invent cryptography or silently weaken a requirement to make a test pass. - Use provider interfaces for external services and deterministic fakes in tests. - Add migrations and rollback or recovery notes for persistent data changes. - Log useful operational context without credentials, tokens, passwords, or personal data. - Update documentation and run all checks before completing a milestone.
# Delivery milestones ## M0 — Decisions and scaffold - Confirm the runtime, persistence model, threat boundaries, and deployment target. - Create a reproducible local environment and continuous checks. ## M1 — Core workflow - Implement the smallest end-to-end product path with validation and tests. - Keep integrations behind interfaces. ## M2 — Trust layer - Add secure failure behavior, recovery paths, audit-relevant events, and data safeguards. - Test abuse cases and destructive operations. ## M3 — Operability - Add structured logs, error reporting hooks, health signals, backup/restore documentation, and deployment configuration. ## M4 — Release gate - Run a clean-install test, critical-path end-to-end test, dependency review, and documented rollback exercise. - Compare the shipped behavior with `PRODUCT.md` and publish remaining limitations.
# Operations ## Before release - Validate configuration and secrets at startup. - Define backup, restore, and rollback procedures and test them. - Document logs, error tracking, health signals, and alert ownership. - Set dependency update and vulnerability review expectations. ## Incident checklist 1. Contain the issue without destroying evidence or user data. 2. Record the timeline and affected scope. 3. Rotate exposed secrets and revoke compromised sessions or credentials. 4. Restore from a verified source when needed. 5. Document the root cause, remediation, and regression test. ## Launch constraint Do not market omitted TeleMinute capabilities as implemented. The v1 non-goals in `PRODUCT.md` remain user-visible limitations until they are deliberately delivered.
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They pay because the target user is a cafe or gym owner who will never open a terminal, and TeleMinute gives them a working bot in minutes from a phone.
xno-code dashboard
xmobile apps
xscheduled broadcasts
xlead-capture form builder
xanalytics
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TeleMinute pricing
| plan | monthly | annual (per mo) | what you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| premium | $9.99/workspace | — | Unlimited bots, commands, keyword replies, users and traffic; up to 4 images per command |
free tierno free tier
billingweekly ($3.99), monthly ($9.99) or one-time lifetime ($49.99); no annual plan
hidden costsThe nominal subscription is flat with unlimited bots and traffic; payment-processing, Telegram advertising or third-party integrations may create external costs, but no platform overage schedule is published
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Vibecode TeleMinute
Kinda. The core of TeleMinute is buildable in a weekend with the prompt on this page, but there are real gaps: no-code dashboard, mobile apps. Read the honest list above before committing.
How much does TeleMinute cost?
TeleMinute costs about $9.99/month (Premium, checked 2026-08-14), which is $119.88 per year.
What do I lose by replacing TeleMinute?
Honestly: no-code dashboard; mobile apps; scheduled broadcasts; lead-capture form builder; analytics. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.
Is there an open-source alternative to TeleMinute?
Yes: Activepieces (A visual automation product with Telegram triggers, replies, forms, and broadcasts; you assemble the bot rather than code it.) n8n Community Edition (A visual Telegram workflow engine that can receive commands, branch, collect answers, and broadcast; self-hosting is the price of free.) The prompt is for when you want it exactly your way.