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name: telegram-reaction-prober description: Probe which emoji reactions are accepted in a specific Telegram chat/message, record an allow/deny list, and optionally remove test reactions afterwards.

Telegram Reaction Prober

What this skill is

Telegram reactions are chat-specific: a bot can only react with emojis that are enabled for that chat/message. When you try an unsupported emoji, Telegram returns:

• 400 Bad Request: REACTION_INVALID

This skill is the prober (the method + starter datasets), not a global list. It helps you:

• test a list of candidate emojis against a specific message_id
• classify them as Allowed vs Rejected
• optionally remove successful reactions after testing (so you don't spam the chat)
• write the results into TOOLS.md (or another file)

Important: Do not publish your private chat’s allow/deny list as “the answer for everyone”. Share the prober + candidate sets; each user still probes their own chat.

Limits / Reality check

There is no practical way to "test every emoji" (Unicode is enormous, and this Clawdbot Telegram integration does not expose Telegram's enabled-reaction list directly).

So the best approach is:

1. Test a curated emoji set you care about (common reactions)
2. Save the whitelist for that chat
3. Re-run when Telegram chat settings change

How to run (manual)

1. Pick a target Telegram message_id (e.g. the most recent message in the chat).
2. Pick a candidate emoji set:
   • start small (15–30), or
   • use the included 200-emoji starter list:
     • skills/telegram-reaction-prober/assets/emoji200-unicode-frequency-2019.txt
3. For each emoji:
   • call message tool with action=react and that emoji
   • if it succeeds → mark Allowed
   • if it fails with REACTION_INVALID → mark Rejected
4. Cleanup options:
   • Fast/quiet: don’t remove; Telegram generally keeps only one reaction per user/bot (so you’re effectively just flipping it)
   • Clean: remove successful reactions after testing via remove=true
5. Write results to /home/ubuntu/clawd/TOOLS.md under a heading like:
   • ### Telegram reactions (this chat) — tested on message_id XYZ

Suggested starter emoji set

Allowed in many chats:

• 👍 ❤️ 🔥 🙏 🎉 🤔 👀

Often rejected (depends on chat):

• ✅ 😂 💡

Good candidates to test next:

• 👎 😅 😭 😮 😍 🤝 👏 🙌 💯 😡 😴 🧠 🧩 ⚠️

Notes

• Be mindful of rate limits; don’t blast 100+ reactions without delays.
• Keep tests on a single known message_id and record it.