Enable Telegram Threads for Your Hermes Agent Bot

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-08-04 · Open on X

Topics: AI Agents, Tool Use & MCP, AI Dev Tools & Productivity · Level: beginner

Summary

If you use Hermes through a Telegram bot, turn on threads so you can talk to the agent about different topics in separate threads. You enable this in Telegram's BotFather with the /setthreads command.

Key points

• Threads let you keep separate conversations with your agent, one per topic.
• Open a chat with BotFather in Telegram.
• Type /setthreads.
• Select your Hermes bot to enable threads for it.

Resources mentioned

• BotFather · tool · t.me · free
  Telegram's official bot for creating and configuring Telegram bots.
• Hermes Agent · tool · github.com · free
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Try this

• In Telegram, message BotFather, type /setthreads, and select your Hermes bot.