From ce60c6db1b2ec22796e13f62eb8fa59839749ffc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Mitchell <jlelonmitchell@gmail.com >
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 13:26:37 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat(telegram): implement sendPayload for channelData support

Add sendPayload handler to Telegram outbound adapter to support
channel-specific data via the channelData pattern. This enables
features like inline keyboard buttons without custom ReplyPayload fields.

Implementation:
- Extract telegram.buttons from payload.channelData
- Pass buttons to sendMessageTelegram (already supports this)
- Follows existing sendText/sendMedia patterns
- Completes optional ChannelOutboundAdapter.sendPayload interface

This enables plugins to send Telegram-specific features (buttons, etc.)
using the standard channelData envelope pattern instead of custom fields.

Related: delivery system in src/infra/outbound/deliver.ts:324 already
checks for sendPayload handler and routes accordingly.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/channels/plugins/outbound/telegram.ts | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/channels/plugins/outbound/telegram.ts b/src/channels/plugins/outbound/telegram.ts
index 9b138705a..6732f5ea0 100644
--- a/src/channels/plugins/outbound/telegram.ts
+++ b/src/channels/plugins/outbound/telegram.ts
@@ -50,4 +50,24 @@ export const telegramOutbound: ChannelOutboundAdapter = {
     });
     return { channel: "telegram", ...result };
   },
+  sendPayload: async ({ to, payload, accountId, deps, replyToId, threadId }) => {
+    const send = deps?.sendTelegram ?? sendMessageTelegram;
+    const replyToMessageId = parseReplyToMessageId(replyToId);
+    const messageThreadId = parseThreadId(threadId);
+
+    // Extract Telegram-specific data from channelData
+    const telegramData = payload.channelData?.telegram as
+      | { buttons?: Array<Array<{ text: string; callback_data: string }>> }
+      | undefined;
+
+    const result = await send(to, payload.text ?? "", {
+      verbose: false,
+      textMode: "html",
+      messageThreadId,
+      replyToMessageId,
+      accountId: accountId ?? undefined,
+      buttons: telegramData?.buttons,
+    });
+    return { channel: "telegram", ...result };
+  },
 };