Feature Request

Problem

The Web UI (Control Panel) shows everything the agent does in real time: thinking steps, tool calls, intermediate results, reasoning, memory operations. On Telegram, the user only sees "Nova is typing..." and then the final answer. All the intermediate activity is invisible.

This creates a disconnect: the Web UI feels transparent and trustworthy, while Telegram feels like a black box.

Current state

• Web UI: Full visibility into every agent step
• Telegram: Only the final response (with streaming: off) or a live preview that gets replaced/deleted (with streaming: partial/block)
• /verbose: Exists but only covers tool execution logs, is unreliable on Telegram ([Bug]: Tool execution logs intermittently missing in verbose mode via Telegram DM channel #11706), and doesn't include thinking steps or reasoning

Desired behavior

A Telegram mode that mirrors what the Web UI chat shows — each agent activity step rendered as a persistent, separate message:

1. 🔍 Searching memory... → result summary
2. 🛠️ Running tool: exec → output snippet
3. 💭 Thinking: "The user asked about X, I should..."
4. 📝 Writing to memory/2026-03-06.md
5. ✅ Final answer

Each step stays visible as its own message. Nothing gets deleted or replaced.

Suggested implementation

A new streaming mode or config flag, e.g.:

"telegram": {
  "streaming": "full"
}

Or:

"telegram": {
  "streaming": "partial",
  "activityMessages": true
}

Internal turns (like memory flush) that use NO_REPLY should be excluded from activity messages, since they are housekeeping and not part of the user-facing conversation.

Why this matters

• Transparency: See what the agent is actually doing, not just the result
• Trust: Long waits with only "typing..." feel uncertain — is it stuck? thinking? running tools?
• Debugging: When something goes wrong, the intermediate steps show where
• Feature parity: Telegram is a first-class channel and should offer the same experience as the Web UI

Related issues

• [Bug]: Tool execution logs intermittently missing in verbose mode via Telegram DM channel #11706 — /verbose tool logs missing on Telegram (closed/stale)
• Streaming: messages appear then disappear, replaced by envelope icon (Telegram) #30971 — Streaming messages disappear
• [Bug]: Bug Report: Streaming Message Disappearance Due to Pinned Main DM Recipient Conflict #33856 — Streaming + pinned DM conflict
• Suppress NO_REPLY message flash in Telegram #27959 — NO_REPLY flash in Telegram

Environment

• OpenClaw v2026.3.2
• Channel: Telegram
• Model: DeepSeek V3 via LiteLLM