status: active
timestamp: 2026-06-22
tags: [rule, telegram, channels, india, geo, notifications, drafts]
Telegram channels and roles (restored 2026-06-22)
4 Telegram channels in Oriz namespace
Telegram channels and roles
Status: restored 2026-06-22
User confirmed Telegram is accessible from India again. Supersedes no-telegram-india-banned.md (now archived as superseded).
Four channels
| Channel | Visibility | Role |
|---|---|---|
@oriz_announcements | Public | Every release, book drop, blog post auto-broadcast. Subscribers = audience. |
@oriz_drafts | Private (admin only) | omni-publish queues X / Reddit / LinkedIn / Medium drafts here. Dual-written to GH Issues repo too. |
@oriz_ops | Private (admin only) | Build / deploy / Dependabot / error / uptime alerts from all 51 repos. |
@oriz_paisa | Public | India finance content (Oriz Paisa book audience, FII/DII commentary, credit-card news). |
Namespace = @oriz_* not @chirag127_* — brand-owned, easier to hand off, decoupled from the person.
Drafts: dual-write to TG + GH Issues
omni-publish writes manual-channel drafts (X, Reddit, LinkedIn, Medium) to BOTH @oriz_drafts Telegram channel AND chirag127/oriz-drafts GitHub Issues. Reason: TG = mobile notifications + speed; GH Issues = searchable history + audit trail. Either side can fail and the other survives.
Substack stays in addition
Substack remains the long-form newsletter (free tier; paid future deferred). Telegram is the high-frequency broadcast layer. They serve different audiences:
- Substack = email-first readers, long-form posts, weekly digests
- Telegram = mobile-first followers, real-time, short-form + links
Cross-posting: every blog post auto-publishes to BOTH (omni-publish handles the fan-out).
Env vars
TELEGRAM_DRAFTS_BOT_TOKEN, TELEGRAM_DRAFTS_CHAT_ID — keep (no longer deprecated). Add TELEGRAM_ANNOUNCE_CHAT_ID, TELEGRAM_OPS_CHAT_ID, TELEGRAM_PAISA_CHAT_ID in templates/.env.example.
If user travels / TG re-banned
Switch to GH-Issues-only drafts (still dual-written, just stop reading TG). The rule auto-fails-back; no code change needed.
Cross-refs
- Drafts queue host → [[decisions/compute/drafts-queue-host]]
- Newsletter (Substack stays) → [[decisions/stack/newsletter-substack]]
- Omni-publish fan-out → [[decisions/packages/omni-publish-package]]
- The superseded ban rule → [[rules/no-telegram-india-banned]]