Tutorials

Tutorials are step-by-step learning paths. If you’re new, start here and follow them in order.

If you already know what you want to do (e.g. “enable topics” or “fetch a file”), jump to How-to.

Before you start

You’ll need:

• A Telegram account + a bot token
• Python 3.14+ and uv
• At least one engine CLI on your PATH: codex, claude, opencode, or pi

1) Install and onboard

Get Takopi installed, create a bot token, capture your chat id, and pick a default engine.

• Install & onboard

2) Your first run

Run Takopi in a repo, send your first task from Telegram, and learn the two core controls:

• reply-to-continue (resume)

• cancel a run

• First run

What to do next

Once you can run tasks end-to-end, you’ll usually want:

• Register a repo as a project alias: How-to: Projects
• Run work on a branch in a dedicated worktree: How-to: Worktrees
• Keep long-running work organized in threads: How-to: Topics

When you need exact knobs and defaults:

• Reference: Configuration
• Reference: Commands & directives