MetaBot: Open-Source Bridge Connects Claude Code to Telegram, Feishu, and WeChat
What MetaBot Does
MetaBot solves the problem of Claude Code being locked in a terminal by bridging the Claude Code Agent SDK to messaging platforms. This allows developers to interact with Claude Code from their phones via text, enabling tasks like bug fixes, script execution, and deployment checks without needing a laptop.
Core Features
Each bot instance runs as a full Claude Code agent with all capabilities: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep, WebSearch, and MCP. It operates in bypassPermissions mode for full autonomy.
The messaging interface shows real-time streaming cards with color-coded tool call status: blue for running, green for complete, and red for error.
Advanced Capabilities
- MetaMemory: A shared knowledge base using SQLite with FTS5 that enables agents to remember information across sessions. When one agent learns something, others can search and reference it. Changes automatically sync to a Feishu wiki.
- MetaSkill: An agent factory system where typing
/metaskill ios appgenerates a complete.claude/agent team with an orchestrator, domain experts, and a code reviewer. - Scheduler: Cron-based task scheduling. Example: a task that searches Hacker News every morning at 9 AM, summarizes the top 5 AI stories, and saves them to MetaMemory, all configured with a single natural language message.
- Agent Bus: Enables bots to communicate with each other via REST API, allowing delegation between specialized agents (e.g., frontend-bot delegating to backend-bot). Supports cross-instance federation.
- Jarvis Mode: Voice control via iOS Shortcuts and AirPods using STT → Agent execution → TTS pipeline.
Technical Implementation
MetaBot is built in TypeScript with approximately 11,000 lines of code and 155 tests. It's released under the MIT license with one-line installation.
Supported platforms include Telegram (easiest setup at 30 seconds), Feishu/Lark (using WebSocket, no public IP needed), and WeChat (via ClawBot plugin).
Real-World Usage
The creators at XVI Robotics (a 10-person robotics company) run approximately 20 specialized Claude Code agents through MetaBot, including frontend, backend, ops, and research bots. Each agent has its own working directory and skills while sharing knowledge through MetaMemory and delegating tasks via the Agent Bus. They describe this as experimenting with running an "agent-native company."
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👀 See Also
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Terminal-Based 3D Renderer Built with Multi-Agent Claude Code System
A developer created tortuise, a pure terminal-based 3D renderer that displays Gaussian splats using Unicode and ASCII symbols, built over 3 days using 70-80 AI agents coordinated through a Claude Code setup with subagents inside subagents.
Claude Auto-Continue: Chrome extension automates tool-use limit interruptions
A developer built a free Chrome extension that automatically clicks 'Continue' when Claude hits its tool-use limit after roughly 20 tool calls, eliminating manual interruptions during agentic workflows. The extension includes optional token minimization and works across all tabs and windows.
Skillware adds prompt_rewriter for deterministic token compression in Claude API agent loops
Skillware has merged a new prompt_rewriter skill that compresses prompts by 50-80% before sending to Claude API, reducing costs in agentic loops while maintaining stable behavior through deterministic compression.