Control Dassi from Telegram

Telegram remote control lets you message @dassi_ai_bot from your phone and have Dassi carry out the task in Chrome on your computer. Your computer does the work; your phone is just the input.

This feature is in beta. You’ll see a BETA badge on the Remote tab in Settings.

Why you’d use it

You’re away from your desk and want Dassi to look something up, fill out a form, or run a multi-step task. Instead of waiting until you get back, you send a message from your phone and Dassi replies when it’s done.

It also pairs well with having multiple devices — you can link Dassi on different Chrome profiles and switch between them from the same Telegram chat.

Before you start

You need:

• A Telegram account
• Dassi installed and signed in on the computer that will run tasks

Connect your Telegram account

1. Open Settings (⋮ menu in the sidebar toolbar → Settings).
2. Click the Remote tab.
3. Click Connect Telegram. Dassi generates a pairing token — it expires in 5 minutes.
4. Do one of the following:
   • Click Open in Telegram to jump straight to the @dassi_ai_bot chat. On first link, Telegram shows a Start button — tap it once. The bot replies “Linked”.
   • Click Copy /link <token> and paste that command into @dassi_ai_bot yourself.

Once linked, you’ll see the connection listed in the Linked connections section below the Connect card.

Send a task

Message @dassi_ai_bot in Telegram with whatever you want done:

Book a table for 2 at a restaurant near the Space Needle for Saturday evening.

Dassi picks up your message, runs the task in Chrome, and replies in the same Telegram chat when it finishes. Tasks can take up to 10 minutes.

You can attach photos — Dassi will include them as part of the task.

The conversation also appears in Dassi’s side panel on your computer, so you can watch the task run live or pick it up later.

Send a voice message

Send a voice note to @dassi_ai_bot from your linked account. Dassi transcribes it, runs the task, and replies in Telegram. Keep the connected computer awake and online with Chrome running.

Choose Dassi managed (default) under Settings → Models → Voice, or select OpenAI/Groq with a matching speech API key. The same voice setting is used for sidebar dictation. See Voice dictation for setup, limits, and troubleshooting.

Manage linked connections

The Linked connections card in the Remote tab shows every active pairing. Each row shows:

• The Telegram chat it came from
• The bot it paired through
• Which Chrome installation handles requests from that chat
• When the device was last active

Switch which computer handles requests

If you have Dassi installed on more than one computer or Chrome profile, you can link all of them to the same Telegram chat. To choose which one handles requests, send this from the @dassi_ai_bot chat:

/use <label>

The label matches the device name shown in the Linked connections list — something like macOS Chrome or My Chrome.

Unlink a connection

Send /unlink from inside the @dassi_ai_bot chat to disconnect that Chrome profile from the chat.