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Recipe: reminders on Telegram with Hermes

Tell Hermes "remind me in 3 minutes…" or "remind me tomorrow at 9…" and it sends you the reminder on Telegram at that time.
Time needed 2 minutes
You need A Hermes agent with Telegram connected and a home channel set (see Schedule a recurring task)
Result A Telegram message at the time you asked

1. Ask for the reminder

In any chat with Hermes (the dashboard CHAT page, or Telegram itself), say what and when:

Remind me on Telegram in 3 minutes: 'Call the accountant about the VAT return'.

  1. Your request.
  2. Hermes creates a one-time scheduled job and tells you when it will be sent.

Hermes schedules the reminder

2. Wait for it

At the time, the reminder arrives on Telegram. In our test it arrived about a minute after the time Hermes announced (Hermes checks its scheduled jobs once a minute).

In the dashboard, CRON lists the reminder (1). After it is sent, it shows completed and Last (2) shows when it ran.

The reminder is completed

Check that it worked

  • The message is in your Telegram chat with the bot.
  • CRON shows the reminder as completed, with repeat: 1/1.

Make it yours

  • "Remind me every Monday at 9:00 to send the invoices." (a repeating reminder)
  • "Remind me on 1 March at 10:00 to renew the insurance."
  • "What reminders do I have?" or "Cancel the insurance reminder."
  • Always say the time zone if it matters ("9:00 Lisbon time").

Common problems

The reminder did not arrive

Check that Telegram is connected (CHANNELS) and that a home channel is set: without it the job runs but has nowhere to send the message. See Schedule a recurring task.

It arrived at the wrong hour

Hermes may have used another time zone. Ask it to use your time zone and check the time it announces.

Next steps