The core idea behind Laraue Boards is that work is already happening in Telegram. A client request, a bug report, a photo of something that needs fixing β these are all tasks, they just haven't been structured yet. Laraue Boards captures them directly.
Forwarding a message to the bot
The simplest way to capture a message:
- Long-press any message in any Telegram chat
- Tap Forward
- Choose @laraue_boards_bot as the recipient
- The message appears in your Backlog immediately
This works for text messages, photos, videos, voice messages, documents, and mixed media.
What gets captured
When you forward a message, Laraue Boards saves:
- The text content of the message (up to 4096 characters)
- Photos β stored and shown as thumbnails on the issue card
- Videos β stored with progressive streaming support, so they play immediately without waiting for a full download
- Sender name and source chat name β shown on the card for context
- Timestamp β when the original message was sent
What is not captured: reactions, replies, forwarded-from attribution chains, and voice message transcriptions.
Media in issue cards
If an issue has attached photos or videos, a horizontal strip of thumbnails appears on the card β up to four visible, with a +N overlay if there are more. The strip is horizontally scrollable.
Tapping any thumbnail opens the media viewer: a full-screen view with navigation between all attachments. Videos play with native controls. The viewer shows a 2 / 5 counter when there are multiple files.
Media in the issue detail
The issue detail view shows a 3-column grid of all media files above the text content. Tapping any item opens the viewer at that position.
Text-only issues
A message does not need text to become an issue. A photo with no caption becomes a media-only issue β the card shows the thumbnail strip without any text below the header.
Manually created issues
Issues created by tapping + Add card on a board column are not linked to any Telegram message. They have the same fields (content, status, attributes) but no sender, source chat, or media from Telegram.
Supported media types
| Type | Supported |
|---|---|
| Photos (JPEG, PNG, WebP) | β |
| Videos (MP4, MOV) | β with progressive streaming |
| GIFs | β treated as video |
| Voice messages | - |
| Documents / files | - |
| Stickers | - |