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Capturing Telegram messages β€” text, images, and video

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 issues, 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:

  1. Long-press any message in any Telegram chat
  2. Tap Forward
  3. Choose @msgboard_bot as the recipient
  4. The message becomes an issue on your default board immediately

A forwarded message in Telegram with the bot's reaction confirming it was saved

This works for text messages, photos, videos, and albums.

What gets captured

When you forward a message, Laraue Boards saves:

  • The text content of the message (up to 4096 characters)
  • Photos and videos β€” shown as thumbnails on the issue card, fetched from Telegram in original quality when you open them
  • Sender 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.

Attachments on the issue

There are no thumbnails on the board card β€” media only shows up once you open the issue. The detail page has an Attachments section below the content, showing every photo and video as a small thumbnail. Tap one to open the full image.

The Attachments section on an issue's detail page

From here you can also add more images yourself β€” Choose other images, or paste one directly with Ctrl+V β€” and remove any attachment with the Γ— on its thumbnail.

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 issue are not linked to any Telegram message. They have the same fields (content, status, attributes) but no sender or media from Telegram.