name: Telegram URL formatting — keep links clickable description: Don't wrap Telegram URLs in markdown asterisks; never put punctuation directly after a URL — use a newline or space. type: feedback originSessionId: 40f0e795-2843-4d61-8ac8-981bea2698ab

When sending messages to Сергій in Telegram, ensure URLs render as clickable hyperlinks.

Why: Сергій copy-pastes lots of URLs to teammates and clicks them himself. Default mcp__plugin_telegram_telegram__reply with format: text does NOT process **bold** markdown — asterisks render as literal characters AND can break the URL detection by Telegram's auto-linker (showing **https://example.com/** as plaintext, not a link). He explicitly called this out 2026-04-28.

How to apply:

1. Never wrap URLs in **...** or *...* when sending via Telegram default text format. Just paste the URL bare.
2. After a URL: end with a newline, period followed by space, or actual whitespace. Never put a closing **, ), :, comma, or other punctuation glued to the URL — Telegram's auto-linker may absorb them into the link target and 404.

Examples of what NOT to do (default text format):

• **https://example.com/foo** — asterisks visible, URL not clickable
• (https://example.com/foo) — closing paren ends up in URL
• https://example.com/foo: — colon attached to URL
• https://example.com/foo,next — comma attached

Correct:

• Лінк: https://example.com/foo (newline or end of message after)
• Перейди на https://example.com/foo щоб побачити... (space after)
• https://example.com/foo — нічого після, або новий рядок

Bonus: if you really want a label + URL formatted nicely, the right move is format: "markdownv2" with proper escaping, e.g.: [підпис](https://example.com/foo) — but only with format: markdownv2 set on the reply call. For default text format — just paste the bare URL on its own line.