Auto-reply to Telegram channel messages with AI text and images

flowchart TD trig(["checks channel every few seconds"]):::trigtime s0["check for new messages"]:::svc s1["detect command prefix"]:::task s2["generate ai response"]:::svc s3["post response to channel"]:::svc trig --> s0 s0 --> s1 s2 --> s3 gx{"× does message have a command"}:::gate s1 --> gx p00["skip message"]:::task gx -->|"no command found"| p00 p10["continue to response"]:::task gx -->|"command found"| p10 jn{"○ back to polling"}:::gate p00 --> jn p10 --> jn jn --> s2 lp{"runs continuously no end condition"}:::gate s3 --> lp lp -. "checks channel again" .-> s0 lp -->|"finished"| out out[/"automatic reply posted in channel"/]:::out pay{{"keep channel active without staffing"}}:::pay out --> pay classDef task fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#34b8f0,color:#2c2a29 classDef svc fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#7c8795,color:#2c2a29 classDef mi fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29,stroke-width:2px classDef human fill:#fff,stroke:#0079a8,color:#0079a8 classDef store fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29 classDef trig fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigtime fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigdata fill:#8ad4f5,stroke:#0079a8,color:#06314c,font-weight:bold classDef gate fill:#fff,stroke:#e8a23d,color:#6b4708,font-weight:bold classDef out fill:#1f9d6b,stroke:#167a53,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef pay fill:#06314c,stroke:#021f33,color:#fff