# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Inline keyboard button support for messaging gateways

## Open now

- 4 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #15311: Add generic action buttons / inline keyboard support for messaging platforms
- #45912: \[Feature\]: Whatsapp/telegram Predefined Keyboard Input
- #52252: feat(gateway/telegram): generic inline action buttons on agent/scheduled messages
- #61825: Native SUGGESTION button support (inline keyboard) for Telegram + other platforms
- PR #42865: feat(telegram): expose inline keyboard buttons via send_message tool
- _Broad area: open items may be separate problems._

These issues and PRs concern adding inline keyboard and predefined button input support across messaging platforms, with a focus on Telegram (and interest in WhatsApp), for use in agent messages, approval prompts, and scheduled messages.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 4 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.16`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #15311: Add generic action buttons / inline keyboard support for messaging platforms
- #45912: \[Feature\]: Whatsapp/telegram Predefined Keyboard Input
- #52252: feat(gateway/telegram): generic inline action buttons on agent/scheduled messages
- #61825: Native SUGGESTION button support (inline keyboard) for Telegram + other platforms

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #42696: \[Feature Request\] Telegram Gateway: Expose inline keyboard buttons for agent approval prompts

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#42865: feat(telegram): expose inline keyboard buttons via send_message tool**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_send_message_tool.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`