# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram clarify buttons: prefer native over copy controls

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #98911: Telegram hint should prefer native clarify buttons over copy controls

These issues and PRs address a change in how clarify hints are presented on Telegram, favoring native inline buttons over simulated copy-text button workarounds. The work involves updating platform prompts and fix logic to use Telegram's built-in clarify button mechanism.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: 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

- #98911: Telegram hint should prefer native clarify buttons over copy controls

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#98912: fix(telegram): prefer native clarify choices**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#99246: fix(telegram): add clarify inline-button hint to platform prompt to prevent copy_text button simulations**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#98912`

## Fix status

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