Telegram + Linear + AI

your operating system,
inside Telegram

task tracker with voice input and auto-priorities for teams of 3 to 30. starting at $18/mo.

πŸ’¬ text / 🎀 voice / ↗️ forward
β†’
πŸ€– bot
β†’
πŸ“‹ Linear
β†’
πŸ‘₯ team
the problem

what CEO operations look like today

πŸ“ Apple Notes

tasks typed by hand. scattered across ten lists. nobody else can see them.

πŸ“§ contracts in email

documents get lost. on a call, the CEO found 3 contracts out of many β€” the rest are somewhere in Gmail.

πŸ”‡ team out of the loop

nobody sends anything. WhatsApp for calls, but tasks aren't tracked. Notion exists β€” unused.

"I just want something better than this notes thing to keep track of what I need to do. This is just not the most effective, having all these spread out to-do lists everywhere." β€” Jonathan Hecht, CEO
the solution

one bot instead of five apps

works from a cab, from your phone, by voice. no laptop needed.

πŸ’¬ type a message
β†’
πŸ€– bot picks it up
β†’
πŸ“‹ task in Linear
β†’
πŸ“± team sees it
🎀 send a voice note
β†’
πŸ€– Whisper transcribes
β†’
πŸ“‹ task with priority
β†’
πŸ“± assignee notified
features

already working

πŸ’¬ text β†’ task

any message becomes a Linear issue

🎀 voice β†’ task

Whisper transcribes, LLaMA extracts tasks

↗️ forward β†’ task

forward from any chat β€” bot creates the task

πŸ”΄πŸŸ‘πŸŸ’ auto-priority

detects from keywords + you can override with a button

πŸ”€ routing

pick a team: Support, DocOps, Legal, BD

πŸ“‹ /todo

task list with close βœ… and delete πŸ—‘

πŸ’¬ comments

reply to a bot message β†’ comment lands in Linear

πŸ“š onboarding

interactive guide for new team members

24/7

deployed on Railway, always on

architecture

three layers

Linear is the single source of truth. the bot and chats are inputs and outputs. one core.

input

Telegram bot

CEO, ops, entire team. text, voice, forwards.

core

Linear

tasks, statuses, priorities, assignees, due dates. webhooks β†’ notifications.

automation

Groq + Railway + Drive

Whisper (voice→text), LLaMA (task extraction), hosting $5/mo, data room for documents.

team setup

each department gets its own chat

one bot, added to every group. it knows where to route each task automatically.

πŸ‘€

CEO

private chat with the bot. writes a task, picks the team and priority. sees everything via /todo.

πŸ‘₯

team

each person in their own group. Legal Tasks, BD Tasks, Support. sees only their tasks.

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Legal Tasks

🀝

BD Tasks

πŸ’°

Fund Ops

🎧

Support

rollout

4 weeks to a full operating system

then leave it alone until something hurts.

week 1

group chats + auto-routing

team writes in their chat β†’ task lands in the right Linear team automatically

week 2

webhook notifications

"task assigned", "task closed" β€” delivered straight to Telegram

week 3

assignees

CEO writes "@alex review the contract" β†’ assignee set in Linear

week 4

due dates + morning digest

"by Friday" β†’ dueDate. every morning: "3 tasks today, 1 overdue"

cost

10x cheaper than the market

$50/mo

for 20 people, everything included

Railway (bot hosting)$5
Linear Standard (5 power users)$40
Telegram Business$5
Groq (AI, free tier*)$0
Google Drive$0

comparison

bot + Linear$50/mo
Jira$150/mo
Monday.com$360/mo
Asana Business$500/mo
scaling

grows with your team

3-5
people Β· now
Telegram + Linear Standard (5 teams)
$18/mo
10-15
people Β· 6 months
+ Topics, more groups
$26/mo
20+
people Β· 12 months
Linear Standard + TG Business
$50/mo

if you ever need Slack β€” the bot rewrites in a day. Linear stays the same.

platform comparison

Telegram vs Slack

honest comparison for a 20-person team

πŸ“± ↔ rotate for best view
TelegramWhatsAppSlack
bot costfree$15-50/mo + per msgfree
platform cost (20 ppl)$5/mo$0 (but pay per msg)$145/mo
annual total$60$500-2,000+$1,740
bot setup timeinstant, no approval1-2 weeks (verification)1-2 days
AI bot restrictionsnonegeneral-purpose AI banned (Jan 2026)none
voice messagesyes, easy APIyes, easy APIhuddles only, no async voice
inline buttonsfulllimitedfull
threadsTopics (forum mode)nonative, polished
searchweak, per chatweakpowerful
access controladmin / memberadmin / membergranular, per role
Linear integrationcustom bot (built)custom bot (to build)native
adoptionmost teams have iteveryone has itinstall + learn

recommendation: Telegram

only platform where bots are free, unrestricted, and ready in minutes. WhatsApp banned general-purpose AI bots in Jan 2026 and charges per message. Slack costs $1,740/yr. tasks live in Linear anyway β€” the messenger is just a doorway.

* Meta banned general-purpose AI bots on WhatsApp in January 2026. Task-specific bots (like ours) are allowed, but require business verification, API approval, and per-message fees. Telegram has no such restrictions.

maintenance

easy to keep running

one file, clean architecture, no enterprise software to manage.

add a new department 3 lines of code
set up new priority keywords 1 line
add webhook notifications 1 AI prompt
migrate to Slack 1 day
onboard a new person add to group
build a new bot command 1 AI prompt
security

documents don't fly around in chats

  • βœ“ contracts β†’ Google Drive with access control
  • βœ“ chats and Linear β†’ only links and tasks
  • βœ“ Linear β†’ team-based access (Legal sees only Legal)
  • βœ“ bot stores nothing β€” everything lives in Linear

the rule

documents live in Drive.
tasks live in Linear.
chats are just for talking.

three things, three places. nothing gets lost, nothing leaks.

summary

what you get

  • βœ“ tasks from voice, text, and forwards
  • βœ“ auto-priorities and team routing
  • βœ“ each department sees only their tasks
  • βœ“ notifications on assign and close
  • βœ“ onboarding for new team members
  • βœ“ easy to extend without a developer
$50/mo

for 20 people

4 weeks to roll out

1 JavaScript file

0 enterprise software

the offer

what this costs

$3,000

one-time setup + 1 month of hands-on ops

  • βœ“ full bot built and deployed (voice, text, forwards)
  • βœ“ Linear configured β€” 5 teams, workflows, labels
  • βœ“ team routing + notification system
  • βœ“ morning digest + deadline tracking
  • βœ“ onboarding guide for your team
  • βœ“ 1 month of operational support β€” I work as your ops
  • βœ“ documentation + handoff so you can maintain it

after month 1: $50/mo infrastructure (Railway + Linear + Telegram). no retainer, no lock-in.

for context

hiring an ops person $4,000-6,000/mo
Clara AI (scheduling only) $2,400/yr
Lindy AI (agent builder) $600/yr
Bond AI (chief of staff) undisclosed, YC-backed
Asana for 20 people $6,000/yr

you get a custom-built system tailored to your team, not a generic SaaS subscription. plus someone running it with you for the first month.

total year-1 cost: $3,000 + ($50 Γ— 11) = $3,550

vs. Asana alone: $6,000/yr β€” without AI, without voice, without customization

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