feat: add detailed setup instructions for Telegram, Discord, and Slack platforms

Enhanced the gateway setup process by including step-by-step setup instructions for Telegram, Discord, and Slack. Updated help prompts for environment variables to reference these new instructions, improving user guidance during the configuration of messaging platforms. This change aims to streamline the onboarding experience for users setting up their bots.

hermes_cli/gateway.py

@@ -410,12 +410,18 @@ _PLATFORMS = [
         "label": "Telegram",
         "emoji": "📱",
         "token_var": "TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN",
+        "setup_instructions": [
+            "1. Open Telegram and message @BotFather",
+            "2. Send /newbot and follow the prompts to create your bot",
+            "3. Copy the bot token BotFather gives you",
+            "4. To find your user ID: message @userinfobot — it replies with your numeric ID",
+        ],
         "vars": [
             {"name": "TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN", "prompt": "Bot token", "password": True,
-             "help": "Create a bot via @BotFather on Telegram to get a token."},
+             "help": "Paste the token from @BotFather (step 3 above)."},
             {"name": "TELEGRAM_ALLOWED_USERS", "prompt": "Allowed user IDs (comma-separated)", "password": False,
              "is_allowlist": True,
-             "help": "To find your user ID: message @userinfobot on Telegram."},
+             "help": "Paste your user ID from step 4 above."},
             {"name": "TELEGRAM_HOME_CHANNEL", "prompt": "Home channel ID (for cron/notification delivery, or empty to set later with /set-home)", "password": False,
              "help": "For DMs, this is your user ID. You can set it later by typing /set-home in chat."},
         ],
@@ -425,12 +431,25 @@ _PLATFORMS = [
         "label": "Discord",
         "emoji": "💬",
         "token_var": "DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN",
+        "setup_instructions": [
+            "1. Go to https://discord.com/developers/applications → New Application",
+            "2. Go to Bot → Reset Token → copy the bot token",
+            "3. Enable: Bot → Privileged Gateway Intents → Message Content Intent",
+            "4. Invite the bot to your server:",
+            "   OAuth2 → URL Generator → check BOTH scopes:",
+            "     - bot",
+            "     - applications.commands  (required for slash commands!)",
+            "   Bot Permissions: Send Messages, Read Message History, Attach Files",
+            "   Copy the URL and open it in your browser to invite.",
+            "5. Get your user ID: enable Developer Mode in Discord settings,",
+            "   then right-click your name → Copy ID",
+        ],
         "vars": [
             {"name": "DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN", "prompt": "Bot token", "password": True,
-             "help": "Create a bot at https://discord.com/developers/applications"},
+             "help": "Paste the token from step 2 above."},
             {"name": "DISCORD_ALLOWED_USERS", "prompt": "Allowed user IDs or usernames (comma-separated)", "password": False,
              "is_allowlist": True,
-             "help": "Enable Developer Mode in Discord settings, then right-click your name → Copy ID."},
+             "help": "Paste your user ID from step 5 above."},
             {"name": "DISCORD_HOME_CHANNEL", "prompt": "Home channel ID (for cron/notification delivery, or empty to set later with /set-home)", "password": False,
              "help": "Right-click a channel → Copy Channel ID (requires Developer Mode)."},
         ],
@@ -440,14 +459,25 @@ _PLATFORMS = [
         "label": "Slack",
         "emoji": "💼",
         "token_var": "SLACK_BOT_TOKEN",
+        "setup_instructions": [
+            "1. Go to https://api.slack.com/apps → Create New App → From Scratch",
+            "2. Enable Socket Mode: App Settings → Socket Mode → Enable",
+            "3. Get Bot Token: OAuth & Permissions → Install to Workspace → copy xoxb-... token",
+            "4. Get App Token: Basic Information → App-Level Tokens → Generate",
+            "   Name it anything, add scope: connections:write → copy xapp-... token",
+            "5. Add bot scopes: OAuth & Permissions → Scopes → chat:write, im:history,",
+            "   im:read, im:write, channels:history, channels:read",
+            "6. Reinstall the app to your workspace after adding scopes",
+            "7. Find your user ID: click your profile → three dots → Copy member ID",
+        ],
         "vars": [
             {"name": "SLACK_BOT_TOKEN", "prompt": "Bot Token (xoxb-...)", "password": True,
-             "help": "Go to https://api.slack.com/apps → Create New App → OAuth & Permissions → Install to Workspace."},
+             "help": "Paste the bot token from step 3 above."},
             {"name": "SLACK_APP_TOKEN", "prompt": "App Token (xapp-...)", "password": True,
-             "help": "App Settings → Basic Information → App-Level Tokens → Generate (with connections:write scope)."},
+             "help": "Paste the app-level token from step 4 above."},
             {"name": "SLACK_ALLOWED_USERS", "prompt": "Allowed user IDs (comma-separated)", "password": False,
              "is_allowlist": True,
-             "help": "Find Slack user IDs in your profile or via the Slack API."},
+             "help": "Paste your member ID from step 7 above."},
         ],
     },
     {
@@ -488,6 +518,13 @@ def _setup_standard_platform(platform: dict):
     print()
     print(color(f"  ─── {emoji} {label} Setup ───", Colors.CYAN))
 
+    # Show step-by-step setup instructions if this platform has them
+    instructions = platform.get("setup_instructions")
+    if instructions:
+        print()
+        for line in instructions:
+            print_info(f"  {line}")
+
     existing_token = get_env_value(token_var)
     if existing_token:
         print()