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The Background Daemon runs Sixth as a background process on your machine, so your Telegram bot stays connected and can receive and work on coding tasks even when VS Code is closed.

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Turning it on

  1. Set up the Telegram Relay first.
  2. Open Sixth Settings → Integrations and find Background Daemon.
  3. Turn on Run background daemon.
When it’s running, the status reads Daemon Active with its process ID (“PID … — listening for messages”). Turn the toggle off to stop it.

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Requirements

The daemon runs on your system’s Node.js (not the copy bundled inside VS Code), so Node.js must be installed and available on your PATH.

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Good to know

  • The daemon runs on your machine. Your computer has to be on and awake for it to pick up messages.
  • Its process files live in the .sixth folder in your home directory.