diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/button-types.test.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/button-types.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..849caac62ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/button-types.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { buildTelegramInteractiveButtons, resolveTelegramInlineButtons } from "./button-types.js";
+
+describe("buildTelegramInteractiveButtons", () => {
+  it("maps shared buttons and selects into Telegram inline rows", () => {
+    expect(
+      buildTelegramInteractiveButtons({
+        blocks: [
+          {
+            type: "buttons",
+            buttons: [
+              { label: "Approve", value: "approve", style: "success" },
+              { label: "Reject", value: "reject", style: "danger" },
+              { label: "Later", value: "later" },
+              { label: "Archive", value: "archive" },
+            ],
+          },
+          {
+            type: "select",
+            options: [{ label: "Alpha", value: "alpha" }],
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+    ).toEqual([
+      [
+        { text: "Approve", callback_data: "approve", style: "success" },
+        { text: "Reject", callback_data: "reject", style: "danger" },
+        { text: "Later", callback_data: "later", style: undefined },
+      ],
+      [{ text: "Archive", callback_data: "archive", style: undefined }],
+      [{ text: "Alpha", callback_data: "alpha", style: undefined }],
+    ]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("resolveTelegramInlineButtons", () => {
+  it("prefers explicit buttons over shared interactive blocks", () => {
+    const explicit = [[{ text: "Keep", callback_data: "keep" }]] as const;
+
+    expect(
+      resolveTelegramInlineButtons({
+        buttons: explicit,
+        interactive: {
+          blocks: [
+            {
+              type: "buttons",
+              buttons: [{ label: "Override", value: "override" }],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      }),
+    ).toBe(explicit);
+  });
+
+  it("derives buttons from raw interactive payloads", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveTelegramInlineButtons({
+        interactive: {
+          blocks: [
+            {
+              type: "buttons",
+              buttons: [{ label: "Retry", value: "retry", style: "primary" }],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      }),
+    ).toEqual([[{ text: "Retry", callback_data: "retry", style: "primary" }]]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/button-types.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/button-types.ts
index f9c77ac190b..a6eae71995b 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/button-types.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/button-types.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { reduceInteractiveReply } from "../../../src/channels/plugins/outbound/interactive.js";
-import type { InteractiveReply, InteractiveReplyButton } from "../../../src/interactive/payload.js";
+import {
+  normalizeInteractiveReply,
+  type InteractiveReply,
+  type InteractiveReplyButton,
+} from "../../../src/interactive/payload.js";
 
 export type TelegramButtonStyle = "danger" | "success" | "primary";
 
@@ -60,3 +64,12 @@ export function buildTelegramInteractiveButtons(
   );
   return rows.length > 0 ? rows : undefined;
 }
+
+export function resolveTelegramInlineButtons(params: {
+  buttons?: TelegramInlineButtons;
+  interactive?: unknown;
+}): TelegramInlineButtons | undefined {
+  return (
+    params.buttons ?? buildTelegramInteractiveButtons(normalizeInteractiveReply(params.interactive))
+  );
+}
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/channel-actions.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/channel-actions.ts
index 246ed45c0e3..84548374f05 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/channel-actions.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/channel-actions.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import type {
   ChannelMessageActionName,
 } from "../../../src/channels/plugins/types.js";
 import type { TelegramActionConfig } from "../../../src/config/types.telegram.js";
-import { normalizeInteractiveReply } from "../../../src/interactive/payload.js";
 import { readBooleanParam } from "../../../src/plugin-sdk/boolean-param.js";
 import { extractToolSend } from "../../../src/plugin-sdk/tool-send.js";
 import { resolveTelegramPollVisibility } from "../../../src/poll-params.js";
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ import {
   listEnabledTelegramAccounts,
   resolveTelegramPollActionGateState,
 } from "./accounts.js";
-import { buildTelegramInteractiveButtons } from "./button-types.js";
+import { resolveTelegramInlineButtons } from "./button-types.js";
 import { isTelegramInlineButtonsEnabled } from "./inline-buttons.js";
 
 const providerId = "telegram";
@@ -32,9 +31,10 @@ const providerId = "telegram";
 function readTelegramSendParams(params: Record<string, unknown>) {
   const to = readStringParam(params, "to", { required: true });
   const mediaUrl = readStringParam(params, "media", { trim: false });
-  const buttons =
-    params.buttons ??
-    buildTelegramInteractiveButtons(normalizeInteractiveReply(params.interactive));
+  const buttons = resolveTelegramInlineButtons({
+    buttons: params.buttons as ReturnType<typeof resolveTelegramInlineButtons>,
+    interactive: params.interactive,
+  });
   const hasButtons = Array.isArray(buttons) && buttons.length > 0;
   const message = readStringParam(params, "message", {
     required: !mediaUrl && !hasButtons,
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/outbound-adapter.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/outbound-adapter.ts
index b5ed5ccfcb4..e8c0530d06b 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/outbound-adapter.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/outbound-adapter.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 } from "../../../src/infra/outbound/send-deps.js";
 import { resolveInteractiveTextFallback } from "../../../src/interactive/payload.js";
 import type { TelegramInlineButtons } from "./button-types.js";
-import { buildTelegramInteractiveButtons } from "./button-types.js";
+import { resolveTelegramInlineButtons } from "./button-types.js";
 import { markdownToTelegramHtmlChunks } from "./format.js";
 import { parseTelegramReplyToMessageId, parseTelegramThreadId } from "./outbound-params.js";
 import { sendMessageTelegram } from "./send.js";
@@ -67,8 +67,10 @@ export async function sendTelegramPayloadMessages(params: {
       interactive: params.payload.interactive,
     }) ?? "";
   const mediaUrls = resolvePayloadMediaUrls(params.payload);
-  const interactiveButtons = buildTelegramInteractiveButtons(params.payload.interactive);
-  const buttons = telegramData?.buttons ?? interactiveButtons;
+  const buttons = resolveTelegramInlineButtons({
+    buttons: telegramData?.buttons,
+    interactive: params.payload.interactive,
+  });
   const payloadOpts = {
     ...params.baseOpts,
     quoteText,