diff --git a/agentclaw/app/agent_claw_main/channels/telegram.py b/agentclaw/app/agent_claw_main/channels/telegram.py
index 3e10032..6417b19 100644
--- a/agentclaw/app/agent_claw_main/channels/telegram.py
+++ b/agentclaw/app/agent_claw_main/channels/telegram.py
@@ -63,6 +63,43 @@ class TelegramAdapter:
             import traceback
             print(f'[telegram] send_typing failed: {e}\n{traceback.format_exc()}')
 
+    def send_document(self, file_bytes: bytes, filename: str, caption: str = '') -> str:
+        """Send a file as a Telegram document using multipart/form-data. Returns message_id."""
+        import io
+        token = self._get_token()
+        url = f'https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/sendDocument'
+
+        boundary = '----AgentClawBoundary'
+        body = io.BytesIO()
+
+        def add_field(name: str, value: str):
+            body.write(f'--{boundary}\r\n'.encode())
+            body.write(f'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="{name}"\r\n\r\n'.encode())
+            body.write(f'{value}\r\n'.encode())
+
+        def add_file(name: str, fname: str, data: bytes):
+            body.write(f'--{boundary}\r\n'.encode())
+            body.write(f'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="{name}"; filename="{fname}"\r\n'.encode())
+            body.write(b'Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n')
+            body.write(data)
+            body.write(b'\r\n')
+
+        add_field('chat_id', self.chat_id)
+        if self.thread_id is not None:
+            add_field('message_thread_id', str(self.thread_id))
+        if caption:
+            add_field('caption', caption)
+        add_file('document', filename, file_bytes)
+        body.write(f'--{boundary}--\r\n'.encode())
+
+        req = urllib.request.Request(
+            url, data=body.getvalue(),
+            headers={'Content-Type': f'multipart/form-data; boundary={boundary}'},
+        )
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=60) as resp:
+            result = json.loads(resp.read())
+        return str(result.get('result', {}).get('message_id', ''))
+
     def edit(self, message_id: str, text: str) -> None:
         """Edit an existing message in-place."""
         try:
diff --git a/agentclaw/app/agent_claw_main/main.py b/agentclaw/app/agent_claw_main/main.py
index 1bb5725..3cbb0f1 100644
--- a/agentclaw/app/agent_claw_main/main.py
+++ b/agentclaw/app/agent_claw_main/main.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from tools.scheduler import schedule_reminder, list_reminders, cancel_reminder
 import tools.scheduler as _scheduler_module
 from tools.home_assistant import home_assistant, set_ha_config
 from tools.google_workspace import list_calendars, get_calendar_events, list_gmail_messages, get_gmail_message
+from tools.send_file import send_file as _send_file_impl
 import tools.google_workspace as _gws
 import httpx
 import botocore.auth
@@ -74,6 +75,19 @@ def web_search(query: str) -> str:
     return web_tools.brave_search(query)
 
 
+@tool
+def send_file(file_content: str, filename: str, caption: str = '') -> str:
+    """Send a file to the user as a Telegram document attachment.
+    Use this when you need to send code, data, or any text content as a downloadable file.
+
+    Args:
+        file_content: The text content of the file to send.
+        filename: The filename with extension (e.g. 'report.txt', 'data.csv', 'script.py').
+        caption: Optional caption to display with the file.
+    """
+    return _send_file_impl(file_content, filename, caption)
+
+
 @tool
 def web_fetch(url: str) -> str:
     """Fetch and extract readable text content from a URL."""
@@ -360,7 +374,7 @@ async def main(payload: dict, context):
                   home_assistant, connect_google_account, list_google_accounts, remove_google_account,
                   manage_service, schedule_reminder, list_reminders, cancel_reminder,
                   list_calendars, get_calendar_events, list_gmail_messages, get_gmail_message,
-                  run_code]
+                  run_code, send_file]
 
     agent = Agent(
         model=model,
diff --git a/agentclaw/app/agent_claw_main/tools/send_file.py b/agentclaw/app/agent_claw_main/tools/send_file.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44a5d3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agentclaw/app/agent_claw_main/tools/send_file.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+"""Send file tool — sends documents to the user via Telegram."""
+from tools import messaging
+
+
+def send_file(file_content: str, filename: str, caption: str = '') -> str:
+    """Send a file to the user as a Telegram document attachment.
+
+    Args:
+        file_content: The text content of the file to send.
+        filename: The filename (e.g. 'report.txt', 'data.csv').
+        caption: Optional caption to display with the file.
+    """
+    adapter = messaging._adapter
+    if adapter is None:
+        return 'No channel adapter configured.'
+    if not hasattr(adapter, 'send_document'):
+        return 'Channel adapter does not support file sending.'
+    file_bytes = file_content.encode('utf-8')
+    msg_id = adapter.send_document(file_bytes, filename, caption)
+    return f'File "{filename}" sent (id={msg_id})' if msg_id else f'File "{filename}" sent'
diff --git a/cdk/lib/agent-claw-stack.ts b/cdk/lib/agent-claw-stack.ts
index 88978c1..401bbf7 100644
--- a/cdk/lib/agent-claw-stack.ts
+++ b/cdk/lib/agent-claw-stack.ts
@@ -96,10 +96,12 @@ export class AgentClawStack extends cdk.Stack {
         MESSAGE_QUEUE_URL: messageQueue.queueUrl,
         TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN_SECRET_ARN: telegramBotTokenSecretArn,
         TELEGRAM_WEBHOOK_SECRET: '', // set via SSM or direct env after deploy
+        ATTACHMENTS_BUCKET_NAME: workspaceBucket.bucketName,
       },
     });
     messageQueue.grantSendMessages(tgIngestFn);
     botTokenSecret.grantRead(tgIngestFn);
+    workspaceBucket.grantWrite(tgIngestFn);
 
     // ── Lambda: agent-runner ───────────────────────────────────────────────
     const agentRunnerFn = new lambda.Function(this, 'AgentRunner', {
diff --git a/src/lambdas/agent-runner/handler.py b/src/lambdas/agent-runner/handler.py
index bd26ccc..ee05504 100644
--- a/src/lambdas/agent-runner/handler.py
+++ b/src/lambdas/agent-runner/handler.py
@@ -184,6 +184,18 @@ def handler(event, context):
         ]
         prompt = f"You have {len(records)} queued messages:\n" + "\n".join(lines)
 
+    # ── Attach file context if present ────────────────────────────────────
+    attachment = first.get('attachment')
+    if attachment:
+        file_name = attachment.get('file_name', 'unknown')
+        if 'inline_content' in attachment:
+            prompt += f"\n\n[Attached file: {file_name}]\n```\n{attachment['inline_content']}\n```"
+        elif 's3_key' in attachment:
+            s3_ref = f"s3://{attachment['s3_bucket']}/{attachment['s3_key']}"
+            prompt += f"\n\n[Attached file: {file_name} ({attachment.get('mime_type', '')}) — stored at {s3_ref}]"
+        elif 'error' in attachment:
+            prompt += f"\n\n[Attachment {file_name} could not be processed: {attachment['error']}]"
+
     # ── Build payload for AgentCore Runtime 1 ────────────────────────────
     payload: dict[str, Any] = {
         'prompt': prompt,
diff --git a/src/lambdas/tg-ingest/handler.py b/src/lambdas/tg-ingest/handler.py
index d987ee2..defcb48 100644
--- a/src/lambdas/tg-ingest/handler.py
+++ b/src/lambdas/tg-ingest/handler.py
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ import boto3
 _bot_token: str | None = None
 _token_lock = threading.Lock()
 
+TEXT_EXTENSIONS = {'.txt', '.py', '.js', '.ts', '.json', '.md', '.csv', '.xml', '.html',
+                   '.css', '.yaml', '.yml', '.toml', '.ini', '.cfg', '.sh', '.bash',
+                   '.sql', '.log', '.env', '.rs', '.go', '.java', '.c', '.h', '.cpp'}
+MAX_INLINE_SIZE = 50 * 1024  # 50KB
+
 
 def get_bot_token() -> str:
     global _bot_token
@@ -40,6 +45,64 @@ def send_typing(chat_id: str, thread_id: int | None = None) -> None:
         pass  # typing is best-effort
 
 
+def get_file_from_telegram(file_id: str) -> tuple[str, bytes]:
+    """Call getFile then download. Returns (file_path, file_bytes)."""
+    token = get_bot_token()
+    # getFile
+    url = f'https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/getFile'
+    data = json.dumps({'file_id': file_id}).encode()
+    req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=data, headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'})
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
+        result = json.loads(resp.read()).get('result', {})
+    file_path = result.get('file_path', '')
+    # Download
+    download_url = f'https://api.telegram.org/file/bot{token}/{file_path}'
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(download_url, timeout=60) as resp:
+        file_bytes = resp.read()
+    return file_path, file_bytes
+
+
+def extract_attachment(message: dict) -> dict | None:
+    """Extract file attachment info from a Telegram message. Returns metadata dict or None."""
+    # Priority: document > photo > audio > video > voice > video_note
+    if 'document' in message:
+        doc = message['document']
+        return {'type': 'document', 'file_id': doc['file_id'],
+                'file_name': doc.get('file_name', 'document'), 'mime_type': doc.get('mime_type', ''),
+                'file_size': doc.get('file_size', 0)}
+    if 'photo' in message:
+        # Take largest photo (last in array)
+        photo = message['photo'][-1]
+        return {'type': 'photo', 'file_id': photo['file_id'],
+                'file_name': 'photo.jpg', 'mime_type': 'image/jpeg',
+                'file_size': photo.get('file_size', 0)}
+    if 'audio' in message:
+        audio = message['audio']
+        return {'type': 'audio', 'file_id': audio['file_id'],
+                'file_name': audio.get('file_name', 'audio.ogg'), 'mime_type': audio.get('mime_type', 'audio/ogg'),
+                'file_size': audio.get('file_size', 0)}
+    if 'video' in message:
+        video = message['video']
+        return {'type': 'video', 'file_id': video['file_id'],
+                'file_name': video.get('file_name', 'video.mp4'), 'mime_type': video.get('mime_type', 'video/mp4'),
+                'file_size': video.get('file_size', 0)}
+    if 'voice' in message:
+        voice = message['voice']
+        return {'type': 'voice', 'file_id': voice['file_id'],
+                'file_name': 'voice.ogg', 'mime_type': voice.get('mime_type', 'audio/ogg'),
+                'file_size': voice.get('file_size', 0)}
+    return None
+
+
+def is_text_file(file_name: str, mime_type: str) -> bool:
+    """Determine if a file should be inlined as text."""
+    ext = os.path.splitext(file_name)[1].lower()
+    if ext in TEXT_EXTENSIONS:
+        return True
+    if mime_type.startswith('text/'):
+        return True
+    return False
+
 
 def handler(event, context):
     # ── Validate Telegram webhook secret ──────────────────────────────────
@@ -68,14 +131,69 @@ def handler(event, context):
 
     chat_id = str(message.get('chat', {}).get('id', ''))
     message_thread_id = message.get('message_thread_id')  # present for supergroup topics
-    text = message.get('text', '')
+    text = message.get('text', '') or message.get('caption', '')
     from_user = message.get('from', {})
     timestamp = message.get('date', 0)
 
-    print(f'[tg-ingest] chat_id={chat_id} text_len={len(text)} update_id={update_id}')
+    # ── Detect file attachment ────────────────────────────────────────────
+    attachment = extract_attachment(message)
+    attachment_meta = None
 
-    if not chat_id or not text:
-        print(f'[tg-ingest] Dropping: chat_id={chat_id!r} text={text!r}')
+    if attachment:
+        print(f'[tg-ingest] Attachment detected: type={attachment["type"]} name={attachment["file_name"]} size={attachment["file_size"]}')
+        try:
+            file_path, file_bytes = get_file_from_telegram(attachment['file_id'])
+            file_name = attachment['file_name']
+            mime_type = attachment['mime_type']
+
+            if is_text_file(file_name, mime_type) and len(file_bytes) <= MAX_INLINE_SIZE:
+                # Inline small text files
+                try:
+                    text_content = file_bytes.decode('utf-8')
+                except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                    text_content = file_bytes.decode('latin-1')
+                attachment_meta = {
+                    'type': attachment['type'],
+                    'file_name': file_name,
+                    'mime_type': mime_type,
+                    'inline_content': text_content,
+                }
+            else:
+                # Store to S3
+                bucket = os.environ.get('ATTACHMENTS_BUCKET_NAME', '')
+                if bucket:
+                    s3 = boto3.client('s3')
+                    s3_key = f'attachments/{chat_id}/{update_id}/{file_name}'
+                    s3.put_object(Bucket=bucket, Key=s3_key, Body=file_bytes,
+                                  ContentType=mime_type or 'application/octet-stream')
+                    attachment_meta = {
+                        'type': attachment['type'],
+                        'file_name': file_name,
+                        'mime_type': mime_type,
+                        's3_bucket': bucket,
+                        's3_key': s3_key,
+                    }
+                    print(f'[tg-ingest] Stored to s3://{bucket}/{s3_key}')
+                else:
+                    print(f'[tg-ingest] No ATTACHMENTS_BUCKET_NAME configured, skipping S3 upload')
+                    attachment_meta = {
+                        'type': attachment['type'],
+                        'file_name': file_name,
+                        'mime_type': mime_type,
+                        'error': 'S3 bucket not configured',
+                    }
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f'[tg-ingest] Failed to process attachment: {e}')
+            attachment_meta = {
+                'type': attachment['type'],
+                'file_name': attachment['file_name'],
+                'error': str(e),
+            }
+
+    print(f'[tg-ingest] chat_id={chat_id} text_len={len(text)} attachment={bool(attachment_meta)} update_id={update_id}')
+
+    if not chat_id or (not text and not attachment_meta):
+        print(f'[tg-ingest] Dropping: chat_id={chat_id!r} text={text!r} attachment={attachment_meta}')
         return {'statusCode': 200, 'body': 'ok'}
 
     # ── Send typing action (non-blocking, background thread) ──────────────
@@ -85,23 +203,27 @@ def handler(event, context):
 
     # ── Enqueue to SQS FIFO ───────────────────────────────────────────────
     sqs = boto3.client('sqs')
+    msg_body: dict = {
+        'channel': 'telegram',
+        'chat_id': chat_id,
+        'message_thread_id': message_thread_id,
+        'messages': [{
+            'text': text,
+            'from_id': str(from_user.get('id', '')),
+            'from_username': from_user.get('username', ''),
+            'from_name': f"{from_user.get('first_name', '')} {from_user.get('last_name', '')}".strip(),
+        }],
+        'update_id': update_id,
+        'timestamp': timestamp,
+    }
+    if attachment_meta:
+        msg_body['attachment'] = attachment_meta
+
     sqs.send_message(
         QueueUrl=os.environ['MESSAGE_QUEUE_URL'],
         MessageGroupId=chat_id,
         MessageDeduplicationId=str(update_id),
-        MessageBody=json.dumps({
-            'channel': 'telegram',
-            'chat_id': chat_id,
-            'message_thread_id': message_thread_id,  # None for regular chats, int for topics
-            'messages': [{
-                'text': text,
-                'from_id': str(from_user.get('id', '')),
-                'from_username': from_user.get('username', ''),
-                'from_name': f"{from_user.get('first_name', '')} {from_user.get('last_name', '')}".strip(),
-            }],
-            'update_id': update_id,
-            'timestamp': timestamp,
-        }),
+        MessageBody=json.dumps(msg_body),
     )
 
     return {'statusCode': 200, 'body': 'ok'}