diff --git a/src/lambdas/agent-runner/handler.py b/src/lambdas/agent-runner/handler.py
index 7aba474..a58c69e 100644
--- a/src/lambdas/agent-runner/handler.py
+++ b/src/lambdas/agent-runner/handler.py
@@ -72,16 +72,14 @@ _sent_hashes: set = set()
 
 
 def send_telegram_direct(chat_id: str, token: str, text: str) -> None:
-    import hashlib, traceback as tb
+    import hashlib
     h = hashlib.md5(f'{chat_id}:{text}'.encode()).hexdigest()[:12]
     if h in _sent_hashes:
         print(f'[agent-runner] dedup: skipping duplicate message (hash={h})')
-        print(f'[agent-runner] dedup stack: {tb.format_stack()[-3].strip()}')
         return
     _sent_hashes.add(h)
-    print(f'[agent-runner] SEND hash={h} text={repr(text[:40])}')
-    print(f'[agent-runner] SEND caller: {tb.format_stack()[-2].strip()}')
     url = f'https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/sendMessage'
+    data = json.dumps({'chat_id': chat_id, 'text': text}).encode()
     req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=data, headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'})
     urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10)