🤖 Elias Nova — The Hackathon Catalyst Agent

Elias Nova is an AI-driven agent built on the Eliza Framework.
He’s designed to act as a Hackathon Lead, supporting organizers, developers, and sponsors during events — ensuring logistics run smoothly and participants stay motivated.

Elias lives on Telegram, runs autonomously via PM2, and uses the Groq LLaMA 3.3 (70B) model for fast, reliable reasoning.

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🚀 Features

• 🧠 Built with ElizaOS Agent Framework
• 💬 Integrated with Telegram Bot API
• ⚙️ Powered by Groq LLaMA 3.3 (70B Versatile)
• 🪄 Memory & context via SQLite cache
• 🔄 Auto-restarts & persists using PM2
• 🌍 Easily deployable on Render, Railway, or any VPS

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📁 Project Structure

eliza-starter/
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├── src/
│ ├── index.ts # Main entry point (agent startup)
│ ├── chat/ # CLI and Telegram message handling
│ ├── clients/ # Telegram client integration
│ ├── cache/ # Persistent memory and cache
│ ├── config/ # Character + runtime configuration
│ ├── database/ # SQLite adapter
│ └── character.ts # Character definitions
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├── characters/
│ └── eliasnova.character.json # Personality file for Elias
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├── .env # API keys and environment variables
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
└── README.md

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⚙️ Environment Setup

Create a .env file in your project root:

TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=your_telegram_bot_token_here
GROQ_API_KEY=your_groq_api_key_here
GROQ_MODEL=llama-3.3-70b-versatile

🧩 You can create a Telegram bot using @BotFather

Troubleshooting

Issue	Fix
FetchError: ETIMEDOUT	Check internet connection or Telegram API availability
model_decommissioned	Update .env to use a valid model: llama-3.3-70b-versatile
Bot doesn’t reply	Ensure .env is loaded and tokens are valid
Multiple PM2 instances	Run pm2 delete all and restart one clean instance