diff --git a/HOST-REBOOT-AI-AUTOMATION-SOP.md b/HOST-REBOOT-AI-AUTOMATION-SOP.md
index 3afd27070..7ffa9190a 100644
--- a/HOST-REBOOT-AI-AUTOMATION-SOP.md
+++ b/HOST-REBOOT-AI-AUTOMATION-SOP.md
@@ -456,6 +456,14 @@ Recovery is complete only when all of the following are captured:
   - P0-5: route IWOOOS/Wazuh/SIEM alerts to `SecurityTriage`; collect source log reference, affected host/service, blast radius, repeated count, and allowlisted next action without arbitrary shell or secret exposure.
   - P0-6: route Gitea repository missing alerts to evidence-first `Status` until a dedicated Gitea recovery playbook is verified.
   - P0-7: run live TG-to-Agent99 end-to-end tests for each alert family before re-enabling the paused sensor schedules.
+- 2026-07-10 10:54 visual card verifier:
+  - Runtime script deployed: `C:\Wooo\Agent99\bin\agent99-control-plane.ps1`.
+  - Backup before deploy: `C:\Wooo\Agent99\bin\agent99-control-plane.ps1.bak-20260710-105439`.
+  - Parser readback: `parse_ok`.
+  - Self-test evidence: `C:\Wooo\Agent99\evidence\agent99-TelegramCardSelfTest-20260710-105440.json`.
+  - Visual card: `C:\Wooo\Agent99\evidence\telegram-cards\agent99-card-performance_warning-20260710-105440.png`.
+  - Result: `ok=True`, `visualExists=True`, `sentTelegram=False`, `messageFormat=incident_card_v2`.
+  - Local visual inspection: PNG is `1040x620`, non-blank, formatted as an incident card.
 
 ## Agent99 Monitoring Alert Routing Self-Test Receipt
 
diff --git a/agent99-control-plane.ps1 b/agent99-control-plane.ps1
index 5e34b2bb2..62391b8a0 100644
--- a/agent99-control-plane.ps1
+++ b/agent99-control-plane.ps1
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ param(
   [ValidateSet("Status", "Recover", "StartVMs", "PublicSmoke", "HarborRepair", "AwoooRepair", "Perf", "LoadShed", "SelfCheck", "BackupCheck", "ProviderFreshness", "SecurityTriage", "ControlTick")]
   [string]$Mode = "Status",
   [switch]$ControlledApply,
+  [switch]$SelfTestTelegramCard,
   [string]$ConfigPath = "C:\Wooo\Agent99\config\agent99.config.json",
   [string]$EvidenceDir = "C:\Wooo\Agent99\evidence"
 )
@@ -85,6 +86,43 @@ print("sent_ok")
   }
 }
 
+function Get-AgentObjectValue {
+  param(
+    [object]$Data,
+    [string]$Name,
+    [object]$Default = $null
+  )
+  if ($Data -and $Data.PSObject.Properties[$Name]) {
+    $value = $Data.PSObject.Properties[$Name].Value
+    if ($null -ne $value -and [string]$value -ne "") {
+      return $value
+    }
+  }
+  $Default
+}
+
+function Limit-AgentTextLine {
+  param(
+    [string]$Text,
+    [int]$MaxLength = 96
+  )
+  if (-not $Text) { return "" }
+  $clean = (($Text -replace "\s+", " ").Trim())
+  if ($clean.Length -le $MaxLength) { return $clean }
+  $clean.Substring(0, $MaxLength - 14) + "...(truncated)"
+}
+
+function Format-AgentMetricForCard {
+  param(
+    [object]$Value,
+    [string]$Suffix = ""
+  )
+  if ($null -eq $Value -or [string]$Value -eq "") {
+    return "readback_failed"
+  }
+  "$Value$Suffix"
+}
+
 function Format-AgentTelegramText {
   param(
     [string]$Severity,
@@ -100,33 +138,46 @@ function Format-AgentTelegramText {
     default { $Severity }
   }
   $lines = @()
-  $lines += "Agent99 Alert: $severityLabel"
+  $lines += "Agent99 Incident Card"
+  $lines += "Severity: $severityLabel"
 
   if ($EventType -match "^performance_") {
-    $hostName = if ($Data -and $Data.PSObject.Properties["host"]) { $Data.host } else { "unknown" }
+    $hostName = Get-AgentObjectValue $Data "host" "unknown"
     $reasons = if ($Data -and $Data.PSObject.Properties["reasons"]) { @($Data.reasons) } else { @() }
-    $disk = if ($Data -and $Data.PSObject.Properties["diskUsedPercent"]) { $Data.diskUsedPercent } else { $null }
-    $load = if ($Data -and $Data.PSObject.Properties["loadPerCore"]) { $Data.loadPerCore } else { $null }
-    $mem = if ($Data -and $Data.PSObject.Properties["memAvailablePercent"]) { $Data.memAvailablePercent } else { $null }
+    $disk = Get-AgentObjectValue $Data "diskUsedPercent" $null
+    $load = Get-AgentObjectValue $Data "loadPerCore" $null
+    $mem = Get-AgentObjectValue $Data "memAvailablePercent" $null
     $lines += "Event: host performance"
     $lines += "Host: $hostName"
-    if ($reasons -contains "disk_used_warning") {
+    if ($reasons -contains "perf_readback_failed" -or ($null -eq $disk -and $null -eq $load -and $null -eq $mem)) {
+      $lines += "Reason: performance metric readback failed."
+      $lines += "Impact: load, memory, and disk values are not trustworthy yet."
+      $lines += "Agent99 action: keep noisy sensor paused; require verifier readback before remediation."
+    } elseif ($reasons -contains "disk_used_warning") {
       $lines += "Reason: disk usage is $disk percent. Warning threshold reached; critical threshold is 95 percent."
-      $lines += "Action: Agent99 will run allowlisted disk remediation and suppress duplicates for 30 minutes."
+      $lines += "Agent99 action: run allowlisted disk remediation and suppress duplicates for 30 minutes."
     } elseif ($reasons -contains "disk_used_high") {
       $lines += "Reason: disk usage is $disk percent. Critical threshold reached."
-      $lines += "Action: Agent99 will run allowlisted cleanup first; reboot is not the first response."
+      $lines += "Agent99 action: run allowlisted cleanup first; reboot is not the first response."
     } elseif ($reasons -contains "load_per_core_warning" -or $reasons -contains "load_per_core_critical") {
       $lines += "Reason: CPU load/core=$load."
-      $lines += "Action: Agent99 will use allowlisted load reduction only; no arbitrary service stop."
+      $lines += "Agent99 action: use allowlisted load reduction only; no arbitrary service stop."
     } elseif ($reasons -contains "memory_available_low") {
       $lines += "Reason: available memory is $mem percent."
-      $lines += "Action: Agent99 will inspect memory pressure before allowlisted remediation."
+      $lines += "Agent99 action: inspect memory pressure before allowlisted remediation."
     } else {
       $lines += "Reason: $($reasons -join ', ')"
-      $lines += "Action: check Agent99 evidence for full readback."
+      $lines += "Agent99 action: check Agent99 evidence for full readback."
+    }
+    $metricParts = @()
+    if ($null -ne $load -and [string]$load -ne "") { $metricParts += "load/core=$load" }
+    if ($null -ne $mem -and [string]$mem -ne "") { $metricParts += "memAvail=$mem percent" }
+    if ($null -ne $disk -and [string]$disk -ne "") { $metricParts += "disk=$disk percent" }
+    if ($metricParts.Count -gt 0) {
+      $lines += "Current: $($metricParts -join ', ')."
+    } else {
+      $lines += "Current: metrics unavailable; no blank metric alert is trusted."
     }
-    $lines += "Current: load/core=$load, memAvail=$mem percent, disk=$disk percent."
   } elseif ($EventType -match "^backup_") {
     $targetName = if ($Data -and $Data.PSObject.Properties["name"]) { $Data.name } else { "unknown" }
     $reason = if ($Data -and $Data.PSObject.Properties["reason"]) { $Data.reason } else { $EventType }
@@ -138,7 +189,7 @@ function Format-AgentTelegramText {
     if ($age -ne $null -or $maxAge -ne $null) {
       $lines += "Freshness: age=$age minutes / max=$maxAge minutes"
     }
-    $lines += "Action: inspect /backup/status, /backup/logs, and snapshot metadata only; do not read backup contents or secrets."
+    $lines += "Agent99 action: inspect /backup/status, /backup/logs, and snapshot metadata only; do not read backup contents or secrets."
   } elseif ($EventType -eq "provider_freshness_triage") {
     $candidateId = if ($Data -and $Data.PSObject.Properties["candidateId"]) { $Data.candidateId } else { "unknown" }
     $targetName = if ($Data -and $Data.PSObject.Properties["target"]) { $Data.target } else { "provider_freshness_signal" }
@@ -150,16 +201,17 @@ function Format-AgentTelegramText {
     $lines += "Event: provider freshness auto triage"
     $lines += "Target: $targetName"
     $lines += "Status: $status"
+    $lines += "Impact: dashboard green is not trusted until source freshness is proven."
     $lines += "Evidence hits: $hitCount"
     if ($readback) {
-      $lines += "Direct readback: ok=$($readback.ok), sourceEvents=$($readback.sourceEventTotal), latest=$($readback.latestReceivedAt)"
+      $lines += "Verifier: directReadback ok=$($readback.ok), sourceEvents=$($readback.sourceEventTotal), latest=$($readback.latestReceivedAt)"
     }
     if (@($missing).Count -gt 0) {
       $lines += "Still missing: $($missing -join ', ')"
     } else {
       $lines += "Missing: direct readback fields completed"
     }
-    $lines += "Action: candidate and KM/RAG were written; duplicate same-state alerts are suppressed."
+    $lines += "Agent99 action: candidate and KM/RAG were written; duplicate same-state alerts are suppressed."
     $lines += "Guard: no provider switch, paid model call, env change, or reload."
     if ($candidatePath) {
       $lines += "Evidence: $candidatePath"
@@ -174,7 +226,7 @@ function Format-AgentTelegramText {
     $rollback = if ($Data -and $Data.PSObject.Properties["rollback"]) { $Data.rollback } else { $null }
     $lines += "Event: controlled remediation"
     $lines += "Host: $hostName"
-    $lines += "Action: $actionName"
+    $lines += "Agent99 action: $actionName"
     if ($ok -ne $null) {
       $lines += "Result: ok=$ok exitCode=$exitCode"
       if ($executionOk -ne $null -or $postVerifyOk -ne $null) {
@@ -220,7 +272,7 @@ function Format-AgentTelegramText {
     $serviceName = if ($Data -and $Data.PSObject.Properties["name"]) { $Data.name } else { "unknown" }
     $lines += "Event: AI service health"
     $lines += "Service: $serviceName"
-    $lines += "Action: inspect health endpoint and service/container state before controlled repair."
+    $lines += "Agent99 action: inspect health endpoint and service/container state before controlled repair."
   } elseif ($EventType -eq "security_triage") {
     $status = if ($Data -and $Data.PSObject.Properties["status"]) { $Data.status } else { "unknown" }
     $hitCount = if ($Data -and $Data.PSObject.Properties["hitCount"]) { $Data.hitCount } else { 0 }
@@ -228,7 +280,7 @@ function Format-AgentTelegramText {
     $lines += "Event: security triage"
     $lines += "Status: $status"
     $lines += "Evidence hits: $hitCount"
-    $lines += "Action: classify blast radius, affected host/service, source log reference, repeated count, and allowlisted next action."
+    $lines += "Agent99 action: classify blast radius, affected host/service, source log reference, repeated count, and allowlisted next action."
     $lines += "Guard: no arbitrary shell, no data deletion, no disabling controls, no secret exposure."
     if ($evidencePath) {
       $lines += "Evidence: $evidencePath"
@@ -236,7 +288,7 @@ function Format-AgentTelegramText {
   } elseif ($EventType -eq "agent_selfcheck") {
     $lines += "Event: Agent99 self health"
     $lines += "Summary: $Message"
-    $lines += "Action: inspect task state, evidence freshness, and Telegram delivery; reboot is not the first response."
+    $lines += "Agent99 action: inspect task state, evidence freshness, and Telegram delivery; reboot is not the first response."
   } else {
     $lines += "Event: $EventType"
     $lines += "Summary: $Message"
@@ -250,6 +302,162 @@ function Format-AgentTelegramText {
   $text
 }
 
+function Get-AgentTelegramVisualPath {
+  param([object]$Data)
+  if (-not $Data) { return $null }
+  foreach ($propName in @("visualPath", "cardImagePath", "imagePath", "screenshotPath")) {
+    if ($Data.PSObject.Properties[$propName]) {
+      $path = [string]$Data.PSObject.Properties[$propName].Value
+      if ($path -and (Test-Path -LiteralPath $path)) {
+        return $path
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  $null
+}
+
+function New-AgentTelegramCardImage {
+  param(
+    [string]$Severity,
+    [string]$EventType,
+    [string]$Text
+  )
+
+  $visualCardsEnabled = $true
+  if ($Config.telegram -and $Config.telegram.PSObject.Properties["visualCardsEnabled"]) {
+    $visualCardsEnabled = [bool]$Config.telegram.visualCardsEnabled
+  }
+  if (-not $visualCardsEnabled) { return $null }
+  if ($Severity -notin @("warning", "critical")) { return $null }
+
+  $cardDir = Join-Path $EvidenceDir "telegram-cards"
+  New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $cardDir | Out-Null
+  $safeEvent = ($EventType -replace "[^A-Za-z0-9_.-]", "-")
+  $imagePath = Join-Path $cardDir "agent99-card-$safeEvent-$stamp.png"
+
+  try {
+    Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing -ErrorAction Stop
+    $width = 1040
+    $height = 620
+    $bitmap = New-Object System.Drawing.Bitmap -ArgumentList $width, $height
+    $graphics = [System.Drawing.Graphics]::FromImage($bitmap)
+    $graphics.SmoothingMode = [System.Drawing.Drawing2D.SmoothingMode]::AntiAlias
+    $graphics.TextRenderingHint = [System.Drawing.Text.TextRenderingHint]::ClearTypeGridFit
+
+    $bgBrush = New-Object System.Drawing.SolidBrush -ArgumentList ([System.Drawing.Color]::FromArgb(246, 248, 250))
+    $panelBrush = New-Object System.Drawing.SolidBrush -ArgumentList ([System.Drawing.Color]::FromArgb(255, 255, 255))
+    $textBrush = New-Object System.Drawing.SolidBrush -ArgumentList ([System.Drawing.Color]::FromArgb(28, 35, 43))
+    $mutedBrush = New-Object System.Drawing.SolidBrush -ArgumentList ([System.Drawing.Color]::FromArgb(91, 103, 112))
+    $accentColor = if ($Severity -eq "critical") {
+      [System.Drawing.Color]::FromArgb(190, 18, 60)
+    } elseif ($Severity -eq "warning") {
+      [System.Drawing.Color]::FromArgb(217, 119, 6)
+    } else {
+      [System.Drawing.Color]::FromArgb(37, 99, 235)
+    }
+    $accentBrush = New-Object System.Drawing.SolidBrush -ArgumentList $accentColor
+    $titleFont = New-Object System.Drawing.Font -ArgumentList "Segoe UI", 25, ([System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Bold)
+    $labelFont = New-Object System.Drawing.Font -ArgumentList "Segoe UI", 13, ([System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Bold)
+    $bodyFont = New-Object System.Drawing.Font -ArgumentList "Segoe UI", 16, ([System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Regular)
+    $smallFont = New-Object System.Drawing.Font -ArgumentList "Segoe UI", 11, ([System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Regular)
+
+    $graphics.FillRectangle($bgBrush, 0, 0, $width, $height)
+    $graphics.FillRectangle($panelBrush, 36, 34, $width - 72, $height - 68)
+    $graphics.FillRectangle($accentBrush, 36, 34, 14, $height - 68)
+    $graphics.DrawString("Agent99 Incident Card", $titleFont, $textBrush, 72, 58)
+    $graphics.DrawString(("Severity: " + $Severity.ToUpperInvariant()), $labelFont, $accentBrush, 72, 106)
+    $graphics.DrawString(("Event: " + (Limit-AgentTextLine $EventType 76)), $labelFont, $mutedBrush, 72, 134)
+
+    $bodyLines = @($Text -split "`n" | Where-Object { $_ -and $_ -notmatch "^Agent99 Incident Card$" } | Select-Object -First 12)
+    $y = 184
+    foreach ($line in $bodyLines) {
+      $graphics.DrawString((Limit-AgentTextLine $line 96), $bodyFont, $textBrush, 72, $y)
+      $y += 32
+      if ($y -gt 545) { break }
+    }
+    $graphics.DrawString(("Generated: " + (Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss zzz")), $smallFont, $mutedBrush, 72, 570)
+    $bitmap.Save($imagePath, [System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat]::Png)
+
+    $graphics.Dispose()
+    $bitmap.Dispose()
+    $bgBrush.Dispose()
+    $panelBrush.Dispose()
+    $textBrush.Dispose()
+    $mutedBrush.Dispose()
+    $accentBrush.Dispose()
+    $titleFont.Dispose()
+    $labelFont.Dispose()
+    $bodyFont.Dispose()
+    $smallFont.Dispose()
+    return $imagePath
+  } catch {
+    Write-AgentLog "telegram_card_image_failed event=$EventType error=$($_.Exception.Message)"
+    return $null
+  }
+}
+
+function Send-AgentTelegramPhotoDirect {
+  param(
+    [string]$Token,
+    [string]$ChatId,
+    [string]$Caption,
+    [string]$PhotoPath
+  )
+
+  Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Net.Http -ErrorAction Stop
+  $client = New-Object System.Net.Http.HttpClient
+  $content = New-Object System.Net.Http.MultipartFormDataContent
+  $fileContent = $null
+  try {
+    $content.Add([System.Net.Http.StringContent]::new($ChatId), "chat_id")
+    $captionToSend = $Caption
+    if ($captionToSend.Length -gt 900) {
+      $captionToSend = $captionToSend.Substring(0, 900) + "`n...(truncated; see evidence)"
+    }
+    $content.Add([System.Net.Http.StringContent]::new($captionToSend), "caption")
+    $fileBytes = [IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($PhotoPath)
+    $fileContent = [System.Net.Http.ByteArrayContent]::new($fileBytes)
+    $fileContent.Headers.ContentType = [System.Net.Http.Headers.MediaTypeHeaderValue]::Parse("image/png")
+    $content.Add($fileContent, "photo", [IO.Path]::GetFileName($PhotoPath))
+    $response = $client.PostAsync("https://api.telegram.org/bot$Token/sendPhoto", $content).GetAwaiter().GetResult()
+    $body = $response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult()
+    if (-not $response.IsSuccessStatusCode) {
+      throw "telegram_sendPhoto_failed status=$([int]$response.StatusCode) body=$body"
+    }
+  } finally {
+    if ($fileContent) { $fileContent.Dispose() }
+    if ($content) { $content.Dispose() }
+    if ($client) { $client.Dispose() }
+  }
+}
+
+function Invoke-AgentTelegramCardSelfTest {
+  $sample = [pscustomobject]@{
+    host = "192.168.0.110"
+    reasons = @("perf_readback_failed")
+    evidencePath = $jsonPath
+  }
+  $text = Format-AgentTelegramText "warning" "performance_warning" "selftest visual card" $sample
+  $imagePath = New-AgentTelegramCardImage "warning" "performance_warning" $text
+  $ok = [bool]($imagePath -and (Test-Path -LiteralPath $imagePath))
+  $result = [pscustomobject]@{
+    timestamp = (Get-Date -Format o)
+    ok = $ok
+    textPreview = @($text -split "`n" | Select-Object -First 12)
+    visualPath = $imagePath
+    visualExists = $ok
+    sentTelegram = $false
+    messageFormat = "incident_card_v2"
+  }
+  $selfTestPath = Join-Path $EvidenceDir "agent99-TelegramCardSelfTest-$stamp.json"
+  $result | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 6 | Set-Content -Path $selfTestPath -Encoding UTF8
+  Write-AgentLog "telegram_card_selftest ok=$ok path=$imagePath evidence=$selfTestPath"
+  $result | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 6 | Set-Content -Encoding UTF8 $jsonPath
+  $result | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 6
+  if (-not $ok) { exit 1 }
+  exit 0
+}
+
 function Send-AgentTelegram {
   param(
     [string]$Severity,
@@ -286,49 +494,79 @@ function Send-AgentTelegram {
   $chatId = if ($chatSecret) { $chatSecret.value } else { $null }
   $chatIdOverride = if ($Data -and $Data.PSObject.Properties["replyChatId"]) { [string]$Data.replyChatId } else { "" }
 
-  $attempt = [pscustomobject]@{
-    timestamp = (Get-Date -Format o)
-    enabled = [bool]$enabled
-    eventType = $EventType
-    severity = $Severity
-    configured = [bool]($token -and $chatId)
-    tokenEnv = if ($tokenSecret) { $tokenSecret.name } else { $null }
-    chatIdEnv = if ($chatSecret) { $chatSecret.name } else { $null }
-    chatOverride = if ($chatIdOverride) { "telegram-origin" } else { $null }
-    relay = $null
-    sent = $false
-    error = $null
-  }
+	  $attempt = [pscustomobject]@{
+	    timestamp = (Get-Date -Format o)
+	    enabled = [bool]$enabled
+	    eventType = $EventType
+	    severity = $Severity
+	    messageFormat = "incident_card_v2"
+	    configured = [bool]($token -and $chatId)
+	    tokenEnv = if ($tokenSecret) { $tokenSecret.name } else { $null }
+	    chatIdEnv = if ($chatSecret) { $chatSecret.name } else { $null }
+	    chatOverride = if ($chatIdOverride) { "telegram-origin" } else { $null }
+	    visualPath = $null
+	    visualSent = $false
+	    visualError = $null
+	    relay = $null
+	    sent = $false
+	    error = $null
+	  }
 
   if (-not $enabled) {
     $attempt.error = "telegram_disabled"
     $script:TelegramAttempts += $attempt
     return
-  }
-  $text = Format-AgentTelegramText $Severity $EventType $Message $Data
-  if (-not ($token -and ($chatId -or $chatIdOverride))) {
-    $relayResult = Send-AgentTelegramRelay $text $telegram.relay $chatIdOverride
-    $attempt.relay = $relayResult
-    if ($relayResult.ok) {
-      $attempt.sent = $true
-      $attempt.error = $null
-    } else {
-      $attempt.error = "telegram_not_configured"
-    }
+	  }
+	  $text = Format-AgentTelegramText $Severity $EventType $Message $Data
+	  $visualPath = Get-AgentTelegramVisualPath $Data
+	  if (-not $visualPath) {
+	    $visualPath = New-AgentTelegramCardImage $Severity $EventType $text
+	  }
+	  $attempt.visualPath = $visualPath
+	  if (-not ($token -and ($chatId -or $chatIdOverride))) {
+	    $relayResult = Send-AgentTelegramRelay $text $telegram.relay $chatIdOverride
+	    $attempt.relay = $relayResult
+	    if ($relayResult.ok) {
+	      $attempt.sent = $true
+	      $attempt.error = $null
+	      if ($visualPath) {
+	        $attempt.visualError = "visual_card_generated_but_relay_sendPhoto_not_available"
+	      }
+	    } else {
+	      $attempt.error = "telegram_not_configured"
+	    }
     $script:TelegramAttempts += $attempt
     return
-  }
+	  }
 
-  try {
-    Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri "https://api.telegram.org/bot$token/sendMessage" -Body @{
-      chat_id = if ($chatIdOverride) { $chatIdOverride } else { $chatId }
-      text = $text
-      disable_web_page_preview = "true"
-    } | Out-Null
-    $attempt.sent = $true
-  } catch {
-    $attempt.error = $_.Exception.Message
-  }
+	  try {
+	    $targetChat = if ($chatIdOverride) { $chatIdOverride } else { $chatId }
+	    if ($visualPath -and (Test-Path -LiteralPath $visualPath)) {
+	      try {
+	        Send-AgentTelegramPhotoDirect $token $targetChat $text $visualPath
+	        $attempt.sent = $true
+	        $attempt.visualSent = $true
+	      } catch {
+	        $attempt.visualError = $_.Exception.Message
+	        Write-AgentLog "telegram_sendPhoto_failed event=$EventType fallback=sendMessage error=$($_.Exception.Message)"
+	        Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri "https://api.telegram.org/bot$token/sendMessage" -Body @{
+	          chat_id = $targetChat
+	          text = $text
+	          disable_web_page_preview = "true"
+	        } | Out-Null
+	        $attempt.sent = $true
+	      }
+	    } else {
+	      Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri "https://api.telegram.org/bot$token/sendMessage" -Body @{
+	        chat_id = $targetChat
+	        text = $text
+	        disable_web_page_preview = "true"
+	      } | Out-Null
+	      $attempt.sent = $true
+	    }
+	  } catch {
+	    $attempt.error = $_.Exception.Message
+	  }
 
   $script:TelegramAttempts += $attempt
 }
@@ -2526,6 +2764,10 @@ function Repair-Awooo {
   return $true
 }
 
+if ($SelfTestTelegramCard) {
+  Invoke-AgentTelegramCardSelfTest
+}
+
 Write-AgentLog "agent99_start mode=$Mode controlledApply=$ControlledApply config=$ConfigPath"
 Record-AgentEvent "agent_start" "info" "mode=$Mode controlledApply=$ControlledApply host=$env:COMPUTERNAME" $null -Alert