diff --git a/nanobot/channels/telegram.py b/nanobot/channels/telegram.py
index 8cc064704..c88f1080c 100644
--- a/nanobot/channels/telegram.py
+++ b/nanobot/channels/telegram.py
@@ -261,12 +261,21 @@ class TelegramChannel(BaseChannel):
         BotCommand("restart", "Restart the bot"),
         BotCommand("status", "Show bot status"),
         BotCommand("history", "Show recent conversation messages"),
+        BotCommand("goal", "Start a sustained objective (long-running task)"),
+        BotCommand("pairing", "Manage DM pairing (approve/deny/list)"),
+        BotCommand("model", "Switch runtime model preset"),
         BotCommand("dream", "Run Dream memory consolidation now"),
         BotCommand("dream_log", "Show the latest Dream memory change"),
         BotCommand("dream_restore", "Restore Dream memory to an earlier version"),
         BotCommand("help", "Show available commands"),
     ]
 
+    # Regex for slash commands routed to AgentLoop via ``_forward_command``.
+    # Hyphenated ``dream-*`` commands stay on a separate handler (below).
+    TELEGRAM_BUS_SLASH_COMMAND_RE = re.compile(
+        r"^/(?:new|stop|restart|status|dream|history|goal|pairing|model)(?:@\w+)?(?:\s+.*)?$"
+    )
+
     @classmethod
     def default_config(cls) -> dict[str, Any]:
         return TelegramConfig().model_dump(by_alias=True)
@@ -354,7 +363,7 @@ class TelegramChannel(BaseChannel):
         self._app.add_handler(MessageHandler(filters.Regex(r"^/start(?:@\w+)?$"), self._on_start))
         self._app.add_handler(
             MessageHandler(
-                filters.Regex(r"^/(new|stop|restart|status|dream)(?:@\w+)?(?:\s+.*)?$"),
+                filters.Regex(TelegramChannel.TELEGRAM_BUS_SLASH_COMMAND_RE),
                 self._forward_command,
             )
         )
diff --git a/tests/channels/test_telegram_channel.py b/tests/channels/test_telegram_channel.py
index 95865096c..362bfbea9 100644
--- a/tests/channels/test_telegram_channel.py
+++ b/tests/channels/test_telegram_channel.py
@@ -1294,6 +1294,20 @@ async def test_forward_command_normalizes_telegram_safe_dream_aliases() -> None:
     assert handled[0]["content"] == "/dream-restore deadbeef"
 
 
+def test_telegram_bus_slash_command_regex_matches_agent_loop_commands() -> None:
+    """Bus-routed slash commands must match the Telegram handler regex (see builtin router)."""
+    pat = TelegramChannel.TELEGRAM_BUS_SLASH_COMMAND_RE
+    assert pat.fullmatch("/history")
+    assert pat.fullmatch("/history 5")
+    assert pat.fullmatch("/goal ship the feature")
+    assert pat.fullmatch("/pairing list")
+    assert pat.fullmatch("/model fast")
+    assert pat.fullmatch("/new@nanobot_bot")
+    assert pat.fullmatch("/goal@nanobot_bot refine objective")
+    assert pat.fullmatch("/dream-log deadbeef") is None
+    assert pat.fullmatch("/dream-restore deadbeef") is None
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_on_help_includes_restart_command() -> None:
     channel = TelegramChannel(
@@ -1311,6 +1325,9 @@ async def test_on_help_includes_restart_command() -> None:
     assert "/status" in help_text
     assert "/dream" in help_text
     assert "/dream-log" in help_text
+    assert "/goal" in help_text
+    assert "/pairing" in help_text
+    assert "/model" in help_text
     assert "/dream-restore" in help_text