Telegram

Connect Telegram by pasting a bot token from Telegram's own @BotFather. Your agent gets its own bot identity and works in groups on @mention.

Telegram is the one channel where your agent gets its own identity, a dedicated bot account with its own @username, not an account you already own. You create that bot with Telegram's own @BotFather, copy the bot token it hands you, and paste it into AnyBot. There's no OAuth and no Meta review. AnyBot validates the token, registers the incoming webhook for you on install, and stores the bot's username so it can tell when it's mentioned in a group, so once the token is saved, there's nothing else to host or configure.

Before you start

A Telegram account to talk to @BotFather (any personal account works. It only creates the bot).
Decide which agent should answer before you connect, so replies start immediately.
You can connect more than one Telegram bot to a space. Each is its own channel.

Connect

In Telegram, open a chat with @BotFather and send /newbot. Give it a display name and a unique @username (it must end in bot).
@BotFather replies with an HTTP API token (a long number:letters string). Copy it.
In your space, open Channels → Telegram, paste the token into Bot Token, and save. AnyBot calls Telegram to verify the token and reads back your bot's name and username.
On save, AnyBot registers the webhook automatically (with a private secret) and the channel flips to Connected. Your agent is live on that bot.

That's the whole setup. You never host a webhook or poll for updates yourself.

On this channel

Your agent handles Telegram's everyday message types both ways:

Type	Received	Sent
Text	Yes	Yes (formatted, with reply-quoting)
Photos	Yes (with caption)	Yes (with caption)
Voice notes	Yes (transcribed)	Yes (as audio)
Audio files	Yes	Yes
Documents	Yes	Yes

Typing indicator: the agent shows Telegram's "typing…" action while it composes a reply.
Reply-quoting: it quotes the specific message it's answering when a thread needs to stay clear.
Captions on incoming photos and documents are read as the message text.
Stickers, contacts, locations, and inline/callback buttons aren't processed as agent input.

Groups

Add your bot to a Telegram group and it stays quiet during ordinary chatter. It replies only when it's @mentioned (by its exact bot username) or when someone replies to one of its messages, so it never talks over the conversation. This matches Telegram's own bot privacy behavior in groups.

Channel settings

Telegram uses the standard channel settings block (greeting, auto-reply, business hours, an out-of-hours message, and a reply rate limit) applied to every message on this channel. See Channel settings for the full list and what each control does.

Troubleshooting

"Invalid bot token" on save: the token was mistyped or revoked. Re-copy it from @BotFather (use /mybots → API Token), or /revoke and paste the fresh one.
Bot silent in a group. It only answers on @mention or a reply to its message. Confirm you used its exact @username.
Channel shows Disconnected: the token was revoked or regenerated in @BotFather; paste the current token to reconnect.
Replies arrive unformatted: if a reply's rich formatting is malformed, AnyBot re-sends it as plain text so you still get the message; the content is never dropped.

FAQ

Where do I get the token? From @BotFather inside Telegram, /newbot for a new one, /mybots for an existing bot.

Does it work in groups? Yes, on @mention or a reply to the bot.

Which media? Text, photos, voice, audio, and documents, both ways.

Can I connect more than one bot? Yes, each Telegram bot is its own channel in the space.

Channel settings: greeting, business hours, and reply-rate controls.
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