Overview
Connect Telegram to your Taskade account to automate messaging, manage groups, and trigger workflows — using automations, AI agents, or both.
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Overview
Connect & Configure
Set Up Your Telegram Bot
Telegram Triggers
Telegram Actions
Use Telegram with AI Agents
Configure Telegram Tool
Prompt Examples
Example Workflows
Frequently Asked Questions
Connect & Configure
Before you start building with Telegram, you need to configure the integration.
Navigate to Workspace → Automations in your app.
Click Create to build a new automation.
You can also prompt EVE to build the automation for you.
Add a Telegram trigger / action/step.
Click Connect in the sidebar on the right, paste your bot token (see below), and click Save.
Configure and enable the automation (or continue adding steps).
Your Telegram bot is now available to automations and agents.
Set Up Your Telegram Bot
Telegram integrations require a bot token. Here's how to get one:
Open Telegram and search for @BotFather.
Send /newbot and follow the prompts to name your bot.
BotFather will give you a bot token — copy it.
Paste the token in the Taskade automation sidebar when connecting.
💡 Tip: Keep your bot token private. Anyone with the token can control your bot.
Telegram Triggers
Use Telegram triggers to respond to messages and events in real time.
Trigger | Description |
New Message | Fires when a new message is sent to your bot |
Bot Command | Fires when a specific command (e.g. /start) is sent to your bot |
Telegram Actions
Build messaging workflows with Telegram actions. Send messages, manage groups, and interact with chats using automations or AI agents.
Action | Description |
Send Text Message | Send a text message to a chat or group |
Send Photo | Send an image to a chat or group |
Send Document | Send a file to a chat or group |
Send Video | Send a video to a chat or group |
Get Chat Info | Retrieve details about a chat or group |
Pin Message | Pin a message in a chat or group |
Get Chat Members Count | Get the number of members in a group |
Use Telegram with AI Agents
Your AI agents can call Telegram actions as tools during conversations, allowing them to send messages, manage groups, and respond with live bot data.
Configure Telegram Tool
Connect Telegram to your workspace (see above).
Open your agent → Tools tab.
Enable Automation Actions or add Telegram as a custom tool.
The agent will call Telegram actions automatically when relevant during chat.
Prompt Examples
Your AI agents can use Telegram actions as tools during conversations:
User: "Send a daily standup reminder to the team channel" Agent → telegram.send_message(chat_id, "🔔 Daily standup in 15 minutes!") Agent: "Reminder sent to the team channel!"
Example Workflows
Here are a few ways to put Telegram automation into practice. Mix and match triggers, actions, and AI agents to fit your messaging workflow.
Team Notification Bot
Trigger: Telegram New Message
→ Action: Create task in Taskade project
→ Action: Notify team via Slack
→ Action: Log to Google Sheets
Support Bot Agent
Agent trained on product docs + FAQ
→ Custom tool: Telegram Send Text Message
→ Custom tool: Telegram Send Document
→ Deploy as your Telegram support bot
Daily Mood Check-In
Trigger: Schedule (every day at 9am)
→ Action: Telegram Send Text Message (mood survey)
→ Action: Log responses to Taskade project
→ Action: AI generates weekly mood report
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I connect multiple Telegram bots?
Yes. Connect each bot separately in your workspace automations.
Which Telegram features are supported?
Text messages, photos, documents, videos, group management, and message pinning.
Is there a rate limit?
Taskade respects Telegram's API rate limits. High-volume bots may want to use scheduled triggers instead of real-time triggers to stay within limits.
Learn more about automation workflows in Automations: The Execution Pillar.
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