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Telegram

Connect a Telegram bot to CostCare AI so your AI agents can receive and respond to messages from your customers on Telegram. You can connect a bot you already created with BotFather, or create a new one from scratch.

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Connect an existing Telegram bot

1

Open BotFather

In Telegram, search for BotFather and open it. Make sure you’re using the official, verified BotFather account.
2

Find your existing bot

In BotFather, choose your bot from My Bots, then open its settings/token screen.
3

Copy the bot token

Copy the HTTP API token. It looks like this:
Don’t share this token publicly. Anyone with the token can control your bot.
4

Open the CostCare dashboard

Go to Dashboard → Channels and click Add new channel.
5

Select Telegram

In the modal, choose Telegram, then click Connect Telegram.
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Paste the token

Paste the BotFather token into the Bot Token field, then click Connect Bot.
7

Check that the channel was created

The Telegram channel should appear in the left channel list, showing something like:
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Enable AI for the channel

  • Channels → Telegram channel → Enable AI for this channel
9

Choose an agent

On the Channels page, open the Agent block for the channel and select an agent from the Assigned agent dropdown.
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Test the bot

Open your bot in Telegram and send /start, then type your message. In CostCare, go to Dashboard → Chats — a new Telegram chat should appear with your message.

Connecting an existing Telegram bot

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Connect a new Telegram bot

1

Open BotFather

In Telegram, search for @BotFather and open the official bot.
2

Start bot creation

Send /newbot.
3

Enter a bot display name

When BotFather asks “Alright, a new bot. How are we going to call it?”, enter the public-facing name, for example CostCare Bot. This name is shown to your customers.
4

Enter a bot username

Enter a username for the bot. It must be unique, use only Latin letters, numbers, or underscores, and end with bot — for example, cool_costcare_bot.
5

Copy the generated token

BotFather replies with “Use this token to access the HTTP API:” followed by the token. Copy it.
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Connect it in CostCare

Go to Dashboard → Channels → Add new channel, choose Telegram, paste the token into Bot Token, then click Connect Bot.
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Enable AI

Toggle Disable AI in all chat, then confirm Yes, enable. Send message from Telegram and check that the AI responds.
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Choose an agent

On the Channels page, open the Agent block for the channel and select an agent from the Assigned agent dropdown.

Creating and connecting a new Telegram bot