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What the Telegram module supports

Telegram verbs support:
  • Direct messages and group chats
  • Text and photo understanding
  • Image generation
  • Web search, memory, and social auto-state
  • Emoji reactions, relevant GIFs, stickers, custom emoji, and native polls
  • Multi-message replies
  • Edit-in-place response streaming on Ultra
  • Slash commands registered with Telegram

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Before you connect

Create a bot with Telegram’s @BotFather and copy its bot token. Treat that token like a password: anyone holding it can control the Telegram bot.

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Connect the bot

1

Open the Telegram module

Open your verb, select Modules, then choose Telegram.
2

Paste the BotFather token

Verba validates the token with Telegram before saving it. A token already connected to another verb cannot be connected twice.
3

Finish connection

Verba encrypts the saved token, configures a secret webhook, and registers the supported commands.
4

Add the bot to a group or open its DM

DMs are ready immediately. In groups, mention or reply to the bot, or use /activate_channel to let it answer without a mention.

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Commands

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Reply routing

  • In DMs, every incoming user message addresses the verb.
  • In groups, the verb answers when it is mentioned, when somebody replies to it, or when the group has been activated.
  • Messages are queued per chat and duplicate webhook updates are ignored.
  • Very long responses are split into Telegram-safe chunks.

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Media and streaming

Photo messages can be passed to a vision-capable model. Image generation uses the model selected in the Image Engine. On Ultra, enabling Response Streaming lets Telegram receive an early partial reply that is edited into the final answer.

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Telegram Expression Controls

The Telegram module includes controls for:
  • Emoji Reactions
  • GIF Follow-ups
  • Stickers
  • Custom Emojis
  • Poll Creation
  • Multi-Message Replies
These controls are enabled by default for newly connected bots and can be disabled individually. GIFs and stickers are checked for conversational relevance before they are sent. Polls are created for direct requests or a strong group-choice moment, with duplicate and cooldown protection so ordinary conversation does not turn into poll spam.

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Troubleshooting

Copy a fresh token from @BotFather, remove spaces, and confirm it belongs to the intended bot. Revoke it in BotFather if it may have been exposed.
Mention it or reply to one of its messages. A group admin can also run /activate_channel. Check Telegram group permissions if commands fail.
Select a vision-capable text model and retry with one clear image plus a specific question.
Make sure Poll Creation is enabled. The bot creates a native poll when you ask clearly or when a real group decision fits the conversation; merely mentioning polls or discussing the feature does not force one.

Response streaming

Learn how partial replies are edited in place.

Image generation

Choose models, prompts, and aspect ratios.