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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
  • Edit-in-place response streaming
  • 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. If Response Streaming is enabled, Telegram receives an early partial reply that is edited into the final answer.

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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.

Response streaming

Learn how partial replies are edited in place.

Image generation

Choose models, prompts, and aspect ratios.