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Summary
Send Telegram messages, photos, documents, audio, location and polls from any AI agent via the Telegram Bot API. 13 tools, bot-token auth. Outbound + lightweight read of recent updates (no long-polling).
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Example prompts for Telegram Bot
Click any prompt to copy it. Paste into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot or OpenClaw to run it against this connector.
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Telegram Bot + ChatGPT
Send Telegram messages, photos, documents, audio, location and polls from any AI agent via the Telegram Bot API. 13 tools, bot-token auth. Outbound + lightweight read of recent updates (no long-polling).
Prerequisites
See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN
Step 1 — Get credentials
Setup:
- In Telegram, open chat with @BotFather →
/newbot→ pick a display name and a username ending inbot. - BotFather replies with an HTTP API token like
123456789:ABCDEFghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. Treat as a secret — anyone with it can send as your bot. - Set
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKENto the full token.
Authentication model (Telegram-specific): the bot token goes in the URL path, NOT in a header. The base URL is https://api.telegram.org/bot${TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN} and every endpoint is appended as /methodName. The adapter substitutes the token via the {{TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN}} env-var template in baseUrl.
…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)
Step 2 — Install the adapter
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d
Step 3 — Add the connector in ChatGPT
Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide showsYOUR_SERVER_ID.
ChatGPT connects to MCP servers as custom apps in developer mode, available on paid plans (not on Free). On Business and Enterprise workspaces an admin may have to allow it first.
- In ChatGPT, open Settings → Security and login and turn on Developer mode.
- Go to chatgpt.com/plugins and click +.
- Enter a name and a short description, e.g. Name:
Telegram Bot. - Under Connection, enter the MCP server URL
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_IDand create the connection. - When ChatGPT asks, sign in to AnythingMCP (OAuth) and allow access.
Available tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
telegram_bot_get_me | Return the bot's own user info: id, username, first_name, can_join_groups, can_read_all_group_messages, supports_inline_queries |
telegram_bot_send_message | Send a text message to a chat |
telegram_bot_send_photo | Send a photo (JPG/PNG, ≤5MB via URL) by HTTPS URL or by reusable file_id |
telegram_bot_send_document | Send a document (any type, ≤20MB via URL) by HTTPS URL or file_id |
telegram_bot_send_audio | Send an audio file (MP3, M4A, ≤20MB via URL) |
telegram_bot_send_voice | Send a voice note (OGG-Opus encoded) |
telegram_bot_send_video | Send a video (MP4, H |
telegram_bot_send_location | Send a location point |
telegram_bot_send_poll | Send a poll (regular or quiz) |
telegram_bot_edit_message_text | Edit the text of a previously-sent message (your bot's own messages only) |
telegram_bot_delete_message | Delete a message the bot sent (within ~48 hours for groups, anytime for own DMs) |
telegram_bot_get_chat | Fetch chat info: title, type (private/group/supergroup/channel), photo, description, invite_link, member_count, permissions |
telegram_bot_get_updates | Long-poll recent inbound messages (one-shot — pulls all updates since the last offset+1) |
FAQ
Does the free ChatGPT plan work with custom MCP connectors? No. Custom MCP connections need developer mode, which is only on paid plans.
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