Telegram (Bot API)
Scope
This page is a placeholder generated from the official source file structure.
What to verify
- TODO: Add prerequisites and validation checklist.
Outline (from official headings)
- Quick setup (beginner)
- What it is
- Setup (fast path)
- Create a bot token (BotFather)
- Configure the token (env or config)
- Token + privacy + permissions (Telegram side)
- Token creation (BotFather)
- Group message visibility (Privacy Mode)
- Group permissions (admin rights)
- How it works (behavior)
- Formatting (Telegram HTML)
- Commands (native + custom)
- Troubleshooting
- Limits
- Group activation modes
- Via config (recommended)
- Via command (session-level)
- Getting the group chat ID
- Config writes
- Topics (forum supergroups)
Further reading
- Official source file:
channels/telegram.md