Telegram
Send and receive Telegram messages. Build bots and automate chats and channels.
Details
Telegram skill connects your agent to Telegram for sending messages, handling commands, and reading updates. Supports bots and channel posting.
When to use
Use when the agent should notify or chat via Telegram. Requires bot token from BotFather; good for personal assistants and alerts.
How Telegram fits into your OpenClaw setup
Communication skills widen the set of places your assistant can listen and speak. OpenClaw already meets you in chat; skills like Telegram extend that reach to additional channels, inboxes, and messaging surfaces so nothing important needs you to be the relay.
What working with it looks like
Once Telegram is connected and authorised, the assistant can summarise what arrived, draft replies for your approval, or route messages to the right place automatically. Most people start in a supervised mode — the assistant proposes, you approve — and hand over more autonomy as trust builds.
Installing Telegram
Installation follows the standard ClawHub flow. From your OpenClaw directory, run the install command below, then restart your assistant so the new capability registers. If the skill needs credentials or API access, its README will say so — set those up before the first use.
When the assistant comes back online, give it one easy request that only this skill can handle. If it responds correctly, you are done. If not, you have caught the problem while the install is still fresh in your mind — far better than discovering it mid-task next week.
clawhub install telegramGetting the most out of it
Skills compound. Telegram on its own is useful; combined with the rest of a well-chosen toolkit, it becomes part of workflows the assistant strings together without being told. Browse the rest of the ClawHub catalogue with that in mind — the best setups are built around how you actually work, not around individual features.
If you would rather skip the trial and error, that is exactly what we do. We install and configure OpenClaw, select and tune skills like Telegram for your workflow, and build custom skills where the catalogue falls short.