Publishing to Telegram

Publishing connects your configured bot to Telegram, making it available to users worldwide.

Before Publishing

Make sure you have: ✅ Character configured ✅ Telegram Bot Token (from @BotFather)

Knowledge is optional - you can add it later!

Getting Your Telegram Token

Talk to @BotFather

1. Open Telegram
2. Search for @BotFather (official Telegram bot)
3. Send /newbot

Create Your Bot

BotFather: What should we call it?
You: My Support Bot

BotFather: Choose a username ending in 'bot'
You: mycompany_support_bot

BotFather: Done! Here's your token:
123456789:ABCdefGHIjklMNOpqrsTUVwxyz

Copy this token! Keep it secret and secure.

Publishing Steps

1. Go to your bot's Publish tab
2. Paste the token in the form
3. Click Publish Bot
4. Wait 2-3 seconds
5. See "✅ Bot Published" confirmation

What Gets Synced

When you publish, we automatically update on Telegram:

• ✅ Bot display name (from Character settings)
• ✅ Short description (120 chars)
• ✅ Full description (512 chars)

Must set manually via @BotFather:

• Username (@handle) - Send /setusername
• Profile photo - Send /setuserpic

(Telegram API doesn't allow programmatic photo updates)

Testing Your Published Bot

1. Click "Open Bot on Telegram" button
2. Or search for @your_bot_username in Telegram
3. Click Start
4. Send a message: "Hello!"
5. Bot should respond within seconds

Updating Your Bot

After publishing, any changes to Character or Knowledge are immediately active:

• Update personality → Next message uses new personality
• Add knowledge → Bot knows it right away
• Change name → Re-publish to sync to Telegram

Sharing Your Bot

Give users this link:

https://t.me/your_bot_username

Share it on:

• Your website
• Email signature
• Social media
• Customer communications

Security

🔒 Keep your token secret! Anyone with it can control your bot.

If compromised:

1. Go to @BotFather
2. Send /mybots
3. Select your bot → API Token
4. Generate new token
5. Update in Publish tab

Unpublishing

To disconnect bot from Telegram:

• Delete token from Publish tab, or
• Delete bot via @BotFather /deletebot

Your configuration stays safe in the platform.

Troubleshooting

"Invalid token"
→ Verify complete token copied, no extra spaces

"Bot not responding"
→ Click Publish again to reset webhook

"Name not updating"
→ Wait 30 seconds, or re-publish

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