--- title: "Connect Telegram to Kimai - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Update\" fires in Telegram, your agent runs \"Add customer\" in Kimai." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/telegram-to-kimai" --- # Connect Telegram to Kimai When **New Update** fires in [Telegram](https://apiant.ai/connections/telegram), your agent runs **Add customer** in [Kimai](https://apiant.ai/connections/kimai). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Telegram **1** trigger Telegram **14** actions Kimai **12** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Telegram and Kimai to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Telegram can start in Kimai - When **New Update** in Telegram then **Add customer** in Kimai - When **New Update** in Telegram then **List customers** in Kimai Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Telegram and Kimai ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 26 actions - Trigger **New Update** Triggers when Telegram delivers an update to your bot. Choose which kind of update to watch — a new message, a button press, a membership change, and so on. Telegram allows one webhook per bot, so use a single New Update trigger per bot token. - Action **Ban Chat Member** Ban a user from a group, supergroup or channel. - Action **Delete Message** Delete a message from a chat. - Action **Forward Message** Forward an existing message from one chat to another. - Action **Get Chat** Get up-to-date information about a chat (user, group, or channel). - Action **Get Chat Member** Look up one person's membership in a chat — whether they are a member, an administrator, restricted, or have left or been banned. - Action **React to Message** Sets an emoji reaction on an existing message. - Action **Send Chat Action** Send a chat action (e.g. typing, upload_photo) to indicate the bot is doing something. - Action **Send Document** Send a general file/document to a chat. - Action **Send Location** Send a point on the map to a chat. - Action **Send Message** Sends a message from your bot. - Action **Send Photo** Sends a photo from your bot. - Action **Send Poll** Sends a poll from your bot. - Action **Send Video** Send a video to a chat. - Action **Update Message** Edit the text of a previously sent message. - Action **Add activity** Create an activity. - Action **Add customer** Create a customer. - Action **Add project** Create a project. - Action **Add timesheet** Create a time entry. - Action **Delete timesheet** Delete a time entry. - Action **Get timesheet** Get a time entry by id. - Action **List activities** List activities. - Action **List customers** List customers. - Action **List projects** List projects. - Action **List timesheets** List time entries with filters. - Action **List users** List users. - Action **Update timesheet** Update a time entry. ## Each app on its own - [ **Telegram** Telegram is a cloud-based instant messaging and voice over IP service developed by Telegram Messenger LLP.](https://apiant.ai/connections/telegram) - [ **Kimai** Time-tracking platform for project-driven teams, with invoicing, expense tracking, and reporting.](https://apiant.ai/connections/kimai) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Telegram - [ **Telegram to Aurora Inbox** Aurora Inbox transforms your business WhatsApp into an intelligent sales hub.](https://apiant.ai/connect/telegram-to-aurora-inbox) - [ **Telegram to Base44** Base44 is a platform that allows non-technical people to build their own Apps using AI.](https://apiant.ai/connect/telegram-to-base44) - [ **Telegram to Brazil CNPJ** Query Brazilian companies by CNPJ with full Receita Federal registry data, no key required](https://apiant.ai/connect/telegram-to-brazil-cnpj) - [ **Telegram to Chinese Text Project** Chinese Text Project is an open-access digital library of pre-modern Chinese texts, covering the classical...](https://apiant.ai/connect/telegram-to-chinese-text-project) - [ **Telegram to Galileo** Galileo is a tool that turns text into beautiful UI designs instantly with Galileo AI—fast, smart, and ready...](https://apiant.ai/connect/telegram-to-galileo) - [ **Telegram to GoTranscript** GoTranscript specializes in providing top-tier transcription services, transcribing both audio and video...](https://apiant.ai/connect/telegram-to-gotranscript) ## More into Kimai - [ **Clockify to Kimai** Clockify is a completely free time tracking software for teams.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clockify-to-kimai) - [ **HubSpot to Kimai** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-kimai) - [ **Salesforce to Kimai** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-kimai) - [ **Slack to Kimai** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Kimai's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Telegram or Kimai? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Telegram and Kimai without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.