Communication

Telegram integrations

Connect Telegram to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP. Telegram is a cloud-based instant messaging and voice over IP service developed by Telegram Messenger LLP.

Connects with an API keytelegram.org
1 trigger14 actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

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What do you want to automate with Telegram?

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You'll sign in before anything runs. What you typed comes with you.

Connect your AI client

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.

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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.

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Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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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.

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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.

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What your agent can do with Telegram

Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 14 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.

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Telegram, answered

Is there a Telegram MCP server?

APIANT's MCP server at https://mcp.apiant.ai works with Telegram. Add that address to any AI client that takes a remote MCP server and sign in once in your browser. Your client can then run Telegram actions on demand, or have APIANT build, test and run automations that use Telegram. Nothing to install.

What can start an automation from Telegram?

Any of Telegram's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Update. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

What can your agent do in Telegram?

Any of Telegram's 14 actions, including Send Chat Action, Send Document, Send Location and Send Message. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

Can I use Telegram directly from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect your AI client to APIANT once and it works with Telegram two ways. Ask it to do something in Telegram 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 on its own. A one-off action uses your plan's tasks the same way an automation step does.

Do I need to write code against the Telegram API?

No. APIANT connects to the Telegram API for you, with your Telegram API key. Describe what you want in plain language and your agent builds it on the Telegram triggers and actions in the catalog. If you need an endpoint that is not there yet, your agent reads the Telegram API documentation and adds it.

Which apps can Telegram connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs Telegram with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector.

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.