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Connect Telegram

Bring Telegram customer messages into the YundaDesk Inbox.

Updated 2026-07-22

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Open the Telegram channel

Open Telegram Support Bot under Channels to enter its configuration.

After Telegram is connected, messages sent to your Bot enter the YundaDesk Inbox. Your team and AI customer service can reply from the same conversation.

Before you begin#

You need a Telegram Bot created and managed through Telegram's official tools. YundaDesk currently asks for:

  • Channel name: An internal workspace label, such as “Telegram Support Bot.”
  • Telegram bot token: Generated by @BotFather, in a format similar to 123456789:AA....
  • Bot username: How customers find the Bot in Telegram. It must end in _bot, but you do not enter it separately in YundaDesk.

Get the Bot details and token#

  1. Search Telegram for @BotFather, open it, and verify the username so you do not send commands or details to an impersonator.
  2. Send /newbot to create a Bot.
  3. Enter a display name, such as YundaDesk Support Bot.
  4. Enter an available username ending in _bot, such as yundadesk_support_bot.
  5. After creation, copy the Bot Token shown under Use this token to access the HTTP API.
Complete flow for creating a Telegram Bot with BotFather, copying a redacted token, and mapping it to the Channel name and Telegram bot token fields in YundaDesk
BotFather token retrieval, existing-Bot recovery, and exposed-token response

For an existing Bot, send /mybots to @BotFather, then choose the Bot and API Token. If the token appears in chat, documentation, a ticket, or a screenshot, send /revoke immediately and update YundaDesk with the replacement token.

Paste the token only into the YundaDesk credential field. After saving, the page shows only a mask and cannot reveal the plaintext again. Never place a real token in documentation or screenshots, or send it to support.

Connect the Bot#

  1. Open Channels and select Telegram.
  2. Enter an internal channel name and paste the BotFather token into Telegram bot token.
  3. Click Save at the top, then enable the channel.
  4. Click Test connection, confirm that the token works, and wait for the channel to become available.
  5. From another Telegram account, search for the Bot username, start a chat, and send a unique test message.
  6. Reply from the Inbox and confirm that Telegram actually receives it.

To enable automatic AI replies, also enable this Telegram channel under AI employees → Agent setup.

Acceptance test#

Do not rely only on a message bubble in the admin UI. Complete both a human round trip and an AI round trip from the real Telegram client. Telegram requires no extra public domain or gateway setup.

If the UI says sent but Telegram receives nothing, inspect delivery details and channel authorization. Repeated AI messages, messages that disappear after refresh, or replies visible only in the admin UI are failures and should be reported with conversation and delivery information.

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