Talk to your KilatBot agent on Telegram, without code and without a model key. You create the bot, paste its token, then decide who may talk to it.
Before you start
- A KilatBot agent. If you don't have one yet, follow the Quickstart.
- The Telegram app. Your agent starts on Kilat AI, so you don't need a model key.
1. Create a bot with BotFather
- In Telegram, open @BotFather and send
/newbot. - Choose a name and a username for your bot.
- Copy the token BotFather sends you. Keep it private: anyone with it can control your bot.
2. Paste the token in Channels
- Open your agent in the dashboard, then Channels.
- Paste the token under Bot token and select Save token.
- If Channels asks you to, start or restart the agent to apply it.
3. Message your bot and approve yourself
- Send your bot any message. It replies with a pairing code.
- In Channels, under Who can talk to your agent, select Approve next to your name, or type the code under Or enter a pairing code.
- Send a test message and check that the reply is useful before you rely on it.
Nobody else can talk to your agent unless you approve them. Remove anyone later with Remove access.
4. In a team, choose whose Telegram it is
Only the workspace owner approves Telegram users. When you approve someone, choose their name under Whose Telegram is it?. Their role decides what that Telegram can do:
- The owner's Telegram can buy, after asking.
- An admin's can also save sign-ins.
- Anyone else's can chat and answer the agent's questions. Choose Someone else (member rights) for a person who isn't in the team.
Removing a person from the team takes their Telegram off the agent.
5. Or list who may talk to it
Under Allowed Telegram users, enter Telegram user IDs, one per line, up to 100. A person can find their ID by messaging @userinfobot. With IDs listed, strangers get no reply at all. The list applies to the next message, with no restart.
What works on Telegram
- Pictures and files up to 20 MB, and voice notes up to 5 minutes.
- Browsing. Your agent browses in the background and replies with the result. When it needs a sign-in, it asks you to open the chat in the dashboard, where you take control.
- Sleep. Messages sent while your agent sleeps wait until it wakes.