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Telegram for AI agents

Telegram is a messaging app, and its bot API lets a program send messages, manage chats, and interact with members on a channel or group the user controls. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.

Connect TelegramSee the 18 actions ↓
CommunicationAPI keyMCP + RESTtelegram.org
AUDIT LOG · TELEGRAMPOLICY: acme-support
09:41:07 · claude · u_8f2read
telegram.get_me
Get Bot Info✓ allowed · 212ms
09:41:08 · claude · u_8f2read
telegram.get_chat
Get Chat Info✓ allowed · 164ms
09:41:09 · claude · u_8f2write
telegram.create_chat_invite_link
Export Chat Invite Link✓ approved · approved by user
09:41:12 · claude · u_8f2destructive
telegram.delete_message
Delete Message✕ blocked · policy: deny
EVERY TELEGRAM CALL, ON THE RECORD
01 · USE CASES

What agents do in Telegram.

01

Send a message to a chat

Post a message, photo, or document to a chat or channel the bot has access to.

02

Read recent chat history

Pull recent messages from a chat as a read-only check before responding.

03

Confirm before deleting a message

Check with the user before deleting a sent message, since Telegram deletions can't be reversed.

02 · ACTIONS

18 Telegram actions, graded by risk.

Every Telegram action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.

read

7

Look things up. Allowed by default.

  • telegram.get_me
    Get Bot Info
  • telegram.get_chat
    Get Chat Info
  • telegram.get_updates
    Get Updates
  • telegram.get_chat_member
    Get Chat Member
  • telegram.get_chat_history
    Get Chat History
  • telegram.get_chat_members_count
    Get Chat Members Count
  • telegram.get_chat_administrators
    Get Chat Administrators

write

10

Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.

  • telegram.send_poll
    Send Poll
  • telegram.send_photo
    Send Photo
  • telegram.send_message
    Send Message
  • telegram.send_document
    Send Document
  • telegram.send_location
    Send Location
  • telegram.create_chat_invite_link
    Export Chat Invite Link
  • telegram.edit_message
    Edit Message
  • telegram.forward_message
    Forward Message
  • telegram.set_my_commands
    Set Bot Commands
  • telegram.answer_callback_query
    Answer Callback Query

destructive

1

Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.

  • telegram.delete_message
    Delete Message
03 · HOW IT WORKS

Telegram in three steps.

  1. 01Your users connect TelegramThey add their Telegram api key on Arc0 Connect, under your brand. It goes straight into the vault.
  2. 02You set the rulesReads run, writes like “export Chat Invite Link” can wait for the user, and “delete Message” can be denied outright.
  3. 03Any agent can actYour agent calls Telegram through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.
POLICY.TS
await arc0.policies.set('telegram', {
  read: 'allow',
  write: 'ask',        // create_chat_invite_link
  destructive: 'deny',  // delete_message
})

# Claude Code: the same connection, one URL
$ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \
    https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2
04 · AUTH AND DATA

How Telegram connects.

Users add their Telegram api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.

The same Telegram connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →

AUTH
API key
CREDENTIALS
Per-tenant encrypted vault
MODEL SEES
Results only, never credentials
AUDIT LOG
Every call, on every plan
05 · WORKS WITH

Use Telegram from any agent.

Claude
ChatGPT
Cursor
Codex
VS Code
OpenAI Agents SDK
Claude Agent SDK
Vercel AI SDK
Mastra
LangGraph
06 · RELATED

More communication apps.

Slack168 actionsMicrosoft Teams174 actionsDiscord28 actionsSlackbot101 actions2chat5 actionsAimTell15 actionsAndroid Texter11 actionsDialpad192 actions
ALL COMMUNICATION APPS →
07 · FAQ

Telegram and Arc0, answered.

Q01

Can I use Telegram with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect Telegram to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the Telegram actions you allow.

Q02

How do users connect Telegram?

Users add their Telegram api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.

Q03

Which Telegram actions can my agent take?

18 in total: 7 read, 10 write and 1 destructive, such as “export Chat Invite Link”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.

Q04

Can I stop my agent from deleting things in Telegram?

Yes. Actions like “delete Message” are graded destructive. Set destructive actions to deny, or to ask so the user approves each one, and blocked calls still show up on the audit log.

Q05

Can my own backend call Telegram too?

Yes. The same Telegram connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.

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Plug Telegram into your agent.

Your users connect Telegram once, under your brand. Your agent gets 18 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.

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Free to build · MCP + REST · Audit log on every plan