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Repovive

Connecting Telegram: Your First AI Chatbot - Setting Up Your AI Assistant | OpenClaw | Repovive

Repovive.

Connecting Telegram: Your First AI Chatbot

Telegram AI bot setup

5 min

I recommend starting with Telegram. There's no approval process and no risk of account bans. It's the fastest path to a working bot.

Open Telegram, search for @BotFather, and send /newbot. Follow the prompts to name your bot. BotFather will give you an API token that looks like 123456:ABC-DEF....

Add the token to your OpenClaw config:

{
  "platform": "telegram",
  "token": "YOUR_BOT_TOKEN"
}

Save this as ~/.openclaw/platforms/telegram.json, then restart the daemon. Now send your bot a message in Telegram and check the Control UI for the pairing prompt.