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🤖 Telegram (Optional)

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Telegram Is Optional: Connect It Any Time

Setup never asks for Telegram. Your squad talks to you in the dashboard chat from day one; a Telegram bot is an optional extra door you can add later from Settings → Telegram in your dashboard.

When you're ready, the recipe takes 60 seconds.

Create a Telegram Bot

Open BotFather

Click this link or search "@BotFather" in Telegram: t.me/BotFather

Create the Bot

  1. Send: /newbot

  2. Choose a name (display name users see):

    • "My AI Squad"
    • "Acme Marketing Bot"
    • "[Your Company] Assistant"

  3. Choose a username (must end in bot):

    • mycompany_ai_bot
    • acme_marketing_bot
    • yourname_squad_bot

  4. Copy the token, which looks like:

    123456789:ABCdefGHIjklMNOpqrSTUvwxYZ

⚠️ Keep Your Token Secret

This token gives full control of your bot. Never share it publicly.

Get Your Telegram User ID

This ensures only YOU can message your bot.

Open @userinfobot

Click: t.me/userinfobot

Get Your ID

  1. Send any message to the bot
  2. It replies with your info
  3. Copy the Id number (e.g., 123456789)

This number is your Telegram user ID.

Connect It in Settings

In your dashboard, open Settings → Telegram and paste the bot token. On first connect it also asks for your Telegram user ID, so the bot answers only you. Hit connect and you're done: your lead answers on that bot from then on, alongside the dashboard chat.

Want teammates on the bot later? Allow them under Settings → Telegram → "Who can message it".